Open Challenge....Verifying claims with actual Grid Tie energy production.

[malleefarmer]

Thanks oneoff. I dont have solar but I appreciate you keeping chuck tied up in this thread. He has never posted any of his solar fantasy numbers or even any from his farm operations.

Conclusion: delusional activist

I’ve blocked the ole cc2.

He’s semi retired apparently according a to mutual friend concentrating on is it sask wheat or sask pulse or something.

Agriville sure is more pleasant

[oneoff]

hey one-off, can you enlighten me ?
i am slow sometimes
how does this work, have you got a gen set hooked to an oil co gas well flare ?
it might help chuck understand also ?

I'm sorry but I put put together too long a response message and it was rejected by agriville. I did try to put a history of my experiences but it didn't work out this time. Not enough energy to retry tonight.

We formed an oil company; met every departments standards; formed an oil company as required etc etc. You need access to good quality gas without any H2S or equioment won't last. If you have to use processed gas you're going to be subject to carbon taxes maybe up to 170 dollars per tonne CO2 equivalent all probably within the next 9 years.

Do your own diligence. With the right plan you can be very pleasantly surprised; but it isn't free and you don't want to get stuck with abandonment costs for someone else's nightmare. Gaining access to an oil company flare gas liability to be put to your own productive use would be one of the preferred routes; but most companies could be adverse to your liability associated to their public company. The flare gas is and has always been almost considered worthless; especially with single well batteries not on pipelines. Low production fields have lots of marginal wells; but be very careful what you are assuming because they have associated responsibilities and eventual abandonment costs. Thanks

[oneoff]

Are you on a grid tye meter or are you a small producer selling power to Sask Power?

Grid tied. You have to make a proposal during a specific time period for first two years to get into bidding on selling power. Those first two years are now are now closed; but the program could be extended for a third year next fall. Must have more than 100KW generating capacity.

I have posted the list of I believe 12 Oil companies and associates who were approved in Jan 2020. Its one of the earlier posts under my penname

[oneoff]

I’ve blocked the ole cc2.

He’s semi retired apparently according a to mutual friend concentrating on is it sask wheat or sask pulse or something.

Agriville sure is more pleasant

Don't believe every bit of gossip. Only people over 70 should be considered to be semi retired We may all someday come to fully come to terms with recognizing what we don't know.

[Guest]

thanks one-off
no access to wells in the NE swamp , but this is very interesting all the same
look forward to more of your updates
spent many many years drilling those wells and being a farmer , had trouble stomaching the waste that went on in the booms, and could not, for the life of me figure out, why that flaring gas wasn't being used for something
good luck
probably lotsa good reasons for things to be the way they are
also can't understand why there isn't one hydro dam after another on some rivers
also can't understand why there aren't more hybrid vehicles in big smoggy cities? stuff like that
again thanks for an interesting thread !

[malleefarmer]

Don't believe every bit of gossip. Only people over 70 should be considered to be semi retired We may all someday come to fully come to terms with recognizing what we don't know.

I feel over 70 does that count...had a birthday on Wednesday another notch in the belt

[oneoff]

I feel over 70 does that count...had a birthday on Wednesday another notch in the belt

It should be OK to not suffer bullshit well.

[oneoff]

Another new day. Smart meter still stuck on 212 Kwh "del"ivered and now 3881 Kwh total pushed into grid and already "used" by others including every solar power producer still "waiting for sun". Most of that since Dec16/2020

Without some report from at least one solar producer today; it should be fair to say

In the last 2 days; not one Kwh of exported power was reported to this challenge by Agriville readership that documents solar can even contribute ANY usable power to a Utility grid.


That fact can then be used into posterity to confront future fake news on solar energy production being much more than an intermittent complication of an essential electrical energy system.

[chuckChuck]

Very impressive numbers. Congratulations on putting together a unique project in utilizing an unused resource. Too bad that our governments don't require the oil industry to be more proactive in the same way.

But whats the real difference between whether Saskpower burns gas and I receive the electricity via the grid or you produce and use it on site? The only advantage in your case may be the capture and use of a relatively small amount of gas that otherwise would have been wasted. Which has benefits for sure. But unless you have calculated the long term cost of producing each kwh we have no way of comparing the relative cost versus Sask Powers farm rate.

But both you and I know that solar does not provide many kwh at this time of year. I don't need to make a trip out to my inverters everyday to tell you the obvious. There are better uses of my time.

Again I wonder why you are bringing up the challenge at this time of year when almost everybody knows solar production on the prairies is quite small and can't ever replace other non-intermittent sources without storage? Its pretty obvious why now.

On the other hand I produced over 37000 kwh of carbon emission free electricity this year which you don't seem to place any value on. This is an amount greater than my 3 year annual usage which is doing exactly the same thing your kwh are doing.

I have never said intermittent renewables are going to replace fossil sources. But they do have a role in reducing carbon emissions.

If you need more evidence you only have to consider what many utilities including Saskpower are doing with renewables.

[chuckChuck]

Oneoff, Here is some "fake news" on renewables and clean energy tech and trends from the International Energy Agency and Bloomberg. Enjoy!

https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020 https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020

https://about.bnef.com/ https://about.bnef.com/

Are you sure that renewables are never going to amount to anything? LOL

"Cost reductions and sustained policy support are expected to drive strong renewables growth beyond 2022. Despite the challenges emerging from the Covid crisis, the fundamentals of renewable energy expansion have not changed. Solar PV and onshore wind are already the cheapest ways of adding new electricity-generating plants in most countries today. In countries where good resources and cheap financing are available, wind and solar PV plants will challenge existing fossil fuel plants. Solar projects now offer some of the lowest-cost electricity in history. Overall, renewables are set to account for 95% of the net increase in global power capacity through 2025.

Total installed wind and solar PV capacity is on course to surpass natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024. Solar PV alone accounts for 60% of all renewable capacity additions through 2025, and wind provides another 30%. Driven by further cost declines, annual offshore wind additions are set to surge, accounting for one-fifth of the total wind annual market in 2025. Offshore’s growth moves beyond Europe to new markets such as China and the United States where ample potential remains. The rapid growth of variable renewables around the world calls for increased policy attention to ensure they are securely and cost-effectively integrated into electricity systems."

[SASKFARMER]

Solar is a joke you know it, Chuck.

Unplug from Sask Power completely.

Turn your gas line off.

Tell me in Spring how well you did.

Now **** off.

[burnt]

Solar is a joke you know it, Chuck.

Unplug from Sask Power completely.

Turn your gas line off.

Tell me in Spring how well you did.

Now **** off.

Now that's what I would call a simple solution to a simple issue.

No wonder governments wouldn't like it - no need for their useless interference.

And it would eliminate a lot of background noise as well!