Damn Cold

[Hamloc]

I was just reading that many all time record cold temperatures were broken in Alberta today. As well a new all time power consumption record was set in Alberta today. B.C. has all sorts of weather warnings from snowfall warnings on Vancouver Island to bitter cold warnings across the province. Saskatchewan is very cold as well. Now if this was Antarctica and it was the warmest temperature ever it is big news but western Canada is breaking cold records but little is said because it doesn’t fit the narrative. Why do so many people get sucked in?!

[Sheepwheat]

Cold? It’s weather. But if it’s hot it’s climate change.

[makar]

-39c right now. Record is -45 in 1990. Mind you that was in gp 40 miles south and it -33 now. Been burning wood 60 hours straight cant get the house over 20 at night.

[makar]

-40. colder next 3 days.

[ajl]

Watch Grande Cache AB. -48 air temp at 6 am. Never seen a temp like that recorded. Low temp record being blown away. It is a balmy -33 here.

[Hamloc]

-48 at Grande Cache yikes! -35 with a wind chill of -42 here, definitely not T-shirt weather. Wind generation true to form 103 megawatts out of 3618. Does anybody know if one of the heat pumps incentivized by the Government of Canada under the $250 million Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Grant in Atlantic Canada will work when it is this cold?!

[Guest]

we were trying to move a rig at pink mountain years ago , temp was -54
picked up a piece of matting and the 4" , 1/4" wall square tubing on the sides broke right in half , had to quit

[makar]

we were trying to move a rig at pink mountain years ago , temp was -54
picked up a piece of matting and the 4" , 1/4" wall square tubing on the sides broke right in half , had to quit

Pink mountain, where you can dodge both moose and cows on the same road and the creeks flow at 40 below.

[makar]

-43 here all night, my carbon tax dollars in action.

[furrowtickler]

It’s going to freeze all the way south to northern Mexico and into Florida .
Good ole Christmas cold snap .
Will even be chilly out to the Bahamas in a few days

[AlbertaFarmer5]

-48 at Grande Cache yikes! -35 with a wind chill of -42 here, definitely not T-shirt weather. Wind generation true to form 103 megawatts out of 3618. Does anybody know if one of the heat pumps incentivized by the Government of Canada under the $250 million Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Grant in Atlantic Canada will work when it is this cold?!

Wind generation in all of Alberta now down to 45 MW and dropping fast. As we have pointed out during every previous cold snap when electricity demand is highest, the wind is completely out of sync.

The obvious fact that solar is out of sync with demand goes without saying. But the proponents of wind and solar led us to believe that the synergies between the two would mitigate their intermittent nature. It turns out to be completely false. Both fail when needed the most.

Edit, in 20 minutes, wind has dropped down to 35 MW. That is less than 1% of capacity. And still -40 here.

But at least solar is picking up the slack, up to almost 7% of capacity now. And only 2 hours before it peaks out.

[fjlip]

Be afraid, VERY afraid of GREEN sh it, they want to eliminate us rural low life peasants.

We are just like Ukraine, but being undermined/ATTACKED from within. Blackouts soon normal.

[Hamloc]

Wind generation in all of Alberta now down to 45 MW and dropping fast. As we have pointed out during every previous cold snap when electricity demand is highest, the wind is completely out of sync.

The obvious fact that solar is out of sync with demand goes without saying. But the proponents of wind and solar led us to believe that the synergies between the two would mitigate their intermittent nature. It turns out to be completely false. Both fail when needed the most.

Edit, in 20 minutes, wind has dropped down to 35 MW. That is less than 1% of capacity. And still -40 here.

But at least solar is picking up the slack, up to almost 7% of capacity now. And only 2 hours before it peaks out.

Sunny day, warmed up to -32 with a windchill of -40 at 12:15.
Total solar and wind generation is 153 megawatts, 1.3% of consumption. 3.2 % of generation capacity.
Now here is the kicker, solar and wind represent 25.93% of Alberta’s generation capacity.
Capacity doesn’t equal generation!
Yesterday’s AESO pool prices for generation, 57.24 cents a kwh on peak, 18.3 cents a kwh off peak.
Solar and wind are certainly lowering the cost of generation lol!!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Sunny day, warmed up to -32 with a windchill of -40 at 12:15.
Total solar and wind generation is 153 megawatts, 1.3% of consumption. 3.2 % of generation capacity.
Now here is the kicker, solar and wind represent 25.93% of Alberta’s generation capacity.
Capacity doesn’t equal generation!
Yesterday’s AESO pool prices for generation, 57.24 cents a kwh on peak, 18.3 cents a kwh off peak.
Solar and wind are certainly lowering the cost of generation lol!!

What was it that Chuck kept telling us about solar and wind being the cheapest capacity? Almost as if he doesn't understand that there's a difference between generation and capacity.
Total wind generation in the province now down to 25 MW. Only three wind farms producing anything the rest are all zero.
And this isn't an exception. This is what happens every time it gets cold and demand spikes.
Now down to 4 MW from wind. That is 0.1% of capacity. But still the cheapest capacity as Chuck will remind us.

[shtferbrains]

Easy to see the answer to the problem.

You just need a LOT more windmills and much bigger solar farms by 2030.

Probably have targets to cover that.