Renewable energy’s share on German power grids reached 55% in 2023, regulator says

[fjlip]

Park the SOB in a garage full of the EV fire starters....Next Insurance be Stupid high!

[Hamloc]

Every once and a while something surprises you. I was eating breakfast, looked at what Alberta’s windmills were producing and it was “0”!!!

[chuckChuck]

Are you freezing in the dark Hamloc? LOL

Solar and wind are intermittent? No way I have never heard of that.

You don't think grid operators have a plan for cold weather events?

Its been quite windy in many parts of the prairies this cold spell. Hence the high wind chill values.

But apparently the wind turbines have all stopped even in areas that have 10 - 30kmh winds?

[Hamloc]

Are you freezing in the dark Hamloc? LOL

Solar and wind are intermittent? No way I have never heard of that.

You don't think grid operators have a plan for cold weather events?

Its been quite windy in many parts of the prairies this cold spell. Hence the high wind chill values.

But apparently the wind turbines have all stopped even in areas that have 10 - 30kmh winds?

Let’s see, first you accuse me of being a conspiracy theorist, now, are you accusing the Alberta Electric System Operator of falsely reporting electrical production from Wind turbines? Electrical production from Alberta’s wind turbines has been below 5% since Thursday evening, bottoming out at 0 this morning. Last I looked Wind was producing 2 MW out of a potential 4481 MW. Do you think all those theoretical future EV’s theoretically powering the future renewables grid would be out of electricity by now?!

[chuckChuck]

So Alberta is the only province on the prairies?

You have heard of backup sources and imports from BC hydro?

With such a record cold spell and your lights are still on?

Hamloc what happened?

[Hamloc]

So Alberta is the only province on the prairies?

You have heard of backup sources and imports from BC hydro?

With such a record cold spell and your lights are still on?

Hamloc what happened?

Here is an article for you to read Chuck2 on Global, posted Jan. 10: “B.C.’s energy supply can’t meet demand for power:report.”

”The report said by 2026 that increasing demand and generation constraints could become an issue.” I guess we better not look to B.C.!

As for the fact my lights are still on?! That is thanks to natural gas and coal!

[furrowtickler]

Basically the electrical consumer in western Canada has to pay for 2 systems for power.
the “renewables” and a base load that is still needed at max capacity in many times during the winter.
A few “green” nuclear plants will provide petroleum free electricity 24/7

[chuckChuck]

Saskatchewan sent 143 Mega watts to rescue Alberta from their deregulated high priced electricity shortfall! You owe us Hamloc!

[Guest]

How in the hell can anyone honestly think they can plug in all these electric cars and not crash the grid ????
Alberta doesn’t owe Sask anything, they kept us employed and fed through the dark years here under NDP Rule, nutley should be brought before a commission to answer for this horse shit , she shut it all down

[Guest]

So Alberta is the only province on the prairies?

You have heard of backup sources and imports from BC hydro?

With such a record cold spell and your lights are still on?

Hamloc what happened?

“Record cold spell” , WTF are you talking about ? Been 4 or 5 days , not weeks like lots of previous winters ?

[Guest]

Saskatchewan sent 143 Mega watts to rescue Alberta from their deregulated high priced electricity shortfall! You owe us Hamloc!

Lucky Moe has stood his ground and not caved like Nutley did when she was applying for her social license

[AlbertaFarmer5]

So Alberta is the only province on the prairies?

You have heard of backup sources and imports from BC hydro?

With such a record cold spell and your lights are still on?

Hamloc what happened?

Yes, for example we can follow your advice and make up the shortfall by borrowing energy from Manitoba.
Except you also bragged that Manitoba is going to add only wind and solar going forward to meet increasing domestic demand.
So much for that idea.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Chuck, I asked you a question about percentages recently, and you still haven't answered.
Earlier this morning in Alberta, wind and solar together were producing 0 MW of power.
While consumption was around 11,000 MW.
By how many percent do we need to increase our wind and solar to meet demand under this scenario?
This is your chance to redeem yourself after the embarrassing math mistakes you keep making.

[fjlip]

Hot temps, COLD temps, DRY, WET, WINDY are all records due to phucking climate change Cult believers...they swallow the SHIT from Guilt Bow

[chuckChuck]

Premiers pan green-energy plans as cold weather strains Alberta's electricity grid

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Alberta’s grid operator has partially pinned the crisis on two natural gas generators that weren’t operating, as well as a lack of renewable energy being produced due to low winds and a shortage of daylight at this time of year.

But a spokesman in Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault’s office said the federal government has always said “reliability, along with affordability, is one of the driving forces behind how the regulations will be designed.”

“The regulations would never put the province in a situation where they did not have a reliable baseload, and it is why we are making provisions so that fossil fuel burning plants can run without carbon capture technologies during peak usage or in situations of emergency,” read an e-mailed statement.

“To say we want to ’shut down plants’ is simply not the case.”

University of Alberta energy economist Andrew Leach said Smith and Moe appear to be framing the debate as an either/or choice between natural gas and renewables. In reality, he argues, there needs to be a mix of energy sources, including better tie-ins with other jurisdictions.

Modellers know there will be days when demand will be high and generation from renewables is low, he said. Planning for backup needs to happen in advance, he noted, and it’s the system operator’s job to do that.

“Whether it’s natural gas, nuclear, import capacity, battery storage, etc., geothermal. There’s nobody that’s arguing against that,” Leach said.

Jason Wang, senior analyst on energy policy at clean-energy think tank the Pembina Institute, said Alberta needs to move ahead with changes to its market regulations so that energy storage from renewables can play a larger role.

Wang said that on Saturday, batteries were able to supply power for the first time during a grid event.

“Storage was able to basically buy us a few more hours of not needing a grid alert,” Wang said.

Wang said natural gas generation also faces limits during extreme cold, though he said Alberta’s generators are better prepared for that scenario than facilities in Texas that came under strain when a cold snap caused blackouts in 2021.

AESO Spokesman Leif Sollid said consumption dropped 100 megawatts within seconds of people receiving alerts on Saturday evening, and demand declined another 100 MW within a few more minutes.

“That was enough to make up the shortfall that we were facing and that prevented rotating outages,” Sollid said in an interview Sunday.

The AESO declared another grid alert on Sunday afternoon, urging Albertans to reduce electricity consumption to essential use only until 8 p.m. to avoid the possibility of rotating outages.
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