SaskPower cannot meet Net Zero by 2035 Full Press Conference May 16, 2023

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The Canadian Federal Government is moving towards a "Net Zero" power grid by 2035, seeking to curtail greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power generation. However, coal and natural gas on some days account for up to 84% of power generation in Saskatchewan. Thus, on May 16, the Saskatchewan government and its power utility, SaskPower, declared it would not be striving for Net Zero by 2035, as that would be impossible. It would instead aim for 2050. There's a lot to unpack here, from plans to continue coal use until 2044, to substantial adoption of nuclear power in the future. There will be multiple stories on Pipeline Online in the next two days breaking this all down.
Premier Scott Moe, CIC and SaskPower Minister Don Morgan, Justice Minister and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre and SaskPower president and CEO Rupen Pandya take the stage.
This press conference took place at the Legislature in Regina on May 16, 2023.
Video by Brian Zinchuk
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@aaronvallejo8220 Жыл бұрын

Wind and solar are cheapest new sources. Beef up transmission lines to hydro, batteries and hydrogen and invest in high insulation. SK should be leading not lagging. I am not waiting.

@SuperEye2eye Жыл бұрын

Wind and solar cannot supply reliable power in Sask You would rather import hydro electricity at a very high cost vs generate it ourselves ?

@BrianZinchuk Жыл бұрын

Thursday morning, Alberta wind power generation dropped to less than 1 per cent capacity. Explain, please, how that is viable? Do we turn off the lights to hospitals, schools and industry whenever the wind dies down?

@jasonwilliams8016 Жыл бұрын

@@BrianZinchuk build more wind and solar. With battery backup. The solutions and technology are available, what's lacking is the will.

@BrianZinchuk Жыл бұрын

@@jasonwilliams8016 What you are lacking is physics and reality. Wind routinely drops to less than 1 per cent capacity, as it did in Alberta Thursday morning. Alberta's five grid-scale batteries are used, on average, 1 to 3 times a month, for 9 to 23 minutes. That is the cold, hard reality. It's not for a lack of will.

@SuperEye2eye Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Get started on SMR reactor but it will take time

@aaronvallejo8220 Жыл бұрын

Uneconomic compared to new wind and solar PV plus grid batteries.

@jasonwilliams8016 Жыл бұрын

Time that we don't have. And at a cost far exceeding simple photovoltaic systems

@BrianZinchuk Жыл бұрын

@@jasonwilliams8016 Did the earth stop turning? Did winter nights get shorter? In December, the largest solar facility in Canada only sees 6 hours of productive daylight.

@jasonwilliams8016 Жыл бұрын

The new regulations arent even released and Moe isnt even going to try lol. There is a ton of solar and wind potential in Saskatchewan but yea waste billions of SMR.

@BrianZinchuk Жыл бұрын

The discussion paper upon which they will be based has been out for many months now. Google "Clean Electricity Standard" and you'll find it. This morning, wind in Alberta dropped to 1 % capacity.

@jasonwilliams8016 Жыл бұрын

@@BrianZinchuk yes the discussion paper. Not any actual legislation. So build more solar and wind, currently the cheapest by far power generation sources.