EV back then?

[blackpowder]

Not unlike the CWB ….. LOL

Not quite, the CWB was never relevant in any century.

[Guest]

https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/...qaluit-QEC-NNC

Disagreement with the utiities about using the grid as free storage. And how much that will drive up costs to all the other electricity users.

I seem to recall explaining this to Chuck many times in the past.

don't think it sunk in , lol

[AlbertaFarmer5]

don't think it sunk in , lol

I don't think anything sinks in with this one.

[chuckChuck]

And the flat earthers don't even read the whole article! They can only think of the negative because Canada is a shithole country don't you know. LOL

https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/diesel-solar-wind-electricity-remote-Iqaluit-QEC-NNC

"Remote communities take action

Despite these challenges, some remote Canadian communities are beginning to slash their diesel use.

In Old Crow, Yukon, a community about 130 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, a solar project provides about 25 per cent of the electricity and reduces the amount of diesel they need to fly in by almost 200,000 litres. The community continues to rely on its own isolated grid.

After construction was completed in 2021, the diesel power plant went silent during the summer months for the first time in 50 years.

Jay Massie describes it as “a beautiful silence in the community.” Most importantly, he says, the lights are still on.

He’s the vice-president of northern development and Indigenous relations with ATCO Electric, which built the project and buys the electricity. He’s also a member of the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council in Whitehorse.
A close-up shot of solar panels.
A sign on the side of a building welcomes visitors to the community of Old Crow, Yukon.
Old Crow's solar farm is made up of over 2,000 panels, a 616kW battery energy storage system and micro-grid controller to help power the community of about 235 people. The panels provide about a quarter of the community's electricity needs. (CBC)

There were challenges with construction in such a secluded location, he said, but the solar facility is working as expected. Similar projects are now being designed for three other remote communities in the territory.

The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation owns the facility and earned about $400,000 in profits in the first year, which was re-invested in the community. Utility rates have remained unchanged.

Batteries are overcoming any intermittency issues, Massie says, and storage technology will have an important role to play for years to come as renewable energy expands to other remote communities in Canada.

There was a time when I didn’t believe 25 per cent [renewables] was going to happen. So yes, I do believe at some point 100 per cent is going to be able to happen from renewables.
Jay Massie, vice-president of northern development and Indigenous relations with ATCO Electric

For now, renewables can help reduce diesel use, he says, and maybe one day they will allow communities to shut off their diesel power plants entirely.

“There was a time when I didn’t believe 25 per cent [renewables] was going to happen. So yes, I do believe at some point 100 per cent is going to be able to happen from renewables,” he said.

“The key item in these communities is how we store that energy so it’s able to be used right when we need it.”

In Old Crow, the community is now exploring the development of a wind farm."

[chuckChuck]

Hey where did all the complainers and shit holers go after I posted the whole story about how renewables are starting to replace diesel generators and providing alot of electrcity in some communities in the north?

Maybe they are busy on their party lines or sitting in their outdoor toilets reading the Eatons catalogue for Christmas shopping? LOL

[blackpowder]

A population of 221 in 2016, with solar available part of the year.
A start to be sure, but more of a research size than a commercial test.
And limitless space for the solar/wind generation units for a fairly small demand.
Sorry, looks like nuclear the solution so far.

[Guest]

Hey where did all the complainers and shit holers go after I posted the whole story about how renewables are starting to replace diesel generators and providing alot of electrcity in some communities in the north?

Maybe they are busy on their party lines or sitting in their outdoor toilets reading the Eatons catalogue for Christmas shopping? LOL

Or trying to figure out when their CWB instalment is coming on their grain they sold them 9 months ago that joe public thought was a subsidy

[Guest]

You neglected to mention $6.5 million price tag funded by govt’s (taxpayers)
I bet they haven’t calculated in $520000/year interest into this feel good story

[rumrocks]

Maybe they are busy on their party lines or sitting in their outdoor toilets reading the Eatons catalogue for Christmas shopping? LOL

It'll be a cheap Christmas for me, most of the pages in my catalogue are gone, but I do see an Etch-a-Sketch for $5.39, the nephew might like.

[chuckChuck]

I see Case is firmly stuck in the past and still can't move on from issues that are long in the past. Kinda like most of his other thinking.