____ Power Projects Pause

[Guest]

Why are you obsessed with Alberta .? You were talking about Canada?

[furrowtickler]

What is the percentage of solar and wind from November through March in Alberta ?

[chuckChuck]

What is the percentage from April through October?

[furrowtickler]

Don’t need to heat the house , businesses, hospitals, care homes in summer .

[chuckChuck]

We need electricity all year around so why only talk about November to March?

With more and more air conditioning, summer peaks are getting significantly higher.

Look at the whole year not just the winter months. With adequate backup renewables can still provide significant amounts of carbon free electricity all year around.

My solar PV produces annually what I consume, all carbon emissions free.

November, February March are decent months because of reflected light off snow and the angle of the panels.

Southern Alberta has more snow free weeks. It is dryer, warmer and the snow disappears off panels.

[Blaithin]

I do believe the green projects have to pass an EIA however I would be inclined to say theirs is not as strict as some others.

I know of sites that have been rejected due to frog habitat.

I also know of landowners who were told they couldn’t have turbines placed on Native pasture. They then broke up the Native and got the turbines. Would have been better in the long run to allow the turbines on Native since that is typically considered to be the “marginal” land than to say not at all. Or at least don’t be idiots and say the land has to be broke for X amount of years prior to building. Like 10-15 years so they can’t just break and build.


So is the issue that EIAs aren’t completed or just that legislation is weak and willing to overlook things to get the projects going.

I’d go with the latter and say green energy needs better enforcement of legislation. Which is what the pause is checking is it not? Sure it’s more focused on taxes and payments, so what, green projects are required to meet absolutely no standards? Environmental or economical? Shocking.

[shtferbrains]

My understanding is that like most industrial sites they use soil sterilant to avoid cost of vegetation control and lower fire hazard.

[fjlip]

If you DIE in winter, summer will be of no consequence.

[shtferbrains]

Chuck you like to watch our good neighbors to the west to push your Net zero by 2050 agenda.

But the whole world has to be on board if there is any chance of achieving that goal.

Here is an image that shows the evolution of energy sources.

How long till renewables exceed Wood? Still a larger energy source than renewables?

Will they have those people converted by 2050.

That is cooking fires and basic heating in countries that are "off grid."

[littledoggie]

Sun and wind can be defined as a "renewable source of energy not depleted by utilization". The current method of capture though, cannot be defined as "renewable". There is nothing "renewable" about a solar panel, a wind tower or a battery. They are "rebuildable", but not "renewable". When baby wind towers and baby solar panels start sprouting, I'll change my mind.