Wind power

LETTER – Wrong time to change review process for wind power projects

February 6, 2025 // 4 Comments

According to the B.C. Environment Ministry, up until recently, wind projects generating more than 50 megawatts of power or involving 15 or more turbines have been subject to [Continue]

SUZUKI – Report outlines Canada’s quick path to clean power

June 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

CANADA COULD BE a clean electricity powerhouse by 2035 — without building more large hydro dams or relying on expensive and sometimes unproven and dangerous technologies [Continue]

SUZUKI – Sun rises on renewable energy and storage

June 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

ONE LONG-HELD EXCUSE for not getting off oil, gas and coal faster is that energy sources like solar and wind only work when the sun’s shining or the wind’s blowing. Now, [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – One big grid is the solution to secure electricity

March 13, 2021 // 1 Comment

PROFESSOR MICHAEL D. MEHTA of Thompson Rivers University makes a number of good points in his recent article regarding a secure electrical system. However, he’s thinking in [Continue]

MEHTA – Texas electricity failure shows how microgrids offer hope for future

March 6, 2021 // 1 Comment

By MICHAEL MEHTA Thompson Rivers University In February, extreme weather events highlighted the fragility of the Texas electrical grid. A deep freeze left millions without [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – One power grid solves the green energy problem

September 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

SOLAR AND WIND energy suffer from a storage problem. They produce in abundance, often too much, when the wind blows and the sun shines. Storage of that abundance is one [Continue]