The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is working with SaskPower to build SaskPower’s first community-scale renewable microgrid approximately 7 hours north of Saskatoon in Descharme Lake, SK. The hybrid system includes 234-kW of photovoltaics, 492-kWh of lithium-ion...
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone. One of the biggest myths about renewable energy is that it isn’t reliable. Sure, the sun sets every night and winds calm down, putting solar panels and turbines to...
In the 21st century, building out clean, reliable, and affordable electricity is the best way to bring a growing economy the low-cost power it needs to compete. Today, 85% of Canada’s electricity is generated from clean sources like hydropower, wind, solar, and...
If you are in a building with the lights on, you have a stake in the bitter fight between the Federal and Provincial Governments over the future of these everyday wonders. Unfortunately, the rhetoric is thick and the technical details make it hard to cut through the...
The federal government says it will be providing Saskatchewan with more than $265 million to help build more renewable power projects as well as modernize and upgrade the province’s electrical grid. In a news release, the government said that its Canada’s Smart...
