Four Regina City Councillors are hosting a virtual event aimed at learning how to achieve a just transition to renewable energy Tuesday night. Ward 8 Councillor Shanon Zachidniak says even though the city’s plan is to be renewable by 2050, planning is already underway. “The consultants have been hired, and the statistics have been compiled, […]
SaskPower has approved its final selection of customer projects for its Power Generation Partner Program (PGPP) The Crown Corporation has accepted 12 projects that will generate and sell power back to SaskPower. Ten of the projects will add 10 MW of solar power to the grid, with two more adding 2.5 MW of carbon-neutral flare […]
SaskPower says the first Power Generation Partner Program project is in operation. The PGPP allows residents to produce electricity in a renewable way or by carbon neutral non-renewable generation method and sell it back to the province. The first PGPP program is set up outside of Preeceville. Spokesperson Joel Cherry says having the first PGPP […]
The net metering program for solar energy debate continued at the provincial legislature Thursday. While NDP leader Ryan Meili said the current net metering program, which sees no generation cap or end date, is killing the solar industry in Saskatchewan, SaskPower minister Dustin Duncan said this is to react to what he calls an anomaly […]
SaskPower wants to expand the provincial power grid by creating more wind power in the future. Minister responsible for SaskPower Dustin Duncan announced on Thursday they will open an Request for Qualification phase later this month for companies interested in building one or multiple utility-scale power facilities in the province. Joel Cherry, a spokesperson with SaskPower, […]
Protesters took to the streets Friday morning in Regina to voice their concerns on climate change in Saskatchewan. The east lane northbound on Albert Street was closed to traffic as hundreds of people began their journey from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum to the Saskatchewan Legislative Building as part of the Global Climate Strike. Like last Friday […]
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), the First Nations Power Authority and the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan have all come together to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at exploring opportunities for research collaborations in renewable energy policies and processes. Ray Orb, President of SARM, said […]
