Wind and Solar Can’t Support the Grid

Wind and Solar Can't Support the Grid - Climate Etc.

by Planning Engineer (Russ Schussler) In October of 2025, the isolated small city of  Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia with a 36 MW load (including the large nearby mines) could not be reliably served by 200 MW of … Continue reading →

Wind and Solar Can’t Support the Grid

“If wind, solar and storage can’t keep the beer cold in a small city like Broken Hill, how will it perform when called upon to power the rest of the country?”  Policy makers pushing for standalone power systems built primarily on wind, solar and batteries are lurching towards disaster and will only avoid calamity to…

Use of solar and wind energy in leading jurisdictions is up to four times higher than Alberta

A new Pembina Institute report finds electricity grids around the world are reaching high levels of wind and solar energy integration, showing how Canadian provinces can accelerate their deployment of. . .