Renewable Energy
1) obtain, through open public meetings, the views of people throughout Saskatchewan on how future demand for electricity could be altered or met and
2) report to SaskPower on what they heard from Saskatchewan people and to document, using findings from the public meetings, tours and research, the possible viable energy options that could be used to meet SaskPower¹s future energy requirements.
The Saskatchewan Electrical Energy Options - Final Report, along with other SaskPower reports on nuclear power, can be downloaded here.
Position Statement Report from the Saskatchewan Electrical Options Review Panel from 1991 includes renewable energy options. Under the former Conservative Government of Grant Devine, SaskPower appointed 5 prominent Saskatchewan citizens to examine issues around energy generation in the province. The scope of the review was to:
Renewable Energy Overviews
Leaflet by RPIC (Prince Albert) - "Renewable Energy - Enormous Potential!" Please feel free to download and distribute.
Energy [R]evolution: A Sustainable Canada Energy Outlook (May 2009) This groundbreaking report commissioned by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council, shows how Canada can cut global warming pollution to the levels needed to prevent the worst effects of global warming while also meeting the energy needs of a growing world and phasing out nuclear power.
Ontario passes Green Energy Act - Groundbreaking legislation heralded by coalition of leading environmental groups. The Green Energy and Economy Act outlines an ambitious and globally significant strategy for Ontario to improve conservation, increase renewable energy generation and create green jobs. A model for Saskatchewan? Check it out!
Renewable Power in the 21st Century (February 2009). This brochure created by the Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance (CanREA) points out renewables are commercially available NOW, cost competitive, locally owned and the cornerstone of the green economy.
The Gospel of Green - Germany is now a solar-paneled, windmill-building, job-producing green powerhouse of the industrialized world. CBC's Fifth Estate program compares Germany's fast progress in moving to renewable energy and Canada's foot-dragging. Why the difference? Which direction will Canada take?
Make and sell your own electricity
FarmEnergyOnLine.com exists to assist Canadian farmers and food processors with a path, information, tools and resources to assess the renewable energy opportunity in their business.
Net Metering is available here in Saskatchewan. Net metering allows you to produce your own electricity with wind, solar, and low-impact hydro then sell your excess into the grid. You build up credit against times when you need to draw on the grid for your electricity needs. Saskatchewan Research Council and Go Green Saskatchewan will provide a grant of up to $35,000 to help you get started. Click here for details, or download the SRC brochure.
Storing Renewable Power
This two part primer published in June 2008 by the Pembina Institute focusses on the large-scale storage of electricity in order to bring more renewable power sources onto the grid.
Adding value to the grid
Greening the Grid: Powering Alberta’s Future with Renewable Energy by Jeff Bell and Tim Weis of The Pembina Institute, 2009.
Greening the Grid - Fact sheets from The Pembina Institute, 2009.
Towards A Sustainable Energy Strategy for Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Environmental Society, January 2007
What is the Smart Grid? The Smart Grid isn’t a thing but rather a vision and to be complete, that vision must be expressed from various perspectives – its values, its characteristics, and the milestones for achieving it.
The mission of the Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance is to collaborate with a sense of urgency in promoting a rapid, global transition to energy conservation, efficiency and low-impact renewable energy. CanREA envisions a world in which energy needs are minimized through energy conservation and energy efficiency, and in which low-impact renewable energy is consistently the first choice to meet energy needs.
Wind, Water and Sun Beat Biofuels, Nuclear and Coal for Energy Generation, Study Says. By Louis Bergeron, Stanford News Writer, December 17, 2008. Wind power is the most promising alternative source of energy, according to Mark Jacobson, a professor of civial and environmenatl engineering at Standford.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation, which oversees the interconnections and workings of the North American electrical grid, notes that an increase of 145,000 KW of wind energy is proposed over the next decade. Integrating wind into the existing grid is its top priority.
Rocky Mountain Institute® (RMI) is an independent, entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization established in 1982 by resource analysts L. Hunter Lovins and Amory B. Lovins. RMI s mission is to foster the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining.
Solar, Wind Power Among Most Cost-Effective Programs to Reduce Greenhouse Gases: C.D. Howe Institute.(Canada) In the report "Going Green for Less: Cost-Effective Alternative Energy Sources," the authors conclude the lowest-cost government incentive programs are those for renewable heat and power technologies, such as wind power, and solar air and hot-water heating.
Wind and Solar
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Green Jobs
Green Jobs: It’s Time to Build Alberta’s Future (April 22, 2009) Alberta can create more than 200,000 long-term green jobs and build a strong economic future, according to a groundbreaking report on green jobs released by two prominent environmental groups and the Alberta Federation of Labour. Click here for a media backgrounder.
Investments in Green Energy and Electricity Grid could Generate 90,000 Jobs in Ontario according to a report titled ''Building the Green Economy: Employment Effects of Green Energy Investments for Ontario'', by Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier. Get the report.