Sundance#2 went offline at 15:02 Friday and back online at 03:29 Monday and then offline at 10:46 Monday…SaskPower says nuclear could still be in its future, despite the Saskatchewan Party government’s decision late last year not to pursue the nuclear power option at this time. Citing the need to replace its aging fleet of thermal generating stations with non-greenhouse-gas-emitting baseload power, SaskPower believes nuclear could play a role in Saskatchewan’s energy mix in the longer term. SaskPower say the utility has to keep all of its options open as it decides how to rebuild, replace or buy more than 4,000MW of electrical generating capacity by 2030…Northland Power Income Fund announced that Investissement Québec has agreed to lend $15 million to the construction of Northland’s 100MW wind farm located in the Gaspésie region of Quebec near the Municipality of Mont Louis. The project was awarded a contract in 2004 to supply power to Hydro-Québec under a 20 year Power Purchase Agreement. Site clearing began in early July and the project is expected to achieve commercial operations in the third quarter of 2011…Nevada owns one of the country’s biggest renewable bases. Unlike most states, Nevada offers major access to sunlight, hot springs and wind — three key sources of green power. Data from the federal Energy Information Administration show that nearly half of Nevada has enough sunlight to generate at least 6 kilowatt hours of solar power per square meter daily. Another sizeable chunk receives enough sun to yield 4 to 6 kilowatt hours per square meter every day.
Sundance#2 Offline; SaskPower Still Looking at Nuclear Power
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