Boreal Dispatch covers Alberta's energy economy, the politics behind it, the industry inside it, and the real costs to the people it serves. Written by a working installer with roots in the patch. No sacred cows. No party lines. Just facts.
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Alberta’s grid is under more stress than at any point in the last decade. Battery storage is the answer to several different problems at once - but which system fits your situation?
Lots of people are talking about it but very few are actually doing it (or doing it well)
Part Two: Alberta is making the same mistake with sunshine that it made with oil.
Part One: Nobody in power actually wants carbon pricing to work
Alberta’s power grid was built by farmers, with farmer money and farmer labour. This is the story of how it was sold, who paid for the sale, and what it is costing rural Albertans today.
Alberta’s farmers built their own power grid from nothing. This is what it took, and what it meant when they let it go.
Where the conversation continues after the article ends.
When and how you use power matters as much as how much solar you installed.
How Solar Predators Are Ruining a Good Thing, and Why Albertans Should Be Furious
I’ve been installing solar in Alberta long enough to remember when getting interconnection approval felt like filing a change of address form.
