As regular readers of this blog know, each week in the winter Yukon Energy posts a chart on our web site that shows the expected energy usage in the Southern Yukon for that particular week. This week's chart can be found here. Please let us know if you have any questions about the chart once you've had a chance to look at it.
by L.Lea
Where’s the wind turbines? With wind power in every community you would probably not have to resort to diesel. I actually think it’s criminal not to have all available technology in use instead of the diesel.
01.20.2010
by Yukon Energy
Very good question. Certainly our two wind turbines on Haeckel Hill near Whitehorse do contribute to the amount of clean power we produce. The turbines can produce enough electricity to service about 150 homes. We are also looking at other possible locations for new wind turbines. But wind energy presents some challenges for us, since we can only produce electricity when the wind is actually blowing, which isn’t all the time. So we can’t rely on wind as a primary source of energy. To learn more you can read a previous post from this blog, found here: http://blog.yukonenergy.ca/blog/some_myths_regarding_wind_versus_hydro_power/
01.21.2010
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