Sara Hastings-Simon

Jan 23, 2024 | edmontonjournal.com | Sara Hastings-Simon

Skip to Content  •  Article contentThis month’s surge in electricity demand resulted in an emergency plea from the Alberta government for Albertans to conserve power, to avoid the need for rolling blackouts. As the dust settles on Alberta’s power squeeze, the question becomes: How can Alberta prepare its electricity system for future surges in demand while continuing to reduce emissions? Advertisement 2 Don't have an account?

Oct 19, 2023 | edmontonjournal.com | Sara Hastings-Simon |Jason Dion

•  Article contentOctober is here, and with it comes “spooky season” — shorter days, colder nights and a scary new marketing campaign. Alberta’s “Tell the Feds” ads paint a ghostly picture of rolling blackouts and surging power prices, all supposedly driven by Ottawa’s proposed clean electricity regulations. But Albertans need not fear this doom-and-gloom future. Three of the campaign’s central claims don’t stand up to scrutiny. Advertisement 2 Don't have an account?

Sep 20, 2023 | edmontonjournal.com | Sara Hastings-Simon |Rick Smith

•  Article content What’s the best way to get Canada’s oil and gas sector on a pathway to net zero? This week, conversations at Climate Week in New York and the World Petroleum Congress in Calgary are framing very different answers to that question — without much overlap.

Jul 20, 2023 | policyoptions.irpp.org | Sara Hastings-Simon

Sara Hastings-Simon is assistant professor in the Department of Geoscience and School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.

Jun 8, 2023 | corporateknights.com | Jason Dion |Sara Hastings-Simon

Renewable power is being deployed at a breakneck pace globally, with wind and solar set to lead record-breaking growth around the world this year, according to the latest report from the International Energy Agency. But you wouldn’t know it listening to recent claims from senior Canadian government leaders, past and present, that renewable power is unreliable or will spike power costs: as they like to argue, the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always shine.