In 2002, SaskPower continues to champion #sustainable #energy production by building the Cypress #Wind #Power Facility near Gull Lake. These massive turbines—50 metres tall with 23 metre blades—are able to capture the #kinetic energy of wind and convert i
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By the end of the decade, there are over 400 communities across the province being served by #Saskatchewan Power Corporation, with 47 being added in 1949 alone. There are also 7390 km of transmission lines connecting the province. With the war now in the
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The reality of living in a post- #WWII #Saskatchewan is that materials necessary for building transmission lines are not always easy to access. Instead, the Commission decides to get a little creative. Using salvaged materials, the Commission builds an ad
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Over the course of ten years, one #GreatDepression, and an unbelievably damaging drought, #Saskatchewan is able to make it out alive; bruised, but intact. By 1939, the Commission now has 2309 km of transmission lines—nearly the same as the distance betwee
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