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Tesla solar roof tile production underway in Buffalo

January 9, 2018 Energi Staff

Tesla solar roof generates electricity without traditional rooftop panels On Tuesday, Tesla Inc reported manufacturing of its solar roof tiles began at the company’s Buffalo, New York factory in December.  The Palo Alto-based company says [Read more]

Financial

Oil prices rise, WTI hits three-year high on expectations of US crude stock drop

January 9, 2018 Energi Staff

Oil prices rise as OPEC cuts more output than promised Oil prices rose on Tuesday to levels not seen since December 2014 on the OPEC supply cut pact and analysts’ expectations of a decline in [Read more]

News

Changing utility business models and electricity investment in Europe – IEA

January 9, 2018 Energi Staff 2

6 utilities collectively called on EU to increase renewable energy target of 35% by 2030 By IEA Energy Investment Analysts Michael Waldron and Yoko Nobuoka. The traditional utility business model of selling electricity from large-scale thermal power plants and expanding [Read more]

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Canadian auto industry set to gear down in 2018

January 9, 2018 Energi Staff 2

American millennials buy new vehicles at half the rate of those aged 35 to 54 Canada’s motor vehicle manufacturing industry is facing declining demand from U.S. consumers and uncertainty surrounding trade relations is raising questions [Read more]

USA

Nearly all US power plants retired in past decade were powered by fossil fuels

January 9, 2018 Energi Staff 2

Since 2008, most retirements in Texas were generators using natural gas steam and petroleum technologies Nearly all of the utility-scale power plants in the United States that were retired from 2008 through 2017 were fueled [Read more]

Opinion

Unleashing the benefits of electrification for utilities and customers

January 9, 2018 Energi Staff

The Electrifying Path to Decarbonization — Part 2 By Dylan Heerema Electrification of heating and cooling in homes and buildings offers many benefits to consumers — and can significantly reduce carbon pollution from the built environment. [Read more]

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Battery storage now vital to American power grid

January 8, 2018 Energi Staff 2

Batteries can help balance electricity supply and demand on multiple time scales Driven largely by installations over the past three years, the electric power industry has installed about 700 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale batteries on the U.S. electric [Read more]

Opinion

Electric heat pumps are key to low-carbon homes and buildings

January 8, 2018 Energi Staff

This article was published in The Energy Collective on Dec. 26, 2017. The Electrifying Path to Decarbonization — Part 1 By Dylan Heerema Furnaces, boilers, and other heating equipment constitute one of Canada’s largest sources of carbon [Read more]

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Opinion

Electrification of buildings: A cornerstone of canada’s low-carbon future

January 8, 2018 Energi Staff

This Pembina Institute article was published on theenergycollective.com on Dec. 28, 2017. By Dylan Heerema Canada has focused its efforts on reducing carbon pollution from the electricity grid and improving energy efficiency. However, these actions [Read more]

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Opinion

Column: Hedge funds build record long position in heating oil and diesel

January 8, 2018 Energi Staff

Hedge funds, money managers amass net long position of 92 million barrels in US heating oil futures By John Kemp LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Hedge funds have built record bullish positions in the middle [Read more]

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News

Oil tanker fire off coast of China still blazing, 31 crew members missing

January 8, 2018 Energi Staff

Oil tanker fire began Saturday night Rescue crews are struggling to control an oil tanker fire after the Suezmax tanker collided with a grain ship off the east coast of China on Saturday.  The remains [Read more]

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Financial

Oil prices steady as higher US production offset Middle East tensions

January 8, 2018 Energi Staff

Major factor in oil prices for 2018 will be OPEC v. shale: Analyst Oil prices were steady on Monday as analysts and investors weighed political concerns in Iran and Saudi Arabia against rising US oil [Read more]

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Alberta

ATCO buys Mexican hydro power plant for $114 million, continues expansion into southern market

January 8, 2018 Markham Hislop

Mexican energy market reform creates opportunity for Alberta utility ATCO is expanding its operations in Mexico with the purchase of a 35 megawatt hydroelectric power station in the state of Veracruz for $114 millionCDN, part of [Read more]

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Opinion

Who will finance Asia’s coal power projects?

January 8, 2018 Markham Hislop

Asia’s coal power capacity investment opportunity to top US$250 billion over the next decade Comment by Wood Mackenzie Historically, coal has played a key role in meeting Asia’s growing power demand. However environmental concerns has led [Read more]

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Notley ignores energy and loses election again. Time for a new NDP leader

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Rachel Notley is not the person to craft or deliver a new energy vision for Alberta. She has proven that repeatedly over past 4 years How do you hope to be premier of Canada’s energy [Read more]

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