L-R: Aaron Cardinal, Minister Feehan, Jane Stroud, councillor, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Erica Janvier, Chief Vern Janvier, Channing Napoose, Autumn Marcel and Marcel Janvier, councillor, Chipewyan Prairie First Nation. Jobs created: 20 during construction, [Read more]
Energy Progressives embrace change, Energy Dinosaurs resist change at a time when global energy system is rapidly changing The global energy system is being transformed. Change is driven by two emerging technology trends: 1) slowly [Read more]
Common obstacle to adoption of wind power is challenge to grid reliability Ontario and Quebec ranked in the top 10 jurisdictions in North America in terms their total amount of installed wind capacity in 2017, according [Read more]
Women in Cleantech Challenge is first of five challenges to be launched in coming months The Government of Canada is challenging women to innovate in the clean technology sector, with a reward of $1 million dollar [Read more]
Single industrial facilities are eligible for incentives of up to $1 million per year, multiple facilities up to $2 million Industrial facilities will save energy and money by upgrading equipment and making energy improvements through [Read more]
Out of Middle East countries, Turkey uses more coal powered electricity than most others Planned coal-fired capacity additions from a number of countries in and around the Middle East will add 41 gigawatts (GW) of [Read more]
“In most cases, pipeline incidents are caused by problems that could’ve been avoided if the pipeline had been properly maintained” – Ellis The number of pipeline incidents in Alberta dropped by almost half over the [Read more]
Climate activist Al Gore. Photo: CBC Industry is committed to de-carbonizing oil sands heavy crude, Notley govt supports those efforts with ambitious regulations Alberta loves to hate Al Gore. Who can blame it, really? His [Read more]
To celebrate his 1000th Twitter follower, on his Chester Energy and Policy blog, Matt Chester published an article on May 10 describing the six different ways that the number 1,000 is weaving through energy trends today. [Read more]
It is not exactly clear how the US and Saudi Arabia plan to avoid a significant oil price rise following the Trump administration’s decision to opt out of the Iran sanction relief pact. Getty Images [Read more]
Oil prices dipped slightly on Thursday as investors took profit after Wednesday’s rally which began after US President Donald Trump announced he was abandoning the Iran sanctions relief agreement. Statoil photo by Harald Pettersen. Oil [Read more]
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson Survey data show Canadians, BCers favour compromise that acts on climate/environment while allowing natural resource development Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and opponents of the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline – including NDP [Read more]
The California Energy Commission ruled on Wednesday that new homes built after 2020 will have to be equipped with solar panels. California is the first US state to implement such a regulation. 180SolarPower.com photo. Installation [Read more]
Greater GDP growth has potential to increase oil consumption beyond forecasted levels, putting upward pressure on crude oil prices EIA’s May Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasts that Brent crude oil prices will average $71 per barrel (b) [Read more]
Midcoast business include natural gas gathering, treating, processing and transportation…assets located in East Texas, Western Anadarko, Barnett shale plays Enbridge Inc. announced its indirect subsidiary, Enbridge (U.S.) Inc., has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Midcoast [Read more]
In 2016, about 80% of water used for oil sands mining and in situ production was recycled An updated water use report shows that oil and gas companies are using less water and improving recycling [Read more]
Enbridge and CPPIB entered into an agreement to form a 50-50 joint venture to pursue future European offshore wind projects Enbridge Inc. entered into agreements with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to sell [Read more]
US oil imports are expected to hit their lowest levels in over 60 years as crude production in the United States continues to rise to record levels. Statoil photo. US oil imports forecast to drop [Read more]
Schulich School of Engineering researcher Omid Ebadi says automated cars, even a few of them, will influence traffic with their good behaviour. University of Texas at Austin graphic. A smattering of automated cars will mean [Read more]
Oil prices jumped on Wednesday, one day after US President Donald Trump announced the United States will walk away from the 2015 Iran sanctions relief agreement. Yonhap News Agency photo. Oil prices hit three and [Read more]
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