General Motors is hoping the Trump administration will support a nationwide program to increase sales of zero emissions vehicles (ZEV), despite the government’s proposal to end California’s ability to regulate more clean vehicle use. ZEV [Read more]
According to a report by the International Energy Agency, major oil and gas exporters will need to commit to reform and economic diversification to cope with the changing dynamics of global energy. Shutterstock photo. Higher [Read more]
Many energy sector majors are moving downstream in order to capture additional value from hydrocarbons resources, often co-locating new petrochemical facilities with refineries to capture operational synergies. Total photo. Reform initiatives underway in energy sector This [Read more]
LNG imports to Europe by pipeline, in particular from Russia and Norway, have increased. In 2017, natural gas imports from Russia provided 35 per cent of the total EU-28 supply and Norway provided 24 per cent. Total [Read more]
SFU professor Majid Bahrami and researchers at the university’s Surrey campus are developing a 1200W passively air-cooled charger for light electric vehicles (LEVs) using graphite sheets to enhance thermal performance, eliminate parasitic cooling power and [Read more]
Notley government, CEPA, Alberta oil and gas industry united in opposition to Bill C69, demand for amendments Shannon Phillips is not happy with the state of Bill C69, the Trudeau Government’s new legislation to regulate [Read more]
Some analysts are concerned that changes in maritime fuel regulations will cut into the availability and raise prices of low-sulphur diesel and jet kerosene used by trucks, trains, planes, farmers and industry. Maritime fuel rules [Read more]
After several days of declines, oil prices rose on Wednesday after the US Energy Information Administration reported a larger-than-anticipated drop in US crude inventories. Equinor photo. Oil prices fell 5 per cent Tuesday Oil prices [Read more]
The effects of the US reimposing Iran sanctions and the potential response from members of the OPEC and other countries pose significant uncertainty to the forecast. Al Jazeera photo. Trump administration re-imposed Iran sanctions in May [Read more]
The outlook for the global economy is deteriorating. A broad range of asset prices and real-time economic indicators pointing to either a slowdown in growth or an outright recession occurring in 2019. Financial and real indicators [Read more]
Finland has is using nuclear, hydro and bioenergy to cut its use of fossil fuels for its total energy supply use among International Energy Agency countries. InvestInFinland.fi photo. Bioenergy accounts for 29 per cent of [Read more]
SolFilm is a “lightweight photonic film consisting of high-efficiency, gallium arsenide PV nanowires that converts high energy sunlight directly into power and is transparent for infra-red light. The infra-red light can be converted into power…enabling a far [Read more]
Headliners at the Energy Relaunch conference Thursday in Calgary at the Metropolitan Conference Centre Energy Relaunch would benefit from more outward looking, forward thinking panelists – like the Alberta oil sands CEOs – instead of [Read more]
Carbon dividends maintain incentives to switch to lower-carbon goods because there’s a separation between what the carbon price costs you and the value of the dividends. How much the carbon price costs is tied to [Read more]
By 2019, the federal government will impose the Canadian carbon tax on the remaining provinces that have not created their own climate change plan. Video Blocks photo. Canadian carbon tax will reach $50 per ton [Read more]
Iran oil production and exports have dropped since the Trump administration announced last May that it would quit the nuclear deal and re-impose sanctions on Iranian crude exports. AFP photo by Atta Kenare. Iran oil [Read more]
Hedge funds and other money managers cut their combined net long position in the six most important petroleum futures and options contracts by 133 million barrels in the week to Oct. 16. Total photo. Hedge [Read more]
The IEA report addresses how LNG markets are reshaping shipping needs. The risk of a lack of timely investment in the LNG carrier fleet could pose a threat to market development and security of supply. [Read more]
The pressure of growing cities includes rising home ownership or rental costs, worsening air quality, road congestion and over-burdened transit operations. Toronto Star photo by Richard Lautens. Public transit investments generate highest return for growing [Read more]
In a report by a coalition of environmental groups from Canada and the US, the authors argue that while BC has long known about the importance of cutting methane emissions, it now has the regulatory [Read more]
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