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Month: October 2019

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Alberta production limits impact large oil producers the most

October 31, 2019 Energi Staff

This article was published by the National Energy Board on Oct. 3o, 2019. The Government of Alberta capped Alberta crude oil production at 3.56 million barrels per day (MMb/d) on 1 January 2019. This was in response to Alberta crude [Read more]

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Understanding users is key to energy systems evolution

October 31, 2019 Energi Staff

By Brian Motherway, Head of Energy Efficiency Division, and David Shipworth, Chair of UsersTCP. This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Oct. 31, 2019. The choices made by individuals are having a significant effect [Read more]

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CleanBC heavy duty vehicle efficiency program begins

October 31, 2019 Energi Staff

As part of CleanBC, the government of British Columbia is partnering with BC Trucking Association to deliver the heavy duty vehicle efficiency program to help cut greenhouse gas emissions and cut their fuel costs. “Reducing [Read more]

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New technique could help decontaminate oilsands process water

October 31, 2019 Energi Staff

By Justin Dupuis This article was published by Folio on Oct. 29, 2019. New technology developed by engineers at the University of Alberta shows potential in cleaning and decontaminating process water from oilsands production. The [Read more]

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Most utility-scale batteries in the US are made of lithium-ion

October 30, 2019 Energi Staff

By Vikram Linga This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 30, 2019. Most of the utility-scale battery systems used for energy storage on the U.S. electric grid use lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, which [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Think the Canadian energy conversation is polarized now? Just wait awhile…

October 30, 2019 Markham Hislop

Energy transition is speeding up, likely to exacerbate tensions, polarize energy debate even further When Canadians talk about energy issues, it often resembles an old school hockey game – elbows up, fists flying – more [Read more]

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Innisfail Solar to be Alberta’s first merchant solar project

October 30, 2019 Energi Staff

Last week, Elemental Energy announced it purchased the 25 MW Innisfail Solar Project located in Red Deer County.  By its forecast 2020 completion date, it will the the first merchant solar project in Alberta. “The [Read more]

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2019 US net natural gas exports doubles 2018 levels

October 29, 2019 Energi Staff

By Kristen Tsai This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 29, 2019.  Updated at 1:00 P.M. to correct figures. From January through June of 2019, US net natural gas exports [Read more]

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Natural gas consumption in Asia expected to outpace supply

October 28, 2019 Energi Staff

By Steve Hanson This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 28, 2019. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest International Energy Outlook 2019 (IEO2019) Reference case, future growth in natural [Read more]

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Offshore wind to become a $1 trillion industry

October 28, 2019 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Oct. 25, 2019. COPENHAGEN – Offshore wind power will expand impressively over the next two decades, boosting efforts to decarbonize energy systems and reduce air [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: The in-between time – between old and new forms of capitalism

October 28, 2019 Energi Staff

By Stephen Murgatroyd This article was published by The Murgatroyd Blog on Oct. 27, 2019. It is clear to a great many that late stage capitalism is becoming unsustainable for four big reasons. The first [Read more]

Markham on Energy

What do Husky layoffs tell us about the state of oil patch employment? Plenty and it’s not good

October 27, 2019 Markham Hislop

“They [energy companies] are operating at a much more efficient and effective rate…We don’t see them as the big job creators that they have been in the past.” – Mary Moran, former CEO, Calgary Economic [Read more]

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Blueprint created for quantum battery that doesn’t lose charge

October 26, 2019 Energi Staff

By Katie Willis This article was published by Folio on Oct. 24, 2019.  Scientists from the universities of Alberta and Toronto developed a blueprint for a new quantum battery that doesn’t leak charge. “A quantum [Read more]

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Alberta budget misses opportunity to attract investment: Pembina

October 26, 2019 Energi Staff

Duncan Kenyon, Regional Director at the Pembina Institute says the Alberta budget released by the Kenney government is a “missed opportunity” to position the province as a competitive energy leader in a changing world economy. [Read more]

Markham on Energy

WEXIT, the last refuge of scoundrels and the unscrupulous who would exploit them

October 24, 2019 Markham Hislop

Instead of a panel to talk to, Albertans need a provincial government that will engage them about changing employment in the oil patch In the early 1980s, to satisfy my curiosity, I attended a Western [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Kenney kills partial upgrading technology program essential to oil sands future

October 24, 2019 Markham Hislop

Savage cites financial risk to Alberta government, but how much revenue already being lost because of pipeline problems, oil curtailment? Bitumen requires 30 per cent diluent to flow in a pipeline. Figure out how to [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Alberta’s psychological dystopia

October 23, 2019 Energi Staff

By Stephen Murgatroyd This article was published by the Murgatroyd Blog on Oct. 23, 2019. One feature of psychological illness is this: “if only everyone else were different, I could be the person I have [Read more]

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China encourages domestic natural gas production as imports rise

October 23, 2019 Energi Staff

By Faouzi Aloulou, Victoria Zaretskaya This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 23, 2019. Rapid growth in China’s natural gas consumption has outpaced growth in its domestic natural gas production [Read more]

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AER executive VPs leave, search for CEP continues

October 23, 2019 Energi Staff

On Wednesday, the Alberta Energy Regulator announced three executive vice presidents are no longer with the organization. Carol Crowfoot, executive vice-president, strategy and regulatory division, Stacey Schorr, executive vice-president, stakeholder and government engagement and Mark [Read more]

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Why the minority Trudeau government is unlikely to fall anytime soon

October 23, 2019 Energi Staff

By Michael Brown  This article was published by Folio on Oct. 22, 2019 If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is able to work with opposition parties, either formally or informally, then the possibility of significant constitutional [Read more]

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