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Month: April 2020

News

Ontario electricity use down since beginning of COVID-19

April 30, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on April 29, 2020. On 12 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Since then, energy demand decreased around the world as a result [Read more]

News

Global energy demand to plunge after biggest shock since WWII

April 30, 2020 Energi Staff

The International Energy Agency says the COVID-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven decades.  The agency says it predicts the drop in energy demand in 2020 will [Read more]

News

Low liquidity, limited storage pushes WTI futures below zero

April 27, 2020 Energi Staff

By Jesse Barnett, Jeff Barron This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 27 2020. On Monday, April 20, 2020, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil front-month futures traded on the [Read more]

News

Extreme methane emissions from Permian oil & gas operations

April 27, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Environmental Defense Fund on April 22. (NEW YORK) Findings published today in the journal Science Advances show that oil and gas operations in America’s sprawling Permian Basin are releasing methane at twice [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Entitled, nasty, bully of a premier throws down on Calgary reporter

April 25, 2020 Markham Hislop

“That kind of question in the middle of an economic crisis from a Calgary-based media outlet really frankly throws me for a loop. Sounds like you’re reporting for The Tyee or something.” – Premier Jason Kenney [Read more]

News

North Dakota flared 19 per cent of its natural gas production in 2019

April 23, 2020 Energi Staff

By Steve Hanson and Emily Geary This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 22, 2020. According to the North Dakota Oil & Gas Division’s February 2020 Director’s Cut & Monthly [Read more]

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COVID-19 shutdown leads to lowest US petroleum use in decades

April 23, 2020 Energi Staff

By Jesse Barnett This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 23, 2020. U.S. consumption of petroleum products has fallen to its lowest level in decades because of measures that limit travel and [Read more]

Opinion

Coal finance is heading to its logical terminal conclusion

April 21, 2020 Energi Staff

By Tim Buckley After a decade of deflation in renewable energy costs approaching 10 per cent annually, and an extended global economic lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the credit appeal of coal fired power [Read more]

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Opinion

Restarting the COVID-19 economy: 4 possible steps

April 21, 2020 Energi Staff

By Loren Falkenberg This article was published by the University of Calgary on April 21, 2020. What does a post-pandemic economy look like? Health researchers are indicating that managing this virus will be a long-term [Read more]

Opinion

Link orphan well aid cash with tougher regulations

April 21, 2020 Energi Staff

By Chris Severson-Baker This article was published by Pembina Institute on April 21, 2020. The federal government’s announcement of financial support for Alberta’s oil and gas sector is welcome news as the COVID-19 pandemic deepens and [Read more]

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U of C examines risk of COVID-19 transmission between people, their pets

April 20, 2020 Energi Staff

Researchers at the University of Calgary are part of a task force to determine if household pets can contract and spread COVID-19. Dr. Rebecca Archer, clinical instructor of small animal medicine at U of C’s [Read more]

Markham on Energy

There’s a lot more going on with Trudeau’s $2.5 billion oil and gas announcement than you think

April 18, 2020 Markham Hislop

That squishing sound you hear? That’s Jason Kenney and the Alberta junior oil and gas sector being sucked under the Liberal climate plan steamroller. Friday’s announcement is about to flatten the political agenda of Alberta’s [Read more]

Opinion

Readying Canada’s buildings for the climate of tomorrow

April 17, 2020 Energi Staff

By Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze This article was published by Pembina Institute on April 15, 2020. Imagine a home that can stand up to extreme weather, be it heat waves or water surges, while bringing your gas [Read more]

Opinion

Revving Canada’s economy with zero emissions freight

April 17, 2020 Energi Staff

By Carolyn Kim This article was published by Pembina Institute on April 15, 2020. As we work to rebuild Canada’s economy in the wake of COVID-19, our investment choices will help determine our success in [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Kenney, UCP may be worst energy government in Alberta history. Well done, sir

April 16, 2020 Markham Hislop

Kenney’s bombast, unrealistic promises, and hubris by the bucketful have led to indifferent outcomes at best, harmful ones at worst Happy election anniversary Premier Kenney. You soundly trounced Rachel Notley and the NDP in large [Read more]

COVID-19

What we’ve learned from the Spanish flu—and what we haven’t

April 15, 2020 Energi Staff

By Geoff McMaster This article was published by Folio on April 8, 2020. It’s easy to feel trapped in the present by COVID-19—stuck at home, preoccupied with fears of what’s to come. But as history [Read more]

COVID-19

Behind the scenes at Alberta’s COVID-19 testing laboratories

April 15, 2020 Energi Staff

By Gillian Rutherford This article was published by Folio on April 15, 2020. Alberta laboratories had two advantages when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, allowing them to ramp up early and perform more tests per capita [Read more]

News

Canadian energy demand trends towards lower-carbon scenario

April 15, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on April 15, 2020. Over the past 12 years, Canada’s demand for coal and oil have been more aligned with the lower carbon scenario projected in 2007’s [Read more]

News

EV sales expected to fall by 43 per cent by end of 2020

April 8, 2020 Energi Staff

Wood Mackenzie says the COVID-19 outbreak, uncertain economy as well as plummeting oil prices will have a significant impact on EV sales this year. Last year, global electric vehicle sales hit 2.2 million, however, new [Read more]

News

$600 billion to be spent on wind turbines globally by 2028

April 7, 2020 Energi Staff

Despite demand fluctuations, Wood Mackenzie says the global supply chain of wind turbines will spend approximately $600 billion by the end of 2028. According to new analysis the energy consultancy group, annual average wind turbine [Read more]

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