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Month: August 2020

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In The Spotlight

Introducing the “Future Power Series” – expert panel webinars about Canada’s energy future(s).

August 31, 2020 Markham Hislop

Click on the image to go to the Eventbrite page for full details on the panel.  

Markham on Energy

On energy, O’Toole a real conservative…

August 26, 2020 Markham Hislop

…if by conservative we mean someone who is completely invested in the status quo and has no real vision for the future even as the global energy system is being transformed by new technologies, policies [Read more]

Markham on Energy

CPC leadership candidates are energy fossils

August 23, 2020 Markham Hislop

Platforms are about restoring glory of oil and gas, not helping Canada become a leader in the new global energy system based on low-carbon electricity, biofuels The Conservative Party of Canada will have a new [Read more]

Markham on Energy

California power problems a potential migraine for BC?

August 18, 2020 Markham Hislop

British Columbia intends to import a lot of low-cost Western US renewable electricity over the coming years. California solar power is “very, very cheap because they produce so much of it,” says Bruce Ralston, BC [Read more]

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Albertans ARE oil and gas

August 14, 2020 Markham Hislop

“Are we about oil or not? Is there a new, post-oil Alberta? Or is it oil and gas or bust?” Santos wrote for the CBC, which commissioned the poll A recent survey by pollsters John [Read more]

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Big Energy Ideas!

August 14, 2020 Markham Hislop

Markham and Alison Cretney of Energy Futures Lab discuss the hydrogen economy, making carbon fibre from oil sands bitumen, mining lithium from oil well water Alison Cretney is the executive director of the Energy Futures [Read more]

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New BC regulations target wholesale gasoline market

August 14, 2020 Energi Staff

New regulations targeting the wholesale gasoline market will come into effect in British Columbia on Friday after an independent investigation discovered drivers in the province were being charged almost half a billion dollars in unexplainable [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Get serious about EV manufacturing, British Columbia

August 10, 2020 Energi Staff

3 things BC can do: independent agency, a lot more money, policy and regulatory changes The BC government’s decision last month to boost its support for electric vehicles by 400 per cent is a smart [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Rebrand Alberta by focusing on electricity

August 8, 2020 Markham Hislop

A new Alberta energy narrative: decarbonize hydrocarbon production, invest in renewable energy, electrify the Alberta economy This has been a busy few weeks for non-oil and gas energy news: the UCP government is exploring small [Read more]

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100% electric trucks in California by 2045

August 4, 2020 Markham Hislop

California announced last month that beginning in 2024 it will begin transitioning to electric commercial and industrial trucks. By 2045, 100 per cent of trucks in the state must be electric. Energi Media interviewed Dr. [Read more]

Markham on Energy

The Site C money pit is just the beginning. Where next, B.C.?

August 4, 2020 Markham Hislop

The Site C dam is in trouble again. Delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, cost overruns that promise to be significant, foundation engineering problems – the now $10.7 billion price tag is about to rise [Read more]

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Alberta needs a Plan B

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Oil finally has a competitor (electricity) Alberta already has a Plan A. It’s called the Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan. To understand how risky it is, you need to understand OPEC’s “Oil and Gas [Read more]

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