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Month: September 2020

Markham on Energy

Election question: BC Hydro status quo or more market-based electricity system?

September 29, 2020 Markham Hislop

Implementing CleanBC, electrifying BC economy will be difficult – what type of electricity system is needed to properly do the job? If the NDP is re-elected, it will begin transitioning much of the provincial economy [Read more]

Opinion

BP’s peak oil prediction – and the future of oil in a net-zero Canada

September 28, 2020 Energi Staff

By Benjamin Israel, Nina Lothian This article was published by Pembina Institute on Sept. 16, 2020. In its 2020 annual energy outlook, energy giant BP predicts a “fundamental restructuring” of the global energy system in order to decarbonize. [Read more]

Opinion

California’s power resource challenge holds lessons for clean energy transitions worldwide

September 28, 2020 Energi Staff

By Keisuke Sadamori This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Sept. 11, 2020. For the first time in 19 years, California’s power system’s operator, the CAISO, took the decision in August to [Read more]

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California to phase out gasoline-powered cars, drastically reduce fossil fuel demand

September 23, 2020 Energi Staff

California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order requiring sales of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035 as well as additional measures to eliminate harmful emissions from the transportation sector. According to [Read more]

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12 global cities to divest from fossil fuel, invest in green and just recovery from COVID-19

September 23, 2020 Energi Staff

On Monday, mayors of 12 cities from around the world that represent over 36 million residents, pledged to divest from fossil fuel companies and advocate for greater sustainable investment, as part of their commitment to [Read more]

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How hydrogen can reduce natural gas CO2 emissions

September 23, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Sept. 23, 2020. Hydrogen is becoming increasingly important in global green energy strategies, and could play a significant role in Canada’s own carbon-emission reduction goals. One potential [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Oil industry’s biggest enemy? Conservatives

September 17, 2020 Markham Hislop

Jason Kenney, industry, Canadian conservatives waiting for an invitation to next oil price party that is never going to come A tenet of Canadian conservatism is that the oil and gas industry is under attack [Read more]

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Average US construction costs for solar and wind generation continue to fall

September 17, 2020 Energi Staff

By Alex May This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 16, 2020. According to 2018 data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) for newly constructed utility-scale electric generators in [Read more]

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BC boosts renewable natural gas production: CER

September 17, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Sept. 16, 2020. Renewable natural gas (RNG) production typically begins with the collection of organic wastes such as landfill waste, agricultural waste, or waste water. [Read more]

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DEEP Earth Energy designing first geothermal power facility in Canada

September 15, 2020 Energi Staff

This month, DEEP Earth Energy Production will take its first step to building the first geothermal power facility in Canada. After months of testing, the company is set to begin drilling the deepest horizontal well [Read more]

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Canada’s evolving energy needs

September 14, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Aug. 5, 2020. Canada’s demand for energy can be broken down by economic sector. In 2017, the industrial sector made up 52 per cent of [Read more]

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US produced more light crude oil in 2019, imported less heavy crude oil

September 14, 2020 Energi Staff

By Emily Geary This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 9, 2020. Total US crude oil production grew by 1.24 million barrels per day (b/d) (11 per cent) in 2019. This [Read more]

Opinion

Ottawa, Alberta develop new hydrogen strategies

September 14, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association on June 15, 2020.  The federal government says it will have a comprehensive strategy for hydrogen in place by the end of the summer, [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Adam Legge, the business leader Alberta needs now

September 11, 2020 Markham Hislop

Legge, Business Council of Alberta, emerging as an important moderate policy voice during a time of immoderate policies “We’re encouraging the federal government to view Alberta, and the county’s largest resource industries, as a welcome [Read more]

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Energy Industries Consider The Choice: Biden Or Trump?

September 10, 2020 Energi Staff

By Ed Hirs This article was published by Forbes on Sept. 8, 2020. Texas oil and gas producers were recently polled, and 76% fear a Biden presidency fractionally more than they fear an oversupply of oil. Why? The [Read more]

Markham on Energy

C’mon, Alberta, love the green recovery plan

September 8, 2020 Markham Hislop

2 green recovery ideas for Alberta: turn bitumen into carbon fibre, electrify the oil sands Canadian oil and gas leaders should start believing their own rhetoric. They loudly insist that hydrocarbons will be around for [Read more]

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BC’s Innovative Clean Energy Fund supports local clean tech industry

September 2, 2020 Energi Staff

British Columbia’s Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund is providing funding to assist the province’s clean technology industry develop BC’s clean tech sector and create good jobs. Powertech Labs, a Surrey-based company working to advance fuelling [Read more]

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Hypocrisy, thy name is Jason Kenney

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

The ultimate Kenney hypocrisy: Saudi investor could receive $600 million to $1.2 billion of Alberta government grants Jason Kenney is courting Saudi Arabia for a $5 billion to $10 billion investment in a petrochemical plant, [Read more]

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