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Month: June 2021

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Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke, Hydro Québec partner on renewable project

June 28, 2021 Energi Staff

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and Hydro Québec have entered into a memorandum of understanding to partner on the Hertel-New York Interconnection Project which could see Hydro Québec transmit green renewable energy to New York [Read more]

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Hydro-Québec launches its first two solar generating stations

June 28, 2021 Energi Staff

For the first time in Hydro-Québec’s history, solar power is now supplying the company’s grid. The Gabrielle-Bodis generating station, located in La Prairie, and Robert-A.-Boyd generating station in Varennes began generating electricity last week. The [Read more]

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Majority of new renewables undercut cheapest fossil fuel on cost

June 28, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on June 22, 2021. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, June 22, 2021 – The share of renewable energy that achieved lower costs than the most competitive [Read more]

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GM to boost EV, AV investments to $35 billion through 2025

June 22, 2021 Energi Staff

Last week General Motors announced it will boost its EV and AV investments from 2020 through 2025 to $35 billion.  This is a 75 per cent increase from its initial commitment the company announced prior [Read more]

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AB pipeline companies plan carbon transportation, sequestration system

June 22, 2021 Energi Staff

Last Thursday, Pembina Pipeline Corporation and TC Energy Corporation announced a plan to jointly develop a carbon transportation and sequestration system.  Called the Alberta Carbon Grid, the project will use existing pipelines as well as [Read more]

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Online shopping boom fuels need for new urban freight strategies

June 18, 2021 Energi Staff

On Thursday, the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), Bloomberg Associates and the Pembina Institute released Building Healthy Cities in the Doorstep-Delivery Era: Sustainable urban freight solutions from around the world, a report that [Read more]

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Multi-billion dollar bet-zero hydrogen energy complex to be built in Edmonton

June 18, 2021 Energi Staff

Air Products announced last week that it will build a multi-billion dollar net-zero hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton. The company began work on the core of the energy complex in 2018.  The $1.3 billion net-zero [Read more]

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Researchers brewing up better ways to turn plant waste into ethanol

June 11, 2021 Energi Staff

By Bev Betkowski This article was published by Folio on May 05, 2021. University of Alberta research is brewing up better ways to help ethanol producers make the most of plant waste they use to [Read more]

News

U of A spinoff company could help unlock a lithium industry for Alberta

June 11, 2021 Energi Staff

By Michael Brown This article was published by Folio on May 25, 2021. Alberta’s oil and gas fields could be in store for another natural resource boom thanks to a University of Alberta-based lithium extraction [Read more]

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Technology boosts US, Canadian oil and natural gas production

June 11, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on May 5, 2021. The oil and natural gas industry in Canada and the United States has changed considerably over the past 20 years. Before 2009, [Read more]

Student Resources

Alberta oil sands Net-zero by 2050 plan unpacked and explained

June 11, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews economist Kevin Birn of IHS MarkIt about the Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero initiative launched on June 9. Related links: Canada’s largest oil sands producers announce [Read more]

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US electric power sector CO2 emissions drop in shift from coal to natural gas

June 10, 2021 Energi Staff

By Glenn McGrath This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 9, 2021. Over the past 15 years, the US electricity generation mix has shifted away from coal and toward natural [Read more]

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2020 US energy consumption increased for renewables, fell for all other fuels

June 10, 2021 Energi Staff

By Allan McFarland This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 4, 2021. The United States EIA recently updated its US energy consumption by source and sector chart with 2020 data. [Read more]

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CER report explores Canadian oil and gas pipeline system

June 10, 2021 Energi Staff

On Wednesday, the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) released a report showing the economics and market dynamics for the more than 73,000 kilometres of pipelines it regulates. The report, Canada’s Pipeline System 2021: Economics of CER-Regulated [Read more]

Opinion

Energy producers, consumers face more climate disclosure requirements

June 10, 2021 Energi Staff

By Ed Hirs This article was published by Forbes on April 26, 2021. More climate disclosure requirements are on the horizon for energy producers and energy consumers. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is thinking [Read more]

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Vietnam to expand renewable energy sources as part power development plan

June 2, 2021 Energi Staff

By Slade Johnson, Kien Chau, Lindsay Aramayo This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 1, 2021. In February 2021, the government of Vietnam released a draft of the country’s latest [Read more]

In the Spotlight

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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