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Month: July 2021

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Canadian crude oil exports kept pace with production over the last decade: CER

July 30, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on July 28, 2021. Canadian crude oil export volumes have increased at a similar pace to production over the past decade. Figure 1 shows the volumes [Read more]

Markham on Energy

COVID-19 style conspiracy theories bedevil Alberta oil and gas politics thanks to UCP

July 30, 2021 Markham Hislop

Kenney, Savage must not be allowed to hijack national energy conversation with unfounded conspiracy narratives Canada needs a “just transition” plan. The global energy transition is gathering steam and, inevitably, there will be winners and [Read more]

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Renewables the second-most prevalent US electricity source in 2020

July 29, 2021 Energi Staff

By Mickey Francis This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 28, 2021. In 2020, renewable energy sources (including wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy) generated a record 834 billion kilowatthours (kWh) of [Read more]

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Northwest US June heat wave boosted electricity demand

July 29, 2021 Energi Staff

By Jonathan DeVilbiss, Mark Morey This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 21, 2021. A heat wave in the Northwest United States in late June led to more regional demand for electricity. [Read more]

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Federal gov’t invests in Quebec fast EV chargers

July 29, 2021 Energi Staff

The Government of Canada announced on Wednesday an agreement with Hydro-Québec to install 215 fast EV chargers in Québec. The federal government will contribute $9,490,000 to the initiative and Hydro-Québec will top that up with [Read more]

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The future of BC Hydro and the BC electricity system

July 21, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dr. Mark Jaccard, professor and director of the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University and appointed to the 9-member expert committee that [Read more]

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US natural gas continues to displace western Canadian gas in Quebec, Ontario

July 19, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on June 30, 2021. Prior to 2008, demand for natural gas in Quebec and Ontario was largely met with domestic production from western Canada transported on [Read more]

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Heat waves fuel urgency for home and building retrofits: Pembina

July 19, 2021 Energi Staff

A new report by the Pembina Institute concludes that a national renovation wave of deep building retrofits could generate more than $48 billion in economic development, while creating up to 200,000 jobs and significantly lowering [Read more]

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California’s hydroelectric generation affected by historic drought

July 19, 2021 Energi Staff

Lindsay Aramayo This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 7, 2021. Most of the western United States is experiencing intense and historic drought conditions. California is one of the most [Read more]

Opinion

The world’s electricity systems must prepare to counter growing climate threat

July 19, 2021 Energi Staff

By Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency Summer has just officially begun in the northern hemisphere, and yet we are already seeing electricity systems around the world that are struggling to [Read more]

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BC dormant oil and gas sites clean up gets $50 million boost from Province, Feds

July 8, 2021 Energi Staff

The Government of British Columbia announced on Thursday that it is awarding the second instalment of $50 million provided by the federal government to projects that will clean up dormant oil and gas sites in [Read more]

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IRENA rewrites energy narrative for a net zero world

July 5, 2021 Energi Staff

Abu Dhabi, UAE, June 30, 2021 – Accelerating energy transitions on a path to climate safety can grow the world’s economy by 2.4 per cent over the expected growth of current plans within the next decade, [Read more]

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Slow-walking the energy transition a mistake by Alberta oil patch

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Are oil and gas CEOs devious or oblivious? “What happened over the last several years was I think there was a lot of ambition that we could really move the (energy) transition along very fast…And [Read more]

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