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Year: 2021

Opinion

Opinion: No better time to invest in an electric future

November 15, 2021 Energi Staff

By Binnu Jeyakumar and Jan Gorski This op-ed originally appeared in the National Observer on Nov. 8, 2021. In early November at COP26, the United Nations climate conference, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined the U.S. and [Read more]

News

EIA projects global conventional vehicle fleet will peak in 2038

November 15, 2021 Energi Staff

By Michael Dwyer This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 26, 2021. In our International Energy Outlook 2021, we estimate the global light-duty vehicle (LDV) fleet contained 1.31 billion vehicles in [Read more]

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Crude oil demand returns faster than supply, increasing prices and reducing inventories

November 15, 2021 Energi Staff

By Matthew French This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Nov. 9, 2021. The price of U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil is near its highest level since 2014, [Read more]

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Residential electricity use to grow more quickly in developing economies

November 15, 2021 Energi Staff

By Courtney Sourmehi This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Nov. 5, 2021. In our International Energy Outlook (IEO2021) Reference case, we project that residential buildings outside the Organization for Economic Cooperation and [Read more]

News

BC plants over one billion new trees since 2018

November 10, 2021 Energi Staff

British Columbia has planted more than one billion new trees since 2018 to help reduce the effects of climate change and provide forests for future generations. The Province planted 301 million trees in 2021, a [Read more]

News

Hyzon Motors, TC Energy announce hydrogen modular production hub development agreement

November 10, 2021 Energi Staff

On Wednesday, Hyzon Motors and TC Energy announced an agreement to collaborate on the development, construction, operation, and ownership of hydrogen production facilities across North America. The companies say the hydrogen production facilities will be [Read more]

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Northern Petrochemical Corp to build carbon-neutral ammonia, methanol plant

November 10, 2021 Energi Staff

Northern Petrochemical Corporation announced it will build a $2.5 billion carbon-neutral ammonia and methanol production facility near Valleyview, Alberta. According to a press release from the Government of Alberta, the facility will be the first [Read more]

Markham on Energy

COP26 to Canadian Big Oil: business as usual is over

November 4, 2021 Markham Hislop

World leaders, especially those controlling the global economy’s purse strings, have a message for those with ears to hear: Business as usual is over, the time for bold action is now Mark Carney said yesterday [Read more]

News

Battery storage applications shift as US grid adds more batteries

November 2, 2021 Energi Staff

By Glenn McGrath This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Nov. 1, 2021. The ability of utility-scale batteries to draw energy from the grid during certain periods and discharge it to [Read more]

Markham on Energy

COP26 update: Trudeau promises world leaders he will cap oil/gas emissions “today”

November 1, 2021 Markham Hislop

UCP government is a laggard. Oil and gas sector is a laggard, oil sands companies are biggest laggards of all It’s one thing to promise during an election campaign that Canada will cap oil and [Read more]

Student Resources

The Global Energy Transition Explained

October 31, 2021 Markham Hislop

“A new energy economy is emerging around the world as solar, wind, electric vehicles and other low-carbon technologies flourish.” – the International Energy Agency (IEA) What is an energy transition? Sam Abuelsamid EV vs ICE [Read more]

News

Clean energy has won the economic race

October 29, 2021 Energi Staff

By Jules Kortenhorst  This article was published by Project Syndicate on Oct. 25, 2021. DENVER – For decades, we at the Rocky Mountain Institute (now RMI) have argued that the transition to clean energy will [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Revisiting the New Alberta Advantage: Oil sands’ net-zero initiative not nearly enough

October 25, 2021 Markham Hislop

The Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero Initiative, announced June 9, may well lower greenhouse gas emissions from bitumen extraction and help Canada meet its own net-zero-by-2050 goal. Unfortunately, that is not enough. Climate change is [Read more]

News

B.C. launches a stronger climate plan, CleanBC Roadmap to 2030

October 25, 2021 Energi Staff

The Government of British Columbia is launching a stronger, more ambitious climate plan to deliver on its commitment to reduce climate pollution and build a cleaner, stronger economy for people throughout B.C. According to a [Read more]

News

Renewable energy jobs reach 12 million globally

October 25, 2021 Energi Staff

Abu Dhabi, UAE/Geneva, Switzerland, 21 October 2021 – Renewable energy employment worldwide reached 12 million last year, up from 11.5 million in 2019, according to the eighth edition of Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2021. [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Foreign funding of anti-Alberta energy campaigns ended 6 years ago!

October 23, 2021 Markham Hislop

Kenney and Savage are too addicted to cheap political theatre like the Allan Inquiry to provide real leadership like oil CEOs, environmental groups did in 2014 and 2015 Foreign funding of campaigns against Alberta oil [Read more]

News

EIA projects rising renewables consumption, steady liquid fuels growth to 2050

October 18, 2021 Energi Staff

By Michelle Bowman This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct 6, 2021. On Oct. 6, 2021, the US Energy Information Administration  released its International Energy Outlook 2021 (IEO2021). In the IEO2021 [Read more]

News

Renewables to account for most global generation increases, but coal use remains high

October 18, 2021 Energi Staff

By Kenneth Dubin This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 15, 2021. In the Reference case of our International Energy Outlook 2021 (IEO2021), where we assume current laws and regulations continue into [Read more]

Opinion

Former Alberta CMOH calls on Kenney to release COVID-19 predictive modelling

October 3, 2021 Markham Hislop

Key to understanding [UCP government’s] cold-blooded strategy is determining how long it will take to achieve this goal of “herd immunity”.  October 1, 2021 Dear Albertans, After Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey’s offer to [Read more]

News

EDP Renewables, TC Energy join forces in Sharp Hills Wind Farm

September 27, 2021 Energi Staff

EDP Renewables Canada and TC Energy Corporation have agreed to a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 100 per cent of the output of the 297-megawatt (MW) Sharp Hills Wind Farm. Sharp Hills Wind Farm [Read more]

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