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Year: 2021

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Growing industrial consumption, exports support future US natural gas market growth

March 15, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 16, 2021. By Mark Schipper The US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2021 (AEO2021) Reference case projects that growth in natural gas [Read more]

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CER’s Indigenous Advisory Committee to advance reconciliation

March 15, 2021 Energi Staff

The Canada Energy Regulator announced last month that it’s Indigenous Advisory Committee (IAC) and Board of Directors have co-developed and co-endorsed the committee’s terms of reference. In a press release from the CER, the agency [Read more]

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India has opportunity to build a new energy future

March 15, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Feb. 9, 2021. India’s ability to ensure affordable, clean and reliable energy for its growing population will be vital for the future development of its [Read more]

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Global CO2 emissions rebound strongly after steep drop in 2020

March 15, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on March 2, 2021. The Covid-19 crisis in 2020 triggered the largest annual drop in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since the Second World War, according [Read more]

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Renewables dominate future electric capacity additions

March 1, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Jan 20, 2021. Canada’s Energy Future 2020: Energy Supply and Projections to 2050 (EF2020) is the latest long-term energy outlook from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). [Read more]

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Comparing Canada’s energy demand trends in alternative energy futures

March 1, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Feb. 20, 2021. Following the annual release of our Canada’s Energy Future 2020: Energy Supply and Demand Projections to 2050 (EF2020), the CER is publishing a series [Read more]

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Battery EVs more fuel efficient than ICE vehicles: CER

March 1, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Feb 24, 2021. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs)(1) for sale in Canada in 2021 are far more fuel efficient(2) than vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICEVs). This higher [Read more]

Student Resources

USA, China, Europe and the clean energy “arms race”

February 28, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Barbara Finamore, senior attorney and Asia Director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, about her Oxford Energy Institute article, “Cleantech innovation in China and its impact on [Read more]

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Wind, solar adoption will soar during 2020s – IEA

February 23, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Heymi Bahar, the International Energy Agency’s senior analyst for renewable energy markets and policy and lead author for “Renewables 2020 Analysis and forecast to 2025.” Correction: the [Read more]

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Utility-scale batteries, pumped storage return about 80 per cent of electricity they store

February 23, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 12, 2021. By Alex May Electric energy storage is becoming more important to the energy industry as the share of intermittent generating technologies, [Read more]

Student Resources

Canadian cities, towns play key role in renewable energy revolution

February 21, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Kirby Calvert, project technical lead and co-director of CEKAP (Community Energy Knowledge Action Partnership), about the launch of Quest Canada‘s Free Renewable Energy Planning Resource for municipalities [Read more]

Student Resources

Net-zero US economy not difficult or expensive – study

February 21, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews economist Jim Williams of the University of San Francisco about his co-authored paper, Carbon-Neutral Pathways for the United States. Related links: Carbon‐Neutral Pathways for the United States [Read more]

Student Resources

Cheaper, better batteries drive EV sales during 2020s

February 21, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews James Frith, head of energy storage for BloombergNEF, about the effect of falling battery prices on EV adoption. If cheap batteries hit the market sooner than expected, [Read more]

Student Resources

Managing the energy transition: Pathways to Canada’s net-zero future

February 19, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews economist Jason Dion of the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices about his new report, “CANADA’S NET-ZERO FUTURE: Finding our way in the global transition.” Related links: CANADA’S [Read more]

Opinion

Oil industry jumps on low-carbon bandwagon

February 18, 2021 Energi Staff

By Ed Hirs This article was publishes by Forbes on Feb. 8, 2021. There are two main roads leading to a low-carbon future. The first involves decreasing our combustion of fossil fuels via conservation and a [Read more]

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Climate change, COVID prompt BC gov’t investment in roadway projects

February 12, 2021 Energi Staff

The government of British Columbia is investing $20.7 million in upgrading the province’s roadways under a plan dubbed the Climate Adaption Program. The program features a number of projects throughout BC that the government says [Read more]

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BC Clean Coast, Clean Waters initiative nets tonnes of marine debris

February 8, 2021 Energi Staff

Last August and September, the first cleanup project under the British Columbia Clean Coast, Clean Waters Initiative resulted in the removal of over 127 tonnes of marine debris from the province’s central coast and Queen [Read more]

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International context for oil, natural gas markets in Canada’s Energy Future 2020

February 2, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Jan. 27, 2021. Following the annual release of our Canada’s Energy Future 2020: Energy Supply and Demand Projections to 2050 (EF2020), the CER is publishing a series [Read more]

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Renewables dominate future electric capacity additions: CER

February 2, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Jan. 20, 2021. Canada’s Energy Future 2020: Energy Supply and Projections to 2050 (EF2020) is the latest long-term energy outlook from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). [Read more]

Opinion

Clean Fuel Standard will help Canada achieve net-zero by 2050

February 2, 2021 Energi Staff

By Bora Plumptre This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Jan. 27, 2021. The Clean Fuel Standard, a proposed federal regulation released in December for public comment, will introduce a broad set of [Read more]

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