Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future

Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future

  • News
    • Opinion
  • Markham on Energy
  • Energi Notes
  • Unethical Oil
  • Energi U
    • Energi U Registration
    • Energi U Library
  • The Energi Show
  • Energy Circles
  • Support Us
Home2022April

Month: April 2022

News

Market Snapshot: A tour of Canada’s oil sands upgraders

April 29, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on February 23, 2022. Bitumen or crude bitumen is a thick, sticky form of crude oil. When extracted from the ground, bitumen has the consistency of [Read more]

News

Three producing regions drove US natural gas production in 2021

April 29, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 27, 2022. By Naser Ameen, Jim O’Sullivan In 2021, US natural gas production increased 2 per cent and reached 118.8 billion cubic feet [Read more]

News

Renewable generation surpassed nuclear in the US electric power sector in 2021

April 29, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 26, 2022. By Syne Salem Electric power sector generation from renewable sources totalled 795 million megawatthours (MWh) in the United States during 2021, [Read more]

News

Clean energy spending in governments’ economic recovery packages has surged by 50 per cent since the end of October

April 25, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on April 12, 2022. Clean energy spending earmarked by governments in response to the Covid-19 crisis has risen by 50 per cent over the past five [Read more]

News

Global natural gas demand set to decline slightly in 2022 as Russia’s war disrupts markets and economies

April 25, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on April 15, 2022. The world’s demand for natural gas is set to decline slightly in 2022 as a result of higher prices and market disruptions [Read more]

News

Quebec municipality testing clean garbage trucks

April 25, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on April 20, 2022. By Kendall Anderson Transitioning a fleet of combustion engine vehicles to those powered by electricity presents significant financial and technological challenges. However, public departments [Read more]

News

Energy-hungry bitcoin moves into sights of U.S. environmental movement

April 22, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by Thomson Reuters Foundation on April 22, 2022. By  Avi Asher-Schapiro  LOS ANGELES, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When China banned bitcoin mining last year, it launched a U.S. cryptocurrency gold [Read more]

News

China increased both natural gas imports and domestic production in 2021

April 22, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 22, 2022 By Faouzi Aloulou, Victoria Zaretskaya In 2021, an average 35.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas was consumed [Read more]

News

How a little-known energy treaty could thwart global climate action

April 20, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation on April 20, 2022. By Beatrice Tridimas LONDON, April 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As many publicly traded companies around the world hold their annual general [Read more]

News

Record amounts of zero-carbon electricity generation, storage seeking grid interconnection

April 20, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by Berkley Lab on April 13, 2022. The amount of new power generation and energy storage projects in so-called “interconnection queues” seeking to connect to the grid across the U.S. continues [Read more]

News

Summer US real diesel, gasoline prices expected to be highest since 2014

April 19, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 19, 2022. By Ornella Kaze In our Summer Fuels Outlook, a supplement to our April 2022 Short-Term Energy Outlook, we expect retail gasoline prices to [Read more]

News

Wind was second-largest source of US electricity generation on March 29

April 18, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 14, 2022. By Jonathan DeVilbiss, M. Tyson Brown On Tuesday, March 29, wind turbines in the Lower 48 states produced 2,017 gigawatthours (GWh) [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Alberta NDP falls way behind on energy and climate policy

April 17, 2022 Markham Hislop

How can it be 2022 and Notley’s party doesn’t have a plan for emissions, electric transportation, and many other urgent climate and energy transition issues? From 2015 to 2019, the Alberta NDP was the party [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Hey, Joe, convince Jason there are better ways to ship oil than pipelines

April 13, 2022 Markham Hislop

For someone who continually touts Alberta innovation, Kenney can’t seem to think outside the pipe(line) Senator Joe Manchin was in Alberta this week, hobnobbing with Premier Jason Kenney. Both politicians predictably pimped for higher oil [Read more]

News

US nuclear electricity generation continues to decline as more reactors retire

April 12, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 8, 2022. By Mark Morey In 2021, for the second consecutive year, US nuclear electricity generation declined. Output from US nuclear power plants [Read more]

News

In 2020, 27 per cent of US households had difficulty meeting their energy needs

April 12, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 11, 2022 By Ross Beall, Carolyn Hronis  In 2020, 34 million U.S. households (27 per cent of all U.S. households) reported difficulty paying [Read more]

News

Governments’ clean energy spending up 50 per cent since the end of October

April 12, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on April 12, 2022. Clean energy spending earmarked by governments in response to the Covid-19 crisis has risen by 50 per cent over the past five [Read more]

News

US petroleum products imports, exports rose in 2021

April 12, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 12, 2022 By Kevin Hack In 2021, an average of 5.7 million barrels per day (b/d) of petroleum products were exported from the [Read more]

News

China energy goals a problem as U.N. report calls for deeper coal cuts

April 11, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by Thomson Reuters Foundation on April 7, 2022. By David Stanway SHANGHAI, April 7 (Reuters) – A new U.N. report detailing what the world needs to do to combat climate change has highlighted [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Alberta’s elite has a huge blind spot about oil’s biggest competitor: electricity

April 10, 2022 Markham Hislop

“Global demand for oil and gas will be strong in the coming decades.”  – Alberta Premier Jason Kenney If an anti-EV screed shows up on my social media accounts, chances are it was posted by [Read more]

Posts pagination

1 2 »
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]

Stay connected

  • facebook
  • twitter

Latest Video

Search Our Archives

Latest News

  • Oneida Energy Storage, Canada’s biggest, goes online ahead of schedule, under budget May 13, 2025
  • After more than a decade of little change, U.S. electricity consumption is rising again May 13, 2025
  • Africa’s solar boom: What businesses must do now to reap the benefits May 13, 2025
  • Methane data and transparency continue to improve, but emissions remain far too high May 8, 2025
  • Opinion: Alberta has long accused Ottawa of trying to destroy its oil industry. That’s a dangerous myth May 8, 2025
  • Methane data and transparency continue to improve, but emissions remain far too high May 7, 2025
Latest News
  • Oneida Energy Storage, Canada’s biggest, goes online ahead of schedule, under budget
  • After more than a decade of little change, U.S. electricity consumption is rising again
  • Africa’s solar boom: What businesses must do now to reap the benefits
  • Methane data and transparency continue to improve, but emissions remain far too high
  • Opinion: Alberta has long accused Ottawa of trying to destroy its oil industry. That’s a dangerous myth
Markham on Energy
  • Alberta needs a Plan B
    November 9, 2024
  • Forget climate policy. Emulate American, Chinese clean energy industrial policy
    July 9, 2024
  • Energy policy advice for new Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi: 3 bold options to consider
    June 25, 2024
  • Bill C-59 and greenwashing by oil/gas…which version of the truth do we want?
    June 21, 2024
  • R.I.P., oil sands companies, you only have 5 to 10 years left
    June 10, 2024
Opinions
  • Opinion: Alberta has long accused Ottawa of trying to destroy its oil industry. That’s a dangerous myth
    May 8, 2025
  • Opinion: Mark Carney wants to make Canada an energy superpower — but what will be sacrificed for that goal?
    May 5, 2025
  • Opinion: Trump is serious about annexing Canada. How will climate and energy policy bring us the allies we need?
    April 28, 2025
  • Opinion: Green hydrogen for energy was a story we told ourselves
    April 25, 2025
  • Opinion: Banking on LNG exports is a high-risk gamble for Canada’s future growth
    April 23, 2025

News: editor@energi.media

  • facebook
  • twitter
  • Contact
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Support Energi Media
  • Email Sign Up

@2020 Energi Media Ltd., | Thoughtful Energy Journalism

Energi Media

 

Get the eBook, The New Alberta Advantage: Technology, Policy, and the Future of the Oil Sands, written by our founder and publisher, Markham Hislop, for FREE.

 

Sign up now and get exclusive access to your FREE download in the next newsletter and receive Energi Media Weekly Update straight to your inbox too!

 

Thoughtful journalism about energy’s future

 

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Privacy Policy