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Home2023October

Month: October 2023

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Lawn equipment spews ‘shocking’ amount of air pollution, new data shows

October 31, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Oct. 30, 2023. By Tik Root Lawn-care equipment — leaf-blowers, lawnmowers, and the like — doesn’t top most people’s lists of climate priorities. But a new report documents [Read more]

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Clean Energy Jobs Canada aims to recruit skilled workers

October 31, 2023 Energi Staff

Calgary, Alberta, October 25, 2023—The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) is proud to launch a new initiative, Clean Energy Jobs Canada | Emplois Énergie Propre Canada, at CanREA’s annual conference (Electricity Transformation Canada) today. Clean Energy [Read more]

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Solar and wind power curtailments are rising in California

October 31, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 30, 2023. By Lori Aniti, Susanna Smith The California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the grid operator for most of the state, is increasingly curtailing solar- [Read more]

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HYBRIT: Hydrogen storage reduces costs by up to 40 per cent

October 30, 2023 Energi Staff

HYBRIT’s hydrogen storage has been tested commercially on the electricity market. Its results are important for the industry’s transition. Fossil-free hydrogen is a prerequisite for producing fossil-free steel. By also adding storage, the variable cost [Read more]

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Cement industry needs a full transformation to decarbonize

October 30, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Oct. 29, 2023 and was originally published by Canary Media and is part of its special series “The Tough Stuff: Decarbonizing steel, cement and chemicals.”   By Jeff St. John, [Read more]

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Dear Premier Smith: Stop lying about the IEA

October 29, 2023 Markham Hislop

What is Alberta Premier Danielle Smith smoking? The International Energy Agency (IEA) “has become increasingly, unfortunately, a political activist organization.” This was part of Danielle Smith’s response to a question from me during her September [Read more]

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Chevron to address portfolio concentration risk through the acquisition of Hess

October 25, 2023 Energi Staff

LONDON/HOUSTON/SINGAPORE, 23 October 2023 – Addressing Chevron’s acquisition of Hess, David Clark, Vice President, Corporate Research for Wood Mackenzie said, “Three weeks ago, Chevron was the leader among Major’s in the Permian, was underweight deepwater, [Read more]

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McLeod Lake Indian Band, BC Gov’t sign MOE on development of hydrogen production facility, straddle plant

October 25, 2023 Energi Staff

The McLeod Lake Indian Band (MLIB) and the Province of British Columbia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that strengthens their relationship and lays the foundation for a proposed Tse’khene energy transition hub, supporting [Read more]

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How zinc-ion batteries may solve our renewable energy storage problem

October 25, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Sept. 12, 2023 By Storm William D Gourley, PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering, McMaster University Drew Higgins, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University Hotter summers, drier forests, rising [Read more]

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How recycling could solve the shortage of minerals essential to clean energy

October 25, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Sept. 6, 2023. By Serasu Duran, Assistant Professor, Operations and Supply Chain Management at Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Atalay Atasu, Professor of Technology and [Read more]

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New research may point the way towards frost-free heat pumps

October 25, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Sept. 5, 2023. By Amirreza Mahmoudi, PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan A chilly winter morning, the car windshield shrouded in a thick layer of [Read more]

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Mixed-use solar and agricultural land is the silver bullet Alberta’s Conservatives have wished for

October 25, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Sept. 5, 2023. By Joshua M. Pearce, John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University The Alberta government recently announced a much-maligned seven-month [Read more]

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How oil companies put the responsibility for climate change on consumers

October 25, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Oct. 11 2023. By Sarah M. Munoz, Doctoral researcher in political science / Doctorante en science politique, Université de Montréal The political response to the climate crisis [Read more]

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New IEA outlook: With renewable energy ‘unstoppable,’ fossil fuels will peak by 2030

October 25, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Oct. 24, 2023. By Naveena Sadasivam As the upcoming United Nations climate conference promises infighting and deadlock, the world’s leading energy forecaster is delivering both good and bad news. [Read more]

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What happens when solar panels wear out?

October 25, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Oct. 24, 2023. By Izzy Ross In 2019, the nonprofit Michigan Energy Options had just put up a solar farm in the city of East Lansing — in [Read more]

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High Permian well productivity, crude oil prices drive U.S. natural gas production growth

October 23, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 18, 2023. By Naser Ameen We estimate that U.S. marketed natural gas production in the Lower 48 states (L48) will grow by 5 per [Read more]

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Infrastructure reform key to accelerating Africa’s energy transition

October 23, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on Oct. 9, 2023. By Francesco La Camera With 80 per cent of the world’s population without access to electricity residing in Sub-Saharan Africa, it is [Read more]

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Large consumers can help drive the clean energy transition – but they need better data

October 23, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Oct. 20 2023. By Enrique Gutierrez Tavarez, Sungjin Oh,  Vida Rozite,  Emi Bertoli  Insufficient power system data is a barrier for large consumers looking to [Read more]

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Lack of ambition and attention risks making electricity grids the weak link in clean energy transitions

October 23, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Oct. 17, 2023. Efforts to tackle climate change and ensure reliable supplies of electricity could be put at risk unless policy makers and companies quickly [Read more]

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GM agreed to unionize its EV operations. Will others do the same?

October 23, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Oct. 20, 2023. By Katie Myers United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain wore a T-shirt reading “Eat the Rich” and a deadly serious stare when he announced a [Read more]

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