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Year: 2023

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Keeping cool in a hotter world is using more energy, making efficiency more important than ever

July 25, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on July 21, 2023. By Nicholas Howarth, Clara Camarasa, Kevin Lane, Arnau Risquez Martin,  The world is baking in extreme heat, driving demand for cooling higher [Read more]

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Why ditching gas cars for electric ones hinges on Canada’s EV sales standard

July 25, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on July 17, 2023. By Adam Thorn The most recent manifestations of climate change have been devastating. Over the past two months, wildfires blazed in nearly every [Read more]

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As Texas wind and solar capacity increase, energy curtailments are also likely to rise

July 25, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 13, 2023. By Debra Warady, Tyler Hodge, Lindsay Aramayo We project combined wind and solar generating capacity in Texas’s power market will double [Read more]

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EIA forecasts crude oil prices will increase through 2024 as demand rises above supply

July 24, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 19, 2023. By Jeff Barron We forecast higher crude oil prices in the second half of 2023 and into 2024 in our latest Short-Term [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Dear Canada. Alberta needs you

July 24, 2023 Markham Hislop

Part 1 of the Energy Transition and Post-Combustion Alberta series of columns Can you imagine a world in which Alberta’s bountiful oil reserves are used for manufacturing space-age materials instead of refining climate-destroying fuels? If [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Oil sands companies failed to deploy emissions-reducing tech. Canadians must hold them accountable

July 21, 2023 Markham Hislop

Producers spent past decade developing emissions-reducing technology but aren’t using it at scale. Why aren’t we talking about that story? “I heard many times, people like Joy Romero, one of the key [COSIA] vice-presidents saying [Read more]

Energi Notes

Coming to Jesus moment coming for Alberta oil bros

July 18, 2023 Markham Hislop

Plenty of Albertans get it, but there are still far, far too many energy transition heathens desperately in need of salvation Somebody pitch a revival tent, Alberta oil bros are due for a “coming to [Read more]

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Rapid progress of key clean energy technologies shows the new energy economy is emerging faster than many think

July 18, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on July 12, 2023. The pace of deployment of some clean energy technologies – such as solar PV and electric vehicles – shows what can be [Read more]

News

AER fines AlphaBow Energy Ltd. for unauthorized pipeline construction

July 14, 2023 Energi Staff

CALGARY, AB – The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has ordered AlphaBow Energy Ltd. (AlphaBow) to pay a $25 000 fine for constructing pipelines without approval. Between November 11 and 17, 2021, AlphaBow performed work to [Read more]

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Cheaper and safer sodium-ion batteries on the horizon: IDTechEx

July 14, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was released by IDTechEx on July 14, 2023. By Shazan Siddiqi, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx Diversification in the Energy Storage Industry Is Foreseeable As the world progresses rapidly towards electrification, the energy storage [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Federal Liberals pander to Alberta’s carbon daydreams

July 14, 2023 Energi Staff

To the Editor: Markham Hislop’s article “Liberals open door for ridiculous Alberta ‘clean LNG for carbon credits’ scheme” is an excellent account of how the federal Liberals are pandering to Alberta’s carbon daydreams. As someone [Read more]

Markham on Energy

30-year old deal means industry pays 100% of well clean up costs

July 13, 2023 Markham Hislop

“…the public purse should not be at risk because of orphan wells.” JR Nichol, senior ERCB executive Three decades ago, the oil industry cut a deal with the Alberta government that it would pay to [Read more]

Unethical Oil

Unethical Oil Part 2: Alberta’s orphan well crisis

July 11, 2023 Markham Hislop

Unethical Oil Part 1: Alberta’s Secret Shame Alberta, industry are gambling that energy transition disruption happens closer to 2050 than 2030, with plenty of time to clean up hundreds of thousands of wells. What if [Read more]

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Cash-flow modeling shows carbon capture and storage can help meet climate goals

July 11, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on July 10, 2023. by Scott MacDougall,  Jonathan Arnold,  Janetta McKenzie This is the third article in a series of three on Canada’s climate objectives and the oil and [Read more]

Opinion

Canadian oil and gas sector misunderstands the power of narratives

July 11, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Troy Media on July 5, 2023. By Bill Whitelaw If I had a dollar for every time someone in Canada’s oil and gas industry laments “we need to change the narrative,” you [Read more]

News

Growth in global oil demand is set to slow significantly by 2028

June 29, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on June 14, 2023. Growth in the world’s demand for oil is set to slow almost to a halt in the coming years, with the high [Read more]

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IEA-IFC joint report calls for ramping up clean energy investments in emerging and developing economies

June 29, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on June 21, 2023. Annual clean energy investments in emerging and developing economies will need to more than triple from USD 770 billion in 2022 to [Read more]

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Powering the energy transition with smart electrification

June 29, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on June 20, 2023. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Brussels, Belgium, 20 June 2023 – Electrifying the use of energy in industry, transport and [Read more]

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Annual renewable power must triple by 2030: IRENA

June 29, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on June 22, 2o23. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate, 22 June 2023 – In the first volume of the World Energy Transitions Outlook (WETO) 2023 released today, the [Read more]

Opinion

Energy innovation investment remained resilient to shocks in a turbulent 2022

June 29, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on June 15, 2023. By Simon Bennett, Energy Technology Analyst Government and corporate spending on energy research and development hit record highs last year, as did [Read more]

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Trump Sought Canadian Submission, Not Just a Trade Deal

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

The collapse of Canada-US trade negotiations was about more than tariffs. Washington’s last-minute demands sought influence over Canada’s trade, resources, industries and domestic laws—and closely matched the Trump administration’s blueprint for dominance in the Western Hemisphere. [Read more]

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