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Month: May 2024

News

SMRs too expensive, too slow to meet grid decarbonization deadline: IEEFA

May 31, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 31, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) will be too expensive, slow, and risky to build in time to help decarbonize the [Read more]

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Hydro-Québec to develop its own wind farms with 10,000-MW target in view

May 31, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 31, 2024. Hydro-Québec is launching a massive development plan to install 10,000 megawatts of new wind capacity, and shifting its own role from power purchaser [Read more]

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U.S. battery startup discovers breakthrough method to decarbonize steel

May 31, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 30, 2024. A company that made waves with its solution for long-duration energy storage has “stumbled on” a groundbreaking way to decarbonize the emissions-heavy iron [Read more]

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New method could significantly reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

May 31, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis on May 30, 2024. By Wilfried Winiwarter, Bettina Greenwell Nitrogen fertilization leads to emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N₂O) from agricultural [Read more]

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ConocoPhillips buys Marathon Oil, creates third largest producer in the US Lower 48: Wood Mackenzie

May 31, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Wood Mackenzie on May 30, 2024. Addressing ConocoPhillips (COP) acquisition of Marathon Oil (MRO) in an all-stock transaction valued at US$22.5B, Alex Beeker, research director, corporate research for Wood Mackenzie [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Dispelling the downturn of the EV market

May 31, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by IDTechEx on May 31, 2024. By Dr James Edmondson Electric vehicle (EV) related news has been somewhat bleak in the first part of 2024; you will have heard a lot [Read more]

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Clean Investment Monitor: Q1 2024 update

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Clean Investment Monitor on May 30, 2024. Clean energy and transportation investment in the United States continued its record-setting growth in Q1 of 2024, reaching a new high of $71 [Read more]

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Carbon credits are useful for stabilizing the climate, but are they used effectively?

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 29, 2024. By Patrick Faubert, Charles Marty, Claude Villeneuve, Sylvie Bouchard To have any chance of achieving the goal adopted in the Paris Agreement of stabilizing the global [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: The oil and gas industry has been lying about global warming for decades — accountability is long overdue

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 29, 2024. By Gordon McBean The science is clear: the planet is warming at an alarming rate and we need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. For decades, [Read more]

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Can carbon offsets actually work? The Biden administration thinks so.

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on May 29, 2024. By Joseph Winters On Tuesday, the Biden administration unveiled new guidelines on “responsible participation” in the voluntary carbon market, or VCM — the system that [Read more]

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Saanich e-Bike incentive cuts driving by ‘remarkable’ 49 kilometres per week

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 29, 2024. A purchase incentive for electric bicycles was enough motivation for nearly 400 people in Saanich, British Columbia, to reduce their average driving distance [Read more]

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University of Toronto residence sets green design benchmark

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 29, 2024. By Gaye Taylor A nine-storey building on the University of Toronto Scarborough campus has been certified as Canada’s largest Passive House Classic structure. [Read more]

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Supply shortages hit Mackenzie River valley communities as river dries up

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 29, 2024. By Gaye Taylor Record-low water levels on the Mackenzie River mean that at least two communities in the Northwest Territories will not receive [Read more]

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Electric school buses serve Oakland-area power grid as ‘batteries on wheels’

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 29, 2024. By Mitchell Beer A fleet of 74 new electric school buses in Oakland, the first to serve a major school district in the [Read more]

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Hamina Finland Google data centre to supply 80 per cent of local district heating needs

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 29, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia A project that began with the need to cool down the data centre that tech giant Google operates in Hamina, [Read more]

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Natural gas inventories, production high entering the spring season

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on May 29, 2024. March 2024 ended with 744 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas in storage in Canada; 44 per cent higher than the [Read more]

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EIA U.S. summer natural gas consumption forecast for electric power matches 2023 record

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 30, 2024. By Max Ober, Trinity Manning-Pickett We forecast that the natural gas consumed for electricity generation this summer in the United States [Read more]

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Rapid rollout of clean technologies makes energy cheaper, not more costly

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on May 30, 2024. Speeding up the move to clean energy technologies improves the affordability of energy and can relieve pressures on the cost of living [Read more]

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These tips can help keep you safe during a potentially severe 2024 wildfire season

May 29, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 23, 2024. By Stephanie Cleland The 2023 wildfire season was Canada’s worst on record. High temperatures and widespread drought fuelled over 6,600 fires, burning a record-breaking 18.4 million [Read more]

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Climate change and mental health: How extreme heat can affect mental illnesses

May 29, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 28, 2024. By Peter Crank During heat waves, hospital admissions for mental health spike. The past 10 years were the hottest on record, and as we prepare for [Read more]

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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]

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