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Huge utility-scale battery project planned for SW Ontario

May 13, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Jason Rioux, chief development officer with NRStor Inc., about Oneida Energy Storage, his company’s joint project with Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation to build [Read more]

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Energy transition key to economic reconciliation for Canadian indigenous communities

May 13, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Katarina Savic of the Canadian Aboriginal Business Association about her Smart Prosperity Institute blog post, “Post-COVID-19 Indigenous Economic Recovery – Reconciliation in the Energy Transition,” co-authored with [Read more]

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

February 28, 2021 Energi Staff 2

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 Energi Staff 2

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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Canadian cities, towns play key role in renewable energy revolution

February 21, 2021 Energi Staff 2

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]

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Net-zero US economy not difficult or expensive – study

February 21, 2021 Energi Staff 2

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]

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Cheaper, better batteries drive EV sales during 2020s

February 21, 2021 Energi Staff 2

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]

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

February 19, 2021 Energi Staff 2

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]

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Carbon pricing is over-hyped…more regulation, industrial policy needed to reduce emissions

January 20, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dr. Danny Cullenward, Stanford energy economist and lawyer, and co-author with Dr. David G. Victor, of the new book, “Making climate policy work.” Related links: Klein vs [Read more]

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This changes everything: Battery prices in free fall

January 13, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews James Frith, head of energy storage for BloombergNEF, on the annual battery price survey. Cheap battery storage is already revolutionizing electric vehicles, electric utilities, and many other [Read more]

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Canadian Northern Corridor would allow energy to move freely across country

January 10, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews energy economist Kent Fellows, School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, about a new study he co-authored, “The Canadian Northern Corridor: Planning for National Prosperity.” [Read more]

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Implementing Joe Biden’s aggressive climate policies

January 9, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Ryan Kennedy, associate professor of political science at the University of Houston, about the politics of Joe Biden’s ambitious climate and clean energy plan. Related links: Biden’s [Read more]

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Canadian methane emissions double official estimates?

January 9, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dale Marshall of Environmental Defence about a new study showing methane emissions from oil and gas production could be double current estimates. If the study’s results apply [Read more]

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New membrane turns CO2 into biofuels, ‘green’ feedstock for plastics

January 9, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Prof. Steven Holdcroft of Simon Fraser University about his team’s research work developing ion exchange membranes that help in the conversion of captured CO2 emissions into green [Read more]

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Quebec banning sale of gasoline cars in 2035

January 9, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Joanna Kyriazis of Clean Energy Canada about Quebec’s decision to ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars by 2035. They also discuss other jurisdictions like California and the [Read more]

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Robots are coming…and they’re bringing jobs

January 9, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews economist Jay Dixon of Statistics Canada about a series of studies “The Employment Consequences of Robots: Firm-level Evidence” and “The Effect of Robots on Firm Performance and [Read more]

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Solar-powered greenhouses in the Yukon? Even in the winter?

January 6, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews researcher Henry Penn, University of Calgary and The Arctic Institute of North America’s Kluane Lake Research Station, about an exciting new greenhouse research project in SW Yukon [Read more]

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The 2nd Age of Electricity…this time we’re electrifying EVERYTHING

January 6, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews economist Werner Antweiler from the Sauder School of Business about how cheap renewables (solar and wind) are poised to begin displacing fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas), [Read more]

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Should Site C proceed? Only under certain conditions, says new study

January 5, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: Advanced high school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews energy economist Ken Fellows, School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, about the new study, “Energy & Environmental Policy Trends: Is the Site C [Read more]

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Thumbs up from industry for Ottawa’s new hydrogen strategy

January 3, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Mark Kirby, CEO of the Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, about the Dec. 16, 2020 announcement of a Canadian hydrogen strategy from the federal government. Related [Read more]

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If you’re voting energy and climate, should you vote Smith or Notley?

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Notley’s view of energy transition isn’t much more advanced than Smith’s. But she can be persuaded by evidence. Bottom line, that’s the leader Alberta needs over the next 4 years If you follow my energy [Read more]

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