By Molly A. Walton, energy analyst, International Energy Agency The world has a water problem. More than 2.1 billion people drink contaminated water. More than half the global population – about 4.5 billion people – lack [Read more]
Hydrogen can be used by fuel cells to power electric motors or be burned in internal combustion engines Hydrogen holds promise as an inexpensive form of clean energy, but finding an efficient and affordable way [Read more]
Petroleum and coal product manufacturing’s 19 million MWh of onsite electricity generation is nearly all generated by petroleum refiners Overall electricity demand in U.S. manufacturing has declined in recent years, based on data from the U.S. Census [Read more]
Economic recession around 2009 affected business activity, but resulted in a broader decrease in electricity demand According to a National Energy Board, average daily electricity demand in Ontario fell considerably between 2002 and 2016. The [Read more]
Heavy metals, including mercury and lead, have all decreased by more than 85% since 1990 The recent publication of the 2018 Air Pollutant Emissions Inventory for Canada shows that air pollution is declining, according to [Read more]
New figures are four to sixteen times higher than previous estimates 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic weighing 80,000 metric tons are currently afloat in an area known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – and it [Read more]
The US LNG industry is concerned the Trump tariffs and a possible trade war with China could make American projects less attractive. Cheniere Energy photo. Trump tariffs could curb new US LNG developments According to [Read more]
The only way to deal with climate change is through collaboration, according to Shell CEO Ben van Beurden. During the first annual Elsevier Economics Lecture, he argued that everybody has their role to play in [Read more]
“LNG Canada proposal has the potential to earn tens of billions of dollars and create thousands of jobs for British Columbians over the life of the project.” – Horgan The BC NDP government has embraced [Read more]
Brent spreads have been gradually moving from contango to backwardation since early 2015 or early 2016 as the oil market has gradually rebalanced after the slump in 2014/15. Shell photo. Brent calendar spreads the most [Read more]
Oil prices almost hit $70/barrel earlier in the session, but dipped slightly as investors took profits following the week’s rally. Anadarko photo. US oil prices down about 1 per cent Thursday Oil prices fell slightly [Read more]
IEA recognises importance of harnessing all talents and closing gender gap, given economic and social benefits By Cecilia Tam, IEA Senior Energy Analyst Women face structural and cultural challenges and the lack of women in leadership [Read more]
For 2018 projects installed capital costs of $1.85 per watt (AC) for fixed-tilt PV systems, $2.11 per watt (AC) for single-axis tracking systems Costs for utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have declined in recent years—most sources [Read more]
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf. Source: PAcast. Pennsylvania MOU with Ohio, West Virgina re. petrochemical investment might be good idea for Alberta, British Columbia and West Coast LNG How can Albertans tell that the Alberta Energy [Read more]
Oil prices rose as tensions in the Middle East escalated following a meeting between Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, raising speculation that sanctions against Iran could [Read more]
US imports 5.5 Bcf/d of Canadian natural gas, expected to decline to ~5 Bcf/d (almost 10%) starting in 2019 Construction of more natural gas pipelines in northeast United States is bad news for Western Canadian [Read more]
In February, compliance among producers participating in the OPEC supply cut agreement hit a record high of 138 per cent, up from January’s high of 133 per cent. Anadarko photo by Mike Goldwater. OPEC supply [Read more]
For third year in a row, Canada’s non-energy merchandise exports are on track to record almost no growth While the Canadian economy was firing on all cylinders in 2017, the pace of growth tapered off [Read more]
The reality is that we’re still in the nascent stages of autonomous vehicle technology and streets are inherently dangerous places. There is no established algorithm for all scenarios. Tempe, Arizona Police Department photo. Uber autonomous [Read more]
In every case of new technology, safety lessons have been learned through a painful process of trial and error that has unfortunately cost lives and self driving vehicles will be no different. By John Kemp [Read more]
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