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Medicine Hat weighs options for solar park amid Alberta’s pricey renewables rules

February 28, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 27, 2025. By Christopher Bonasia Having secured approval to purchase an urban solar park designed to be North America’s largest, the City of Medicine Hat [Read more]

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Alberta’s oil and gas wells threaten people’s health, but there are disparities in who is most at risk

February 27, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Feb. 26, 2025. By Martin Lavoie, David Risk, Matthew Rygus Around 13 per cent of Albertans live within 1.5 kilometres of an active oil or gas well. [Read more]

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Alberta tax credit fuels bioprocessing industry investment

February 25, 2025 Energi Staff

Canary Biofuels announced it will invest $18 million in a cold press oilseed crushing plant in Lethbridge. According to a press release from the Alberta government, the project will create 40 permanent jobs and 25 [Read more]

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Oil exec takes charge of AER, stoking fears of industry capture

February 25, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 24, 2025. By Jody MacPherson The new chief executive officer of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) lobbied the agency on behalf of his former oil [Read more]

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Alberta builder hits 10-megawatt solar milestone

February 20, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 19, 2025. By Gaye Taylor A homebuilder and a solar installer in Alberta are marking a milestone in sustainable housing: 10 megawatts of solar power [Read more]

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Power purchase agreements stall out in 2024 on Alberta policy uncertainty

February 11, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 11, 2025. By Mitchell Beer New power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy in Canada flattened out from 1,030 megawatts in 2023 to just 52 [Read more]

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Power purchase agreements stall out in 2024 on Alberta policy uncertainty

February 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 6, 2025. By Mitchell Beer New power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy in Canada flattened out from 1,030 megawatts in 2023 to just 52 [Read more]

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Texas moves on renewables while Alberta’s oil ties hold firm

February 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 6, 2025. By Christopher Bonasia Energy storage and renewables are expanding rapidly in Texas’s free-market system, building resilience, lowering costs, and drawing comparisons with Alberta, [Read more]

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Trump’s tariff threats could prompt Canada to break free from oil

January 29, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 29, 2025. By Mitchell Beer While Canada’s fossil fuel lobby and its political allies seize on Donald Trump’s return to tout new pipelines and expand [Read more]

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First Nation demands Alberta halt O’Leary’s $70B data centre project

January 21, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 21, 2025. By Jody MacPherson A First Nation in northern Alberta is telling the provincial government to “cease and desist” with plans for a C$70 [Read more]

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IEA 1, Alberta/Saudi Arabia 0 as OPEC cuts oil demand forecast

January 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 7, 2025. By Mitchell Beer After deriding the last 3½ years of net-zero scenarios from the International Energy Agency, the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries [Read more]

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Major clean power announcements in Canada’s biggest provinces while Alberta slams the brakes

December 13, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 13, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Major clean electricity announcements swept through provinces representing three-quarters of Canada’s population this week, even as the province with by [Read more]

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Massive Alberta coal mine expansion goes ahead without federal review

December 10, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 9, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is taking fire for allowing work to proceed on what will be North America’s biggest thermal [Read more]

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ACFN Chief Allan Adam demands feds clean up deadly contamination, replace infrastructure in Fort Chipewyan

December 3, 2024 Energi Staff

Ahead of his testimony to the House of Commons Transportation Committee, Chief Allan Adam called for the government of Canada to live up to its legal obligations to maintain water navigability in the region and [Read more]

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Harper named AIMCo chair amid controversial leadership overhaul

November 26, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Nov. 26, 2024. By Gaye Taylor Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to put former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper in charge of the province’s largest investment [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: For many oil and gas companies, the emissions cap can be met through further efforts on methane

November 15, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Nov. 14, 2024. By Amanda Bryant Methane mitigation is often referred to as the “low-hanging fruit” of emissions reductions from the oil and gas sector. That [Read more]

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Existing projects largely responsible for continued production growth from Alberta oil sands

November 14, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Nov. 13, 2024. Over the last decade, oil sands production continues to increase, with new production records regularly being set. As of May 2024, bitumen production [Read more]

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Canada’s biggest carbon capture project set to skip environmental review: Critics

November 6, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Nov. 5, 2024. By Jody MacPherson A massive C$16.5-billion carbon capture and storage project in Alberta is advancing without the necessary environmental impact assessment, warn First [Read more]

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Alberta regulator rejects solar project on prime farmland

November 1, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 31, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia A regulator has denied the Westlock Solar Project, a proposed 24-megawatt installation on prime farmland in central Alberta, ruling that [Read more]

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Alberta petrochemical growth can bring significant changes to western Canada’s ethane market

October 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Oct. 30, 2024. From ethane to plastic products Raw natural gas production includes methane, impurities, and various amounts of natural gas liquids(1) including ethane, which can vary [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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