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New energy transition course pitches alternative to ‘oil and gas forever world view’

October 23, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 22, 2024. By Mitchell Beer A new online course on the energy transition, designed to give oil-producing jurisdictions like Alberta a more realistic picture of [Read more]

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The new energy economy has arrived, and Canada must pay attention

October 21, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Oct. 18, 2024. By Chris Severson-Baker, Jason Wang, Lia Codrington, Matt Dreis, Sarah McBain, Jessica McIlroy The International Energy Agency (IEA) released the latest annual edition [Read more]

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Opinion: Time for a real conversation about energy transition

October 21, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Oct. 18, 2024. By Chris Severson-Baker It might be hard to see at first, but it’s there: everyday Canadians, including here in Alberta, are yearning for [Read more]

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Alberta RMs decry oil industry ‘handouts’ amid escalating well cleanup costs

October 10, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 9, 2024. By Jody MacPherson With cleanup and restoration costs for “orphaned” oil wells in Alberta set to double, rural municipalities are redoubling their pressure [Read more]

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Opinion: Why power up parking places

October 10, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Oct. 9, 2024. By Jason Wang With the generous support of the Alberta Real Estate Foundation and other donors, the Pembina Institute launched a project in [Read more]

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Alberta faces scrutiny over oil industry ‘handouts’ amid escalating well cleanup costs

October 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 7, 2024. By Jody MacPherson With cleanup and restoration costs for “orphaned” oil wells in Alberta set to double, the provincial government faces mounting pressure [Read more]

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Oilsands workers are resistant to sustainable jobs, new research finds

September 27, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Sept. 25, 2024. By Parker Muzzerall Like it or not, the energy transition is happening. The International Energy Agency predicts global fossil fuel production will reach its peak [Read more]

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AESO takes heat over ‘no turning back’ gas subsidy plan

September 23, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Sept. 19, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia In Alberta’s competitive electricity market, where independent producers sell power at real-time prices, a plan to sign long-term contracts with [Read more]

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Gondek named VP of World Energy Cities Partnership

September 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Sept. 12, 2024. By Gaye Taylor Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek, a strong advocate for her city as a global leader in clean technologies and decarbonization, has [Read more]

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Buffalo Plains Wind Farm, Canada’s biggest, delivers first power to Alberta grid

September 5, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 29, 2024. By the Energy Mix Staff Canada’s biggest wind farm to date, the 495-megawatt Buffalo Plains project in Vulcan County, Alberta, has begun delivering [Read more]

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Parks Canada counters Smith’s teary claim on Jasper wildfire response

August 13, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 12, 2024. By Jody MacPherson With Jasper residents due to return home beginning Friday, cracks are beginning to appear in Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s claim [Read more]

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Jasper wildfire to burn for months as mayor voices ‘shared heartbreak’

July 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on July 29, 2024. By Gaye Taylor This story includes details on the impacts of climate change that may be difficult for some readers. If you are [Read more]

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Alberta does ‘about-face’ to embrace industrial energy storage

July 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on July 11, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Alberta regulators are warming up to the idea of industrial energy storage technology as its opportunities become harder to deny. [Read more]

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Energy experts applaud as B.C. pushes to restore transmission link with Alberta

July 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on July 11, 2024. British Columbia is setting out to restore full capacity to the high-voltage transmission lines linking its power grid with Alberta’s, a move experts [Read more]

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Rural Albertan perspectives on the energy transition

July 10, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on July 10, 2024. By Megan Gordon July is Alberta’s first coal-free month in well over a century. This is an historic milestone that has been widely [Read more]

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For the first time in more than 150 years, Alberta’s electricity is coal free

July 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on July 6, 2024. By Chris Severson-Baker At 10:57 p.m. on Sunday, June 16, Alberta’s last coal plant went offline. An official announcement shortly followed, quietly signalling [Read more]

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‘Tsunami’ engulfs Alberta renewables as provincial moratorium unsettles sector

July 2, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 28, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Alberta’s seven-month ban on new renewables projects, lifted earlier this year, continues to unsettle the sector, evident in a slowdown [Read more]

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AER expects 17 per cent growth in oil sands production by 2033

June 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 25, 2024. By Amanda Stephenson The regulator responsible for overseeing Alberta’s oil and gas sector has released a new report projecting the province’s oil sands [Read more]

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Alberta shuts down fossil industry ‘War Room’

June 18, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 17, 2024. By Energy Mix Staff The Alberta government has shut down its often-embarrassing oil and gas “war room”, the institution it set up in [Read more]

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U.S. refiners complain about poor-quality oil from Trans Mountain Pipeline

June 18, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 17, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia U.S. oil refiners are raising quality concerns about crude oil from the newly finished Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion (TMX), which [Read more]

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