On Tuesday, the Commission of the Canada Energy Regulator will resume hearings to determine the detailed route for the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) Project in Spruce Grove, Alberta. These hearings are the first since regulatory [Read more]
Alberta’s current methane reduction targets will fail to meet federal targets, according to the David Suzuki Foundation and Pembina Institute. The two groups argue the province needs to improve its oil and gas methane regulations [Read more]
Late last month, the Government of Alberta announced it will fund $1.4 million through Emissions Reduction Alberta to support the $3 million feasibility study into carbon capture and storage, or CCS, at Lehigh Cement’s Edmonton [Read more]
By Justin Dupuis This article was published by Folio on Oct. 29, 2019. New technology developed by engineers at the University of Alberta shows potential in cleaning and decontaminating process water from oilsands production. The [Read more]
Last week, Elemental Energy announced it purchased the 25 MW Innisfail Solar Project located in Red Deer County. By its forecast 2020 completion date, it will the the first merchant solar project in Alberta. “The [Read more]
On Wednesday, the Alberta Energy Regulator announced three executive vice presidents are no longer with the organization. Carol Crowfoot, executive vice-president, strategy and regulatory division, Stacey Schorr, executive vice-president, stakeholder and government engagement and Mark [Read more]
By Bob Ascah, Trevor Harrison, and Richard Mueller This article was published by Parkland Institute on Oct. 11, 2019. The recent column by Ben Eisen and Steve Lafleur contributes to an evolving debate on Alberta’s public finances. [Read more]
Research by Pembina Institute shows that when paired with battery storage and energy efficiency, electricity from solar and wind is capable of generating electricity with the same reliability and lower cost than gas plants. Pembina [Read more]
BHE Canada announced it will break ground on a new wind farm in southeast Alberta next year. The subsidiary company of Berkshire Hathaway Energy says its $200 million project will provide low-cost, clean energy for [Read more]
Current crop of leaders making strategic mistakes that will lead to opposite outcomes Alberta needs The Alberta oil and gas industry has a fundamental strategy problem: it’s misaligned with the major energy trends of the [Read more]
Two projects launched by the Pembina Institute were named on Thursday as recipients of the 2020 Canada’s Clean50 Top Project award. The Business Coalition for a Clean Economy and the Alberta Narratives Project are among [Read more]
Energy apologetics: argument for oil and gas development intended to convert audience, not a “rational discussion” about future of the industry Ed. note: Watch this interview with Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon (Industry caught red-handed with anti-climate [Read more]
By Julia-Marie Becker This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Sept. 26, 2019. Always the trendsetter, last week, Google made the largest ever corporate purchase of renewable energy. The massive deal will result in [Read more]
Seven Alberta Indigenous communities have entered into agreements to purchase a combined 40 per cent share in Alberta PowerLine, the longest 500-kV AC transmission line in Canada. The seven Indigenous communities investing in Alberta PowerLine [Read more]
A number of laid-off oil patch workers have found new employment opportunities in the energy efficiency sector, an often unsung part of Alberta’s energy economy. According to Energy Efficiency Alberta, a provincial agency, the province’s [Read more]
On Monday, TransAlta announced its Clean Energy Investment Plan which will see the company convert its existing Alberta coal assets to natural gas. TransAlta says its $2 billion plan will advance its leadership position in [Read more]
Alberta innovates is working with federal, provincial, municipal and industry partners to develop a unique clean technology pilot project which will see reclaimed land used to help grow biomass feedstock. The provincially funded corporation announced [Read more]
Greengate Power Corporation announced on Tuesday that it has received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission to construct and operate its $500 million Travers Solar project. Construction of the project located in Vulcan Country will [Read more]
By Katie Willis This article was published by Folio on July 31, 2019. Final engineering is underway for the construction of a pilot project in Swan Hills, Alta., that combines the power of geothermal energy [Read more]
Cleantech company Inventys is installing a 30-tonne per day pilot carbon capture plant at a Husky Energy site. The project is expected to significantly cut the cost of CO2 capture from industrial operations at the [Read more]
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