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China rises and America is nervous

January 1, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews John Kemp, a highly respected energy analyst, about the relative decline of the US and Western Europe as China becomes an economic and geopolitical powerhouse. The energy [Read more]

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Utility-scale battery storage costs down between 2015 and 2018

October 26, 2020 Energi Staff

By Sara Hoff, Alexander Mey This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 23, 2020. The average energy capacity cost of utility-scale battery storage in the United States has rapidly decreased [Read more]

Opinion

BP’s peak oil prediction – and the future of oil in a net-zero Canada

September 28, 2020 Energi Staff

By Benjamin Israel, Nina Lothian This article was published by Pembina Institute on Sept. 16, 2020. In its 2020 annual energy outlook, energy giant BP predicts a “fundamental restructuring” of the global energy system in order to decarbonize. [Read more]

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DEEP Earth Energy designing first geothermal power facility in Canada

September 15, 2020 Energi Staff

This month, DEEP Earth Energy Production will take its first step to building the first geothermal power facility in Canada. After months of testing, the company is set to begin drilling the deepest horizontal well [Read more]

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Large battery systems often paired with renewable energy power plants

May 18, 2020 Energi Staff

By Maxwell Hayes and Sara Hoff  This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 18, 2020 Pairing renewable energy generators with energy storage, particularly batteries, is increasingly common as the cost of [Read more]

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Greengate, CIP agree to $500M funding for Travers solar project

February 5, 2020 Energi Staff

Calgary’s Greengate Power Corporation and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) announced on Monday their agreement to further fund the $500 million Travers Solar project. The funding will go towards development and construction of the Travers Solar [Read more]

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Permit granted to advance Fort Nelson geothermal project

January 28, 2020 Energi Staff

The BC government has awarded a permit to advance the Fort Nelson geothermal project which could replace power currently generated from fossil fuels or imported from Alberta. The northern-most town in British Columbia, Fort Nelson [Read more]

News

Opinion: A Canada that promotes clean innovation while creating jobs

October 10, 2019 Energi Staff

By Isabelle Turcotte This article was published by Pembina Institute on Oct. 9. 2019. Warnings on the urgency with which we need to act to avoid the worst impacts of climate change are multiplying. A 2019 report found [Read more]

News

Opinion: Energy technology startups see record level investment in 2019

September 27, 2019 Energi Staff

By Simon Bennett This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Sept. 27, 2019. Among the many takeaways from the UN Climate Action Summit earlier this week was the need for capital to be reallocated [Read more]

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Maine, NY adopt 100 per cent clean electricity targets

September 26, 2019 Energi Staff

By Richard Bowers This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 26, 2019. As of the end of 2018, 29 states and the District of Columbia had adopted renewable portfolio standards (RPS), polices [Read more]

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Hydrogen can be a key part of a clean, secure energy future: IEA

June 24, 2019 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on June 14, 2019. The world has an important opportunity to tap into hydrogen’s vast potential to become a critical part of a more sustainable and [Read more]

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Commission proposes Germany coal use to be phased out by 2038

May 30, 2019 Energi Staff

By Kien Chau This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 29, 2019. In January 2019, Germany’s government-appointed coal commission introduced a proposed pathway to phase out all coal electricity generation by [Read more]

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Alberta

Little Red River Cree Nation, AB to install solar panel systems

September 10, 2018 Energi Staff

The Alberta government’s Indigenous Solar Program funded the installation of solar panels at some band buildings on the Little Red River Cree Nation.  Alberta government photo. The Little Red River Cree First Nation installed solar [Read more]

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Opinion

Opinion: Clean growth is more than a goal, it’s a reality

September 10, 2018 Energi Staff

As the world combats climate change, clean growth is shifting away from century-old fuels and technologies toward greener energy solutions. Transport systems, global energy companies embrace clean growth Dan Woynillowicz and Merran Smith This article [Read more]

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IEA co-hosts ASEAN Clean Energy Investment and Financing Training Programme

August 31, 2018 Energi Staff

The Singapore-IEA Clean Energy Investment and Financing Training Programme is the second event under the Singapore-IEA Regional Training Hub initiative, which was launched in 2016 when Singapore became an Association Country of the IEA. Jürgen from [Read more]

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Opinion

Ontario’s economy slumps after Ford reverses carbon pricing, clean energy programs

August 14, 2018 Energi Staff

The Doug Ford government in Ontario framed its reversal of carbon pricing and clean energy programs as an attempt to “save the little guy”, but it may have inadvertently thrown its economy in reverse while [Read more]

Innovation

Crowdfunding pushes the energy transition, fills in gov’t funding gaps

June 25, 2018 Energi Staff

In a two-part series by Matt Chester, the first article will look at the most interesting successfully funded energy transition projects on crowdfunding sites.  The second article will highlight the most intriguing projects that were [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: A fork in the road to reliable, clean, and affordable electricity in Alberta

June 12, 2018 Energi Staff

Alberta still has a healthy reserve margin in the electricity system with no need for immediate development and the creation of Energy Efficiency Alberta (EEA) has the province in a position to catch up on years [Read more]

Opinion

At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system

March 18, 2018 Energi Staff

At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system initially ran in the MIT Technology Review on March 14, 2018.  Getty Images photo by Denis Doyle. Here are the real [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

It’s official: Shell CEO says global economy has started ‘energy transition’

August 31, 2016 JZadmin

Big Energy must stake its claim to manage the energy transition, not leave it to eco-activists I’ve taken plenty of heat lately from fossil fuels boosters who disagree the global economy has begun a 100-year [Read more]

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Slow-walking the energy transition a mistake by Alberta oil patch

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Are oil and gas CEOs devious or oblivious? “What happened over the last several years was I think there was a lot of ambition that we could really move the (energy) transition along very fast…And [Read more]

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