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Global commission focuses on people at heart of energy transitions

April 6, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Jan. 26, 2021. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark will head a new high-level global commission that will examine ways to ensure people are at [Read more]

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US Dept of Energy targets new 30GW offshore wind deployment by 2030

April 6, 2021 Energi Staff

Late last month, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm along with the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce announced they have set a national goal to deploy 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030. According [Read more]

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Growing use of battery storage systems on the US electricity grid: EIA

April 6, 2021 Energi Staff

By Vikram Linga This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 24, 2021. In the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2021 (AEO2021), EIA projects a significant number of [Read more]

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US utilities increase spending on the electric transmission system

April 6, 2021 Energi Staff

By Lori Aniti This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 26, 2021. Annual spending by major US electric utilities on the US electric transmission system has increased from $9.1 billion [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: The Texas grid loses — to Arizona, New York, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia

March 17, 2021 Energi Staff

This op-ed is part of a series published by The Dallas Morning News Opinion section to explore ideas and policies for strengthening electric reliability. Find the full series here: Keeping the Lights On. By Ed [Read more]

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Renewables dominate future electric capacity additions

March 1, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Jan 20, 2021. Canada’s Energy Future 2020: Energy Supply and Projections to 2050 (EF2020) is the latest long-term energy outlook from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). [Read more]

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Comparing Canada’s energy demand trends in alternative energy futures

March 1, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Feb. 20, 2021. Following the annual release of our Canada’s Energy Future 2020: Energy Supply and Demand Projections to 2050 (EF2020), the CER is publishing a series [Read more]

Student Resources

Solar-powered greenhouses in the Yukon? Even in the winter?

January 6, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews researcher Henry Penn, University of Calgary and The Arctic Institute of North America’s Kluane Lake Research Station, about an exciting new greenhouse research project in SW Yukon [Read more]

Student Resources

The 2nd Age of Electricity…this time we’re electrifying EVERYTHING

January 6, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews economist Werner Antweiler from the Sauder School of Business about how cheap renewables (solar and wind) are poised to begin displacing fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas), [Read more]

Student Resources

Should Site C proceed? Only under certain conditions, says new study

January 5, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: Advanced high school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews energy economist Ken Fellows, School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, about the new study, “Energy & Environmental Policy Trends: Is the Site C [Read more]

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Wind is a growing part of the Texas electricity mix

November 2, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 15, 2020. By Fred Mayes and Elesia Fasching  In 2019, wind-powered generation contributed 84.4 thousand gigawatthours (GWh) of electricity in Texas, an 11 [Read more]

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US consumed record amount of renewable energy in 2019

October 26, 2020 Energi Staff

By Mickey Francis This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 19, 2020. In 2019, consumption of renewable energy in the United States grew for the fourth year in a row, [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]

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Higher electricity prices for solar photovoltaic generators than other technologies

October 14, 2020 Energi Staff

By Eric Harrison This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 9, 2020. In 2019, the average U.S. wholesale price for electricity generated by solar photovoltaic (PV) technology was significantly higher [Read more]

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Introducing the “Future Power Series” – expert panel webinars about Canada’s energy future(s).

August 31, 2020 Markham Hislop

Click on the image to go to the Eventbrite page for full details on the panel.  

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RBC, Bullfrog Power and BlueEarth Renewables sign Power Purchase Agreement

July 28, 2020 Energi Staff

On Tuesday, RBC announced it has entered into a formal partnership for a long-term renewable energy Power Purchase Agreement with Bullfrog Power and BluEarth Renewables. The agreement is the first of its kind for a [Read more]

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Over 60 per cent of electricity generation energy lost in conversion

July 21, 2020 Energi Staff

By Bill Sanchez This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 21, 2020. In 2019, U.S. utility-scale electricity generation facilities consumed 38 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) of energy to provide [Read more]

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Nonfossil sources one-fifth of 2019 US energy consumption

July 2, 2020 Energi Staff

By Owen Comstock This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 1, 2020. Today in Energy would like to wish you a happy Fourth of July. New articles will resume on Monday, [Read more]

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Central United States set several wind power records this spring

June 12, 2020 Energi Staff

By Chris Namovicz, Richard Bowers This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 12, 2020. Earlier this year, the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the regional transmission organization that manages the electric grid for much [Read more]

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US renewable energy consumption surpasses coal for the first time in over 130 years

May 28, 2020 Energi Staff

By Mickey Francis This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 28, 2020. In 2019, US annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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