Oil sands in situ production uses water for generating steam, requires less than 0.3 barrels fresh water per barrel of oil produced Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is receiving almost $600,000 from Western Economic [Read more]
Few polled in survey expect oil prices to be below $55/barrel or above $85/barrel by 2020 By John Kemp LONDON, Jan 11 – Oil prices are expected to remain close to current levels, averaging around $60 [Read more]
Oil prices up on surprise drop in US production, US crude stocks On Thursday, oil prices reached their highest levels since 2014 as the global crude market continued to tighten and OPEC pact participants said [Read more]
Wind and solar are intermittent sources of power generation, making balancing supply and demand more difficult By International Energy Agency analysts Stéphanie Bouckaert, Timothy Goodson and Brent Wanner As a fundamental rule, electricity supply and [Read more]
Trinidad says it aims to become drilling company with lowest cost structure among competition Calgary-based Trinidad Drilling is lowering its 2018 general and administrative expenses to $43 million following a thorough review of its cost [Read more]
Global petroleum consumption grew by 1.4MM b/d in 2017 (to 98.4MM b/d), will grow by 1.7MM b/d in 2018, 1.6MM b/d in 2019 The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Jan. Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts Brent crude oil to average [Read more]
FERC decision good for gas and renewables firms, most utilities, free-market advocates, business groups By John Kemp LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Federal regulators in the United States have declined to act on a proposal [Read more]
Oil prices up more than 13 per cent since early December Oil prices rose on Wednesday after data from the US Energy Information Administration showed crude stocks in the United States fell more than analysts [Read more]
As U.S. attempts to move back towards coal, China moving away China has continued to be the world’s dominant force in the building and financing of clean energy technology globally in 2017, according to a report published [Read more]
In the Duvernay Shale, some areas are economic even at negative gas prices One billion barrels of oil, 12.0 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas and 1.4 billion barrels of natural gas liquids are economic in the Duvernay [Read more]
2018’s Summit focuses includes incentivizing indigenous partnerships on renewable energy Global leaders in renewable energy finance and development are preparing to meet next month in Calgary to gain a clear understanding of evolving large-scale renewables [Read more]
In early spring, California’s total solar share of electricity demand exceeded 50% during mid-day hours Once final data are in, EIA expects about 25 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric generating capacity to have been [Read more]
Tesla solar roof generates electricity without traditional rooftop panels On Tuesday, Tesla Inc reported manufacturing of its solar roof tiles began at the company’s Buffalo, New York factory in December. The Palo Alto-based company says [Read more]
Oil prices rise as OPEC cuts more output than promised Oil prices rose on Tuesday to levels not seen since December 2014 on the OPEC supply cut pact and analysts’ expectations of a decline in [Read more]
6 utilities collectively called on EU to increase renewable energy target of 35% by 2030 By IEA Energy Investment Analysts Michael Waldron and Yoko Nobuoka. The traditional utility business model of selling electricity from large-scale thermal power plants and expanding [Read more]
American millennials buy new vehicles at half the rate of those aged 35 to 54 Canada’s motor vehicle manufacturing industry is facing declining demand from U.S. consumers and uncertainty surrounding trade relations is raising questions [Read more]
Since 2008, most retirements in Texas were generators using natural gas steam and petroleum technologies Nearly all of the utility-scale power plants in the United States that were retired from 2008 through 2017 were fueled [Read more]
The Electrifying Path to Decarbonization — Part 2 By Dylan Heerema Electrification of heating and cooling in homes and buildings offers many benefits to consumers — and can significantly reduce carbon pollution from the built environment. [Read more]
Batteries can help balance electricity supply and demand on multiple time scales Driven largely by installations over the past three years, the electric power industry has installed about 700 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale batteries on the U.S. electric [Read more]
This article was published in The Energy Collective on Dec. 26, 2017. The Electrifying Path to Decarbonization — Part 1 By Dylan Heerema Furnaces, boilers, and other heating equipment constitute one of Canada’s largest sources of carbon [Read more]
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