The government of Ontario announced last week that it will invest $25.6 million to develop a province-wide strategy to clean up old and abandoned oil and gas wells. The plan is expected to include a [Read more]
Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Jason Rioux, chief development officer with NRStor Inc., about Oneida Energy Storage, his company’s joint project with Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation to build [Read more]
Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dr. Nathan Lemphers about his working paper, which examines transportation electrification narratives in Alberta oil/gas (negative), Ontario automotive manufacturing (uncertain), and Quebec (positive). Related links: The Stories [Read more]
Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Sarah Buchanan, Program Manager, Clean Economy for Environmental Defence, about her organization’s December, 2020 study, Yours to Recover: A Progress Report on Ontario’s Climate Change Actions. The [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on April 29, 2020. On 12 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Since then, energy demand decreased around the world as a result [Read more]
Last week the Canadian government announced there will be a federal carbon pollution pricing system in place in Canada starting next year and will affect provinces that have not already set up their own carbon [Read more]
Common obstacle to adoption of wind power is challenge to grid reliability Ontario and Quebec ranked in the top 10 jurisdictions in North America in terms their total amount of installed wind capacity in 2017, according [Read more]
Power Metals potentially sitting on one of largest hard rock lithium pegmatite projects in the world in Ontario, Canada By OilPrice.com We’re facing an imminent crisis in global lithium markets. Demand is growing exponentially, and lithium [Read more]
Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission Line Project will connect remote First Nations communities to Ontario power grid, eliminate need for diesel electricity generation One of the most ambitious and transformative infrastructure projects in Canada’s history got the [Read more]
Economic recession around 2009 affected business activity, but resulted in a broader decrease in electricity demand According to a National Energy Board, average daily electricity demand in Ontario fell considerably between 2002 and 2016. The [Read more]
Canadians won’t change their lifestyles to reduce GHG emissions, curtailing options to meet Paris climate commitments A study from Sweden’s Lund University got a lot of play in the Canadian media last week because it [Read more]
Bison project started in Alberta, prototype produced in Ontario, including 3D printed body parts The data is pretty clear that electric vehicles (EVs) are still the province of Innovators, the 2.5 per cent of consumers [Read more]
Canadian wind/solar generation will rise from 5.2% to 7% by 2020, growth remains flat from 2020 to 2040 Why all the fuss about renewable energy in Canada? A new report from the national regulator shows [Read more]
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