This article was released by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis on March 7. In our transition towards a more sustainable future, hydropower will likely grow in importance as a renewable energy source. Despite [Read more]
Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews energy economist Kent Fellows, School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, about a new study he co-authored, “The Canadian Northern Corridor: Planning for National Prosperity.” [Read more]
Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Joanna Kyriazis, senior policy advisor, about Clean Energy Canada’s new report, “Taking the Wheel,” which argues that Canada isn’t moving fast enough to develop its electric vehicle [Read more]
Canadian Pacific announced on Friday that it plans to develop North America’s first line-haul hydrogen powered locomotive. According to a press release issued by the company, CP’s Hydrogen Locomotive Program will retrofit a line-haul locomotive [Read more]
A report by the Pembina Institute calls for better freight management in Canadian urban centres to help cut down on greenhouse gas emissions and eliminate costly inefficiencies. The Next Frontier for Climate Action: Decarbonizing urban [Read more]
The Canada Energy Regulator’s Canada’s Energy Future 2019: Energy Supply and Demand Projections to 2040 report (EF2019) projects that energy use in the transportation sector will decline slowly over the next two decades. Energy demand from [Read more]
This article was published by the National Energy Board on Dec. 4, 2019. Price differentials between western Canadian heavy oil (Western Canada Select or WCS) and United States (U.S.) oil (West Texas Intermediate or WTI) tend [Read more]
By Steve Hanson This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Nov. 6, 2019. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) International Energy Outlook 2019 (IEO2019), EIA projects global demand for jet fuel [Read more]
The British Columbia government says the province is one step closer to rolling out legislation that would pilot projects to test new transportation technology. The Horgan government says upcoming changes to the BC Motor Vehicle [Read more]
As part of CleanBC, the government of British Columbia is partnering with BC Trucking Association to deliver the heavy duty vehicle efficiency program to help cut greenhouse gas emissions and cut their fuel costs. “Reducing [Read more]
A new study by the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business found travellers are willing to pay a little more for flights if they know the extra money will be used to address [Read more]
Trucks, buses, even port and garbage trucks are among the many types of vehicles undergoing a technology shift as the world transitions to clean energy. Last week, the province of Quebec announced it has agreed [Read more]
Melius Energy says it has successfully shipped bitumen from Edmonton to the Port of Prince Rupert. The Calgary-based energy company says the shipment establishes a transportation solution for Canadian energy products. The bitumen was shipped [Read more]
While railways carry 8 per cent of the world’s passengers and 7 per cent of global freight, they only account for 2 per cent of total transport energy demand. CP Rail photo. Railways can cut [Read more]
Elon Musk told investors in June that Tesla electric semis will be available by 2020, one year later than Musk had initially promised. A number of other big rig makers have also announced they will [Read more]
The pressure of growing cities includes rising home ownership or rental costs, worsening air quality, road congestion and over-burdened transit operations. Toronto Star photo by Richard Lautens. Public transit investments generate highest return for growing [Read more]
Finding alternate fuels for the transportation sector is critical as it is responsible for almost 60 per cent of global oil demand. New York Times photo by Max Whittaker. Alternate fuels including hydrogen could shift [Read more]
In testing, the Cummins Westport ISX12N 400 hp natural gas engine met and exceeded the California Air Resources Board’s optional Low NOx standard. The Vancouver-based company says its engine is “one of the cleanest and [Read more]
HGLs are feedstock in production organic chemicals (e.g. ethylene, propylene) used to make plastics and resins. Consumption of hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGL) in the United States totaled 928 million barrels in 2016, up about 12% since 2010, according [Read more]
Electricity consumption is higher in all cases Autonomous vehicles are one of the main sources of uncertainty in the future of U.S. transportation energy consumption, as autonomous vehicle technology has the potential to change travel [Read more]
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