OECD (Organization for Co-operation and Development) countries should be doing more to help countries across the developing world in the energy transition, improving the lives of their citizens, a global policy expert said Wednesday.
September 21, 2023, 4:49 AM MDT
Cenovus Energy Inc. executive chair Alex Pourbaix says he’s concerned about the reliability of an Alberta power grid that would be totally dependent on renewable energy.
September 20, 2023, 5:57 AM MDT
Energy companies across the globe are being challenged to juggle energy security and sustainability as they diversify into newer lower carbon sources, senior executives said Tuesday.
September 20, 2023, 7 AM MDT
While Canada may not be able to compete dollar-for-dollar on the scale of United States funding for cleantech, there’s a real urgency to find a made-in-Canada solution that can put this country back on track, a World Petroleum Congress session heard Monday.
September 19, 2023, 4:20 AM MDT
Calgary-based Expander Energy Inc.’s Bio-Synthetic Diesel project at Carseland, Alberta will be the first project for a new Penticton-based clean technology company as Expander commercializes its biomass gasifier technology,
August 25, 2023, 7:29 AM MDT
Although the federal government has supported the hydrogen sector for many years, the domestic low-carbon intensity (CI) sector is unlikely to develop on its own without further government support, says a new report from a Canadian Senate committee.
May 24, 2023, 12 AM MDT
A two-year $1.1 million project led by a University of Alberta researcher is underway in collaboration with industry to evaluate and optimize hydrogen storage in underground salt caverns as Alberta pursues its goal to become a hydrogen hub.
May 5, 2023, 7:03 AM MDT
While access to capital is still important for Indigenous communities, the issue is now more about “who” and “how” as they shift from benefits agreements to ownership and equity participation, an Indian Resource Council conference heard Thursday.
March 3, 2023, 6 AM MST
An Ontario-based company is looking to commercialize the use of carbon to reduce carbon — converting carbon waste streams into graphene that could help to reduce emissions.
December 22, 2022, 12 AM MST
TC Energy Corporation is stepping up its efforts to provide renewable energy, including its first Canadian solar project, to the Alberta power grid in response to growing customer demand for decarbonized energy solutions.
December 20, 2022, 12 AM MST
Edmonton-based Capital Power is taking a multifaceted approach to decarbonizing electricity as it moves to replace coal with natural gas at its Genesee generating station in 2023, six years ahead of a provincial mandate, says a company official.
September 28, 2022, 12 AM MDT
It’s the gift that just keeps on giving.
August 23, 2022, 7:19 AM MDT
When Ontario-based Morgan Solar developed a solar farm for Enbridge Inc. at Burdett in southeastern Alberta, it was Morgan’s first utility scale development of its SimbaX proprietary optical film technology.
August 12, 2022, 6:33 AM MDT
An Edmonton-based company with technology expertise in Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for the drone industry is ready to start regularly scheduled flights along an oilsands pipeline corridor in northern Alberta.
July 13, 2022, 7:38 AM MDT
The founder of the company that pioneered carbon capture and storage at a refinery in Alberta has a proposed new partnership — producing “bright green” hydrogen using the same gasification process but with wood waste fibre for feedstock.
July 5, 2022, 12 AM MDT
While carbon capture and storage is increasingly seen as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a Calgary company wants to not only capture CO2 but to put it to use in the production of carbon nanotubes (CNT).
May 17, 2022, 12 AM MDT
While the world is focused on net-zero emissions by 2050, a Calgary-based cleantech company has developed an improved lower-emissions diesel fuel that in the meantime could make a difference in providing cleaner air for communities.
May 2, 2022, 8:30 AM MDT
After having spent most of his working life in the auto industry, Paul Wickett knows something about manufacturing.
April 5, 2022, 6 AM MDT
A privately held junior oil and gas company is looking to develop a $50 million carbon capture and storage project in the greater Golden Spike area, southwest of Edmonton, the site of one of Canada’s most prolific oilfields.
March 21, 2022, 12 AM MDT
What goes around often comes around and that’s the case for Enbridge Inc., which is partnering with Capital Power Corporation to evaluate and advance an open access carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub in the Wabamun area west of Edmonton.
March 11, 2022, 8:21 AM MST
A pipeline conceived of a decade ago with funding from the Alberta and federal governments could play a major role in the province’s vision of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) that would help move it toward net-zero emissions by 2050.
February 22, 2022, 6 AM MST
While a University of Calgary researcher’s quest to provide new markets for Alberta bitumen began with dry pellets (dubbed “bitumen balls”), the research and development has shifted direction and evolved in the past four years.
February 1, 2022, 12 AM MST
When Jupiter Resources Inc. was sold to Tourmaline Oil Corp. just over a year ago, co-founders Simon Bregazzi and Patrick Elliott simply didn’t have the enthusiasm to launch another oil and gas company.
January 18, 2022, 12 AM MST
A new web-based software tool currently in development promises to assist the oil and gas industry in accelerating emission mitigation strategies, a recent Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC) virtual information session heard.
December 24, 2021, 6 AM MST
From drilling and completions in Western Canada, to semi-submersible rigs offshore Newfoundland and Norway to an Edmonton biofuels plant, Jeff Tomaszewski has demonstrated his willingness to tackle new challenges during his 15 years in oil and gas.
December 2, 2021, 6 AM MST
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