A series of rolling blackouts on California’s renewable energy-dependent power grid during a mid-August heat wave should serve as a cautionary tale against rushing the green energy transition and highlighted the important role natural gas needs to play going forward, say some industry experts.
September 29, 2020, 6 AM MDT
September 29, 2020, 6 AM MDT
The halcyon days for Alberta oil and gas are over, the oilsands boom is dead, and it’s time for the provincial government to accept this new reality — rather than burying its head in the sand and/or fruitlessly fighting it — and adjust to make the best of an otherwise bad situation.
September 29, 2020, 8:35 AM MDT
The centre of the North Sea petroleum industry has been selected as the home for the world’s first offshore floating hydrogen facility to produce hydrogen from wind power.
September 28, 2020, 10:02 AM MDT
When it comes to energy and climate, the highly anticipated Speech from the Throne was a bit of a letdown.
September 25, 2020, 12 AM MDT
Alberta sees new opportunity in a sector that threatens the long-term viability of its core oil and gas industry — electrification and the battery production the transition will require in the not-too-distant future.
September 24, 2020, 9:53 AM MDT
The federal government has promised to immediately bring forward a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal set by the previous Conservative government and to legislate a goal of net zero emissions by 2050 as part of its effort to “build back better” with long-term competitiveness and clean growth.
September 24, 2020, 12 AM MDT
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September 21, 2020, 8:28 AM MDT
The bureaucracy that exists to prove out geothermal resources “without question” has held back development for Valemount, says its mayor, which is why the B.C. village that sits where the Rocky Mountain Trench intersects a fault is asking fellow communities in the province to support a simplified process that would be far less expensive.
September 16, 2020, 7:50 AM MDT
As the federal government prepares for what it says will be a green economic recovery, an Alberta cabinet minister wants assurances it also will be a market-driven recovery.
September 10, 2020, 6 AM MDT
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September 4, 2020, 12 AM MDT
According to just about anyone who has studied it, geothermal heat and power alone could fuel our energy hungry economies for centuries — with the low- to zero-emissions output needed to meet climate targets. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, it represents a sustainable, renewable and practically inexhaustible fuel supply that could power the global electric grid many times over.
September 3, 2020, 12 AM MDT
Wolverine Energy and Infrastructure Inc. has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire a strategic renewables and infrastructure crane business in the United States for total proceeds of C$33.5 million.
September 1, 2020, 12 AM MDT
September 1, 2020, 12 AM MDT
Natural gas, including a reworked petrochemical incentive program, will be a key part of the Alberta government’s economic recovery plan to stimulate the economy and get Albertans back to work, says the minister responsible for natural gas.
August 26, 2020, 8:15 AM MDT
Natural Gas Innovation Fund (NGIF) portfolio start-up G4 Insights Inc. has completed a field demonstration project that took forestry industry biomass and transformed it into pipeline grade renewable natural gas (RNG).
August 25, 2020, 7:33 AM MDT
August 25, 2020, 7:59 AM MDT
Every day we see breathless articles about the emerging Energy Transition — the change from today’s hydrocarbon-dominated energy economy to a future where renewables and other low-emission technologies will power our world. Goals are being set to be “carbon neutral” or “100 per cent renewable” by 2050, 2040, or even sooner.
August 24, 2020, 6 AM MDT
The idea of a green recovery as Canada seeks to rebuild the Canadian economy coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic “isn’t a zero sum or an either/or conversation,” when it comes to the oil and gas sector, an Indigenous member of an independent task force on the recovery said Thursday.
August 21, 2020, 6 AM MDT
Oilfield workers have an opportunity to help convert up to four Taber-area inactive wells to solar energy production thanks to the first-of-its-kind RenuWell project.
August 18, 2020, 11:18 AM MDT
August 13, 2020, 7:26 AM MDT
The first part of this four-part series explored Joe Biden’s plan to combat global climate change, while the second part identified his probable policies for the U.S. oil and gas industry upon becoming president.
August 12, 2020, 6 AM MDT
Last month in B.C., a number of Land Act and Forest Act delegations related to permitting geothermal activities were provided by the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations & Rural Development (FLNRORD) to the BC Oil and Gas Commission (OGC).
August 12, 2020, 1:18 PM MDT
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