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Month: January 2024

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Behind-the-meter solar could create 80,000 jobs by 2050

January 26, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 26, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Behind-the-meter solar could meet up to 3.7 per cent of Canada’s electricity demand, save money for power utilities, reduce home [Read more]

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EVs endure Canada’s deep freeze despite infrastructure hurdles

January 26, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 26, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Last week’s cold snap brought North America its lowest temperatures so far this winter, precipitating a flurry of reports about [Read more]

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B.C., Quebec unveil major clean power expansions while Ontario lags

January 26, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 26, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Two Canadian provinces unveiled major moves last week to increase their supplies of renewable electricity, largely to serve skyrocketing demand [Read more]

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How California is casting a cloud over residential solar

January 26, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Jan. 26, 2024. By Tik Root The past five years have been something of a blur for the crew at Energy Concepts Enterprises. The company, which has been [Read more]

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The big question behind Biden’s LNG pause

January 26, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Jan. 26, 2024. By Jake Bittle Over the past decade, the United States has become the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, or LNG. Since the fracking boom, [Read more]

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Car-free ‘school streets’ could boost health, safety for Ottawa students

January 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 25, 2024. By Gaye Taylor Introducing car-free streets near Ottawa’s schools could reduce congestion, increase active transportation for students and guardians, and support community building, [Read more]

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Northvolt faces court action, sabotage at Quebec battery plant

January 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 25, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt AB is facing legal action and complaining about what it calls “sabotage” after the company began [Read more]

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‘We all just won’: U.S. to apply climate test to new LNG terminals

January 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 25, 2024. By Mitchell Beer The Biden administration is preparing to apply a climate test to a proposal for a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) [Read more]

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E3 Lithium discovers lithium concentrations as high as 87 Mg/L in Nisku aquifer

January 25, 2024 Energi Staff

CALGARY, ALBERTA, January 25, 2024 – This week, E3 Lithium announced the discovery of higher lithium concentrations in the Nisku Aquifer through a new six well sampling program conducted late in 2023. E3 Lithium says [Read more]

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Access and exclusion: What COP28 revealed about the dynamics of global climate diplomacy

January 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Jan. 24, 2024. By Marjolaine Lamontagne and Charles Berthelet With the host country of this year’s COP29 climate conference already forced into an embarrassing course correction over a [Read more]

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Meet the U.S. communities trying to take over their local electric utility

January 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Jan. 25, 2024. By Akielly Hu Climate activists have set their sights on a new target in the fight to slow global warming: utilities. Around a dozen communities across the [Read more]

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B.C. First Nation’s big LNG deal could face weak market conditions

January 23, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 23, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Ksi Lisims LNG, an Indigenous-owned floating gas liquefaction facility proposed in British Columbia, has secured a 20-year deal to sell [Read more]

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SaskPower announces 100-MW solar plant near Estevan

January 23, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 23, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Iyuhána Solar LP has been selected to build a 100-megawatt solar facility, Saskatchewan’s biggest ever, near the city of Estevan, [Read more]

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The energy transition costs less than you think

January 23, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 23, 2024. The global renewables buildout is not insurmountably expensive after factoring the investment dollars that can be redeployed from fossil fuel technology, a team [Read more]

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Why carbon pricing often costs more in Atlantic Canada

January 23, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Jan. 23, 2024. By Larry Hughes Ever since the 2015 UN climate conference in Paris, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stuck steadfastly to his climate policies. By last summer, the [Read more]

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Gas plants have reliability problem in extreme weather, scientists warn

January 22, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 19, 2024. By Energy Mix staff As power grids in the United States continue to add gas-fired power plants, a new report warns that the [Read more]

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Oil companies used to run this town. Now they’re back — to mine for lithium.

January 22, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Jan. 22, 2024. By Katie Myers Chantell Dunbar-Jones remembers when her hometown of Lewisville, Arkansas, seemed to have oil wells on every corner. The small town, located in the [Read more]

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Fewer markets are importing Russia’s coal

January 22, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Jan. 22, 2024. By Gavin Clark Russia’s reliance on four, mainly Asian, countries to import its coal has increased since some countries implemented sanctions [Read more]

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EV infrastructure falls behind in rural, northern communities

January 19, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 19, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Unequal funding and gaps in Canada’s support for zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure are creating challenges for drivers in remote and [Read more]

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Alberta premier blames renewables after cold snap, idled gas plants, trigger grid emergency

January 19, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 19, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Two gas-fired power plants going offline and a winter deep freeze were enough to trigger an emergency alert on the [Read more]

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