Tag: Ontario
New service making Western Canadian natural gas to Ontario, U.S. more competitive
By 2020 TransCanada expects an additional delivery of 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to key markets TransCanada Corporation announced its Canadian Mainline will began shipping additional Western Canada Sedimentary Basin natural gas to markets in Eastern Canada and the U.S. as part of its Long-Term Fixed Price (LTFP) service, according to […]
Give up meat, cars, plane travel, more kids? No thanks, say Canadians
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 proposed four “simple” things consumers can do to become climate change warriors and significantly reduce their individual carbon footprint. But […]
Canadian-produced Bison protoype E-pick up truck chock full of interesting tech
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 who love their gadgets and will pay a big price premium for new tech. But EVs are beginning to move into […]
Canada’s Ontario says to scale back renewable energy purchases
Rising energy bills hurt popularity of Liberals, who lost a by-election to Conservatives for a long-held Toronto seat TORONTO (Reuters) – Ontario will scale back its purchase of renewable power in a move expected to result in savings of up to $C3.8 billion ($2.86 billion) from a 2013 forecast, the provincial government said on Tuesday. […]
Canada already global renewable energy leader, little future for wind and solar
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 that Canada already gets over 80 per cent of its electricity from low-GHG emitting generation and that percentage will increase in […]
Renewable energy: All pain, little gain?
Analysts argue renewable energy leads to higher power bills for consumers, businesses Ed. note: This op-ed was written for a Canadian audience, but the renewable energy examples cited by Green and Jackson will be of interest to American audiences. BC Hydro’s planned project for a hydroelectric dam on the Peace River—known as the Site C […]
Cap-and-trade in carbon dioxide stifles economy
Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore says cap-and-trade system for California, Ontario, Quebec based on “faulty assumptions” The recent announcement that the province of Ontario will join Quebec and California in a cap-and-trade scheme for “carbon emissions” is depressing in more ways than one. It will provide zero benefit for the environment and will only serve to […]
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