Canada Injects $500M into Clean Electricity Program for Stronger …
13 hours ago · The federal government is injecting C$500 million into Canada’s multi-billion-dollar clean electricity program, focusing on projects that enhance grid capacity and reliability. Announced in early October, the new funding for the $4.5-billion Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways (SREPs) program will flow through Canada’s Utility ...
Record Global Emissions Put Warming on Track for ‘Catastrophic’ …
13 hours ago · Governments’ current climate policies and promises have the world on track for “catastrophic” average global warming of 2.6° to 3.1°C, and the odds of limiting global heating to the 1.5°C target in the Paris climate agreement are rapidly shrinking toward zero, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warns in the …
Global South Surges Ahead in Cleantech, But Policy Gaps Remain
14 hours ago · About 73% of the Global South is positioned in the “sweet spot of change,” the analysts conclude, [pdf] based on factors like fossil fuel imports, energy demand, income, and renewables availability. In several countries, energy demand is currently low, but interest in expanding energy systems is growing, paving the way for clean energy ...
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Solar RFP, New Wind Farms Show Quebec Pushing Ahead with …
13 hours ago · IRENA/flickr. Quebec is advancing its renewable energy plans with two major steps: officially launching its first-ever solar energy request for proposals and moving forward with new wind farm developments. The province provided details in September for the solar RFP initially announced in March, writes McCarthy Tétrault.
New Energy Transition Course Pitches Alternative to ‘Oil and Gas ...
3 days ago · A new online course on the energy transition, designed to give oil-producing jurisdictions like Alberta a more realistic picture of where oil and gas demand is headed, began with one expert’s deep dissatisfaction with an “oil and gas forever world view” that misses the factors driving the shift out of fossil fuels.
‘Reality Gap’ Has Energy Transition Plans Crumbling Without Cash ...
Sep 12, 2024 · The study focuses on clean energy development in the United States and Europe, comparing the status of various clean technology projects against their deployment goals to “assess the alignment between ambitious climate targets and actual progress on the ground.”. Many projects have not reached their final investment decisions, the analysts say, and are at risk of being cancelled or scaled ...
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‘Nasty Trade-Off’ as Ontario Picks Gas, Nuclear Over Renewables
Oct 3, 2022 · Ontario can deliver enough distributed energy resources (DER) to clear a large electricity shortage over the next decade, but a prominent analyst says the provincial government is still pivoting between two equally “catastrophic” options—relying more on methane-heavy gas plants, or extending the life of an aging nuclear station outside ...
Put Energy Efficiency, Renewables First in Grid Transformation ...
Aug 28, 2023 · Ontario has announced major investments in non-renewable power projects, including a long-term bet on new nuclear plants. But there’s still time to embrace energy efficiency and smaller renewable- energy options (also known as distributed energy resources, or DERs) as cost-effective, quicker-to-deploy approaches to community resilience.