Establishing a robust carbon capture, utilization and storage industry, supported by a well-designed federal tax incentive, is critical to achieving Canada’s net zero GHG emissions target in 2050, Hon. Grant Mitchell, CCS strategic advisor, and Craig Golinowski, managing partner, at Carbon Infrastructure Partners, say in an op-ed.
Topic: fossil fuels
Hybrid geothermal and natural gas power project launches in Alberta
Electricity from Canada’s first co-produced geothermal and natural gas power project from a legacy oilfield in northwestern Alberta should be available to the provincial grid in the second quarter of this year, says its chief executive.
B.C. plan to move away from fossil fuels will be difficult to implement, economist says
The B.C. government’s new $260-million electrification program could have challenges meeting its emission-reduction deadline, according Werner Antweiler, an energy economist at the University of British Columbia.
Q&A: Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s head Leah Lawrence on the explosion in clean tech investment
Research Money sat down with Leah Lawrence, the SDTC’s CEO and president, to ask her where clean technology in Canada is heading and what to expect as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ottawa, B.C. and Shell invest $105 million in new low-carbon innovation centre
Critics say the plan to expand carbon-capture and storage will extend Canada’s dependence on fossil fuels.
Oil and gas innovation network has yet to spend $80 million of federal funding for cleaner technologies
A pan-Canadian oil and natural gas innovation network has yet to spend the bulk of $100 million of federal funding on commercializing new, cleaner technologies, two years after Ottawa announced the funding and seven months after a contribution agreement was signed. The Clean Resource Innovation Network, which aims to produce the world’s cleanest hydrocarbons, plans to announce details of its planned three technology competitions by end of March 2021.
Canada Pension Plan must divest from fossil fuels, new report argues
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which manages the CPP’s $420-billion portfolio, should immediately divest from all fossil fuel holdings in response to the climate emergency and to reduce financial risk for current and future CPP recipients, says the lead author of a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report.