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Canada’s Woodland Biofuels to invest US$1.35-billion at Port of Louisiana for renewable fuels plant
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Market Factors: Energy transition conference generates new investing strategies
FILE - Steam rises from the coal-fired power plant near wind turbines in Niederaussem, Germany, as the sun rises on Nov. 2, 2022. Germany is shutting down its last three nuclear power plants on Saturday, April 15, 2023, as part of an energy transition agreed by successive governments. Critics have warned that without nuclear power, Germany will have to rely on dirty coal and gas plants for energy during periods of overcast but calm weather. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
energy and resources
BP to sell its U.S. onshore wind energy business
FILE PHOTO: Logo of British Petrol BP is seen e at petrol station in Pienkow, Poland, June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
energy and resources
Irish company planning to produce jet fuel in Goldboro, N.S., at former LNG site
An energy firm based in Ireland says it is planning to produce sustainable aviation fuel at the site where a liquified natural gas project had been proposed on Nova Scotia's eastern shore. Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
opinion
Should farmland be protected from clean-energy projects? A tough conversation
Hugo Cordeau
report on business
Nova Scotia bill would kick-start offshore wind industry without approval from Ottawa
The Nova Scotia government has introduced a bill that would kick-start the province's offshore wind industry without federal approval. Turbines operate at the Block Island Wind Farm, Dec. 7, 2023, off the coast of Block Island, R.I. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-/Julia Nikhinson
opinion
Hydro-Québec’s ambitious plans will come at great cost to consumers and province
Normand Mousseau
international business
Electric seaweed fuels pursuit of algae power in Chile
A beaker containing Ulva Lactuca macro-seaweeds is seen in a laboratory at the University of Santiago where Drs. of the Department of Materials Chemistry carry on bio photovoltaic experiments to generate electric energy and oxygen using seaweeds, in Santiago, Chile August 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
opinion
Western tariffs risk helping China’s rise as the world’s first electro-state
John Rapley
energy and resources
Firm bidding to produce power from Fundy tides files for bankruptcy
A large tidal power turbine built for Nova Scotia Power is shown in Dartmouth, N.S. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. The company Occurrent, which developed a separate test project, has recently become the latest in a series of failed efforts to harness the Bay of Fundy tides.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
energy and resources
U.S. to spend $7.3-billion on rural clean energy projects
FILE PHOTO: Solar installers from Baker Electric place solar panels on the roof of a residential home in Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California, U.S. October 14, 2016. Picture taken October 14, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
report on business
Brookfield reportedly close to sale of Spain’s Saeta to Masdar
Pedestrians and office workers walk past the Bay St. entrance to Brookfield Place in Toronto’s Financial District on July 12, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
energy and resources
Growth rate of positions in U.S. clean energy sector in 2023 more than double that of overall jobs: report
FILE PHOTO: Solar installers from Baker Electric place solar panels on the roof of a residential home in Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California, U.S. October 14, 2016. Picture taken October 14, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
international business
Meta Platforms strikes geothermal energy deal with Sage Geosystems to power U.S. data centers
FILE - Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. on Oct. 28, 2021. Federal regulators open their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of virtual-reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural, with opening arguments beginning Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in San Jose, California. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
report on business
Power-sector lobby steps up criticism of Ottawa’s Clean Electricity Regulations
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks during a media availability on Alberta's invocation of the Sovereignty Act over federal clean electricity regulations, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
real estate
Going gracefully energy efficient in a 170-year-old stone home
Carrie Cockburn's home, which dates back to the 1850s, in Tweed, Ont. Ms.Cockburn struggled to find ways to make the old house more energy efficient while keeping its heritage elements intact. The east garden.
energy and resources
China’s state planner calls for more investment to help support energy transition
Chinese national flag is raised at the Chinese embassy in London, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has chastised China's premier for what he called unacceptable interference in British democracy after a newspaper reported that a researcher in Parliament was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of spying for Beijing. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
international business
Energix signs long-term solar power deal with Google
FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is seen in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
energy and resources
China is backing off coal power plant approvals after 2022-23 surge that alarmed climate experts
FILE - Guohua Power Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Dingzhou, Baoding, in the northern China's Hebei province, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
opinion
Kamala Harris’s energy policies could be her Achilles’ heel
Kelly Cryderman