Blog: Where will BC and LNG find new power?
As LNG Canada’s partners look at potential Phase Two expansion, doubling their LNG output, they’d hope to use electrical power for their processes. And switching Phase One to electricity from BC Hydro (rather than burning some of the natural gas to generate power) is on many a wish-list. Meanwhile, Woodfibre LNG plans for its compressors…
News: BC Hydro OKs wind projects with Indigenous partners
Nine of 21 clean-energy projects submitted to BC Hydro in its last ‘call for power’ have been accepted, and all have First Nations partners. Eight of the nine will have 51% equity ownership. And Hydro adds: “This represents $2.5 billion to $3 billion of ownership by First Nations in new renewable-energy projects in the province.”…
Newsletter: LNG critics miss marks, U.S. tariff plan, Indigenous energy, and more . . . .
Our newsletter: 05 December 2024 LNG critics’ hype misses marks Opponents of LNG development lost no time in urging the new BC government to squash the industry. But they ignored how world LNG demand is strong, and BC’s LNG is cleaner. And they ignored much more about the benefits. Instead of the usual environmental attack,…
Blog: LNG demand is strong, and BC’s is cleaner
Opponents of liquefied natural gas (LNG) development lost no time in urging the new British Columbia government to squash the LNG industry. The latest pitch avoided the old environmental eco-message: “If we want a liveable planet for ourselves, future generations and countless other species, we cannot build any more fossil fuel projects anywhere. Not one.”…
Newsletter: Emissions cap? ‘I’m pissed.’ Demand for LNG still growing. And more . . .
Our newsletter: 21 November 2024 Emissions cap? ‘I’m pissed.’ And Alberta’s premier was not alone in, with those words, slamming Ottawa’s planned emissions cap on oil and gas. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, for one, forecast “lower production, lower exports, fewer jobs, lower GDP, and less revenues to governments to fund critical infrastructure and…