Entries by ARC Energy Research Institute

Solar Manufacturing: The Problem with Canadian Competitiveness

Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes This week, our guest is Paolo Maccario, President and CEO of Silfab Solar. Silfab Solar is a Canadian company headquartered in Mississauga that manufactures solar panels in Ontario, Washington State, and South Carolina.  The South Carolina facility will manufacture solar panels and cells with operations expected to be online in the third […]

Canada Energy Regulator’s Chief Economist: What Could Canada’s Energy Future Look Like?

Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes This week, Jean-Denis Charlebois joins the podcast. Jean-Denis is the Chief Economist at the Canada Energy Regulator (CER).  The CER released a report in June outlining three potential future energy scenarios, titled “Canada’s Energy Future 2023: Energy Supply and Demand Projections to 2050.”   Here are some of the questions Peter and Jackie […]

In the News: Geopolitics, Canada’s Carbon Tax and Clean Energy Stocks

Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes This week, Peter and Jackie discuss recent news headlines, including some scary topics on this Halloween podcast recording. Here are some of the topics they discussed: Rising geopolitical risks. Why are the oil markets calm in the face of the Israel-Hamas conflict and the potential for an oil outage? ExxonMobil and Chevron […]

The Rural Perspective on Wind and Solar Development

Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes This week our guest is Jason Schneider, Director, Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) and Reeve of Vulcan County in Southern Alberta.  The RMA is a progressive, independent association committed to meeting the diverse and changing needs of Alberta’s 69 counties and municipal districts. Since 1909, the RMA has helped rural municipalities advocate […]