Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes One uncertainty about how the energy transition will play out is how prevalent battery technology will be in the future. Today’s lithium-ion batteries work well for short duration utility storage and electric cars, but they are not commercial for some other applications – such as long duration energy storage or heavy hauling. Also, […]
Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes This week on the podcast, Jackie and Peter discuss some recent news. First, they talk about the surprise end to summer with the United States passing into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA includes $369 billion of spending on clean energy and supports the build-out of a clean energy supply […]
Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes In this episode, we showcase one of Peter’s Energyphile stories “Long Way Around.” In the preamble to the story, Peter and Jackie talk about Canadian energy security for oil. A Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for Canada’s eastern provinces would have helped during the 1970s oil price shocks, but is it still relevant today? […]
Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes This week on the podcast we discuss the Canadian Federal Government’s July 2022 discussion document “Options to Cut Oil and Gas Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Achieve 2030 Goals and Net-Zero by 2050.” Joining the discussion is our guest Sander Duncanson, Partner, Regulatory, Environmental, Indigenous and Land at Osler, a Canadian business law […]
