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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The final Regulations Amending the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations for model year 2017 and beyond will be published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on 8 October. Canada Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy Regulations' GHG regulations. billion and cumulative net benefits for Canadians of $4.7

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JUNE 30, 2016

As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

Subject to ratification of a tentative 2021 agreement reached with Unifor and confirmation of government support, General Motors plans to bring production of its recently announced BrightDrop electric light commercial vehicle, the EV600 ( earlier post ), to its CAMI manufacturing plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. billion (C$1.3 billion (C$1.3

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JULY 17, 2023

UK-based energy firm SSE is the first UK utility to trial First Hydrogen ’s hydrogen-powered van in a real-life setting, enabling SSE to evaluate the benefits of hydrogen mobility alongside its growing fleet of EV engineering and maintenance vehicles as an alternative to fossil fuels. First Hydrogen Corp.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Scandium is a rare, versatile and useful mineral for the green economy and energy transition. It is considered a critical mineral by the United States, Canada, Australia and many other countries. This acquisition aligns with Rio Tinto’s strategic goal to grow in materials essential for the low-carbon transition.

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MAY 28, 2019

With nuclear power facing an uncertain future in many countries, the world risks a steep decline in its use in advanced economies that could result in billions of tonnes of additional carbon emissions, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. It is second only to hydropower at 16%. If other low-carbon sources—i.e.,

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Plug N Drive

MAY 1, 2024

As announced today during the keynote address at Electric Autonomy’s EV and Charging Expo 2024 , the Public consultations on the new Electric Vehicle Charger Discount Rate will be opened this month by the Ontario Energy Board with a target implementation date for the new rate of January 1, 2026.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

TransCanada Corporation is halting the application process for its proposed Energy East Pipeline and Eastern Mainline projects in Canada. Energy East was to have been a 4,500-kilometer pipeline that would have transported approximately 1.1 —TransCanada President and CEO Russ Girling.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Energy consumption by light-duty vehicles in the United States, AEO2013 and AEO2014, 1995-2040 (quadrillion Btu). LDV energy consumption declines in AEO2014 Reference case from 16.0 Delivered energy demand for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) in AEO2014 increases from 5.3 HDV energy demand is tempered somewhat by an average 0.5%

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Researchers from Western University, Canadian Light Source, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a novel solid-phase Li-S transformation mechanism that enables high energy Li-S batteries in conventional Li-ion carbonate electrolytes. An open-access paper on their work is published in Nature Communications.

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DECEMBER 8, 2012

Christian Paradis, Canada’s Minister of Industry, announced on Friday that the federal government is allowing two major acquisitions of oil sands companies by foreign state-owned enterprises (SOEs): the $15.1-billion Both transactions represented a “net benefit” to Canada, Paradis said. But, all investments are not equal.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2021

NEOLINE’s decarbonized shipping service relies on wind energy as the main propulsion for its 136m cargo ships with 4200 m 2 of sails. Using a set of mobile decks (car-decks), its transport capacities are optimized to load various types of freight, from light to heavy or oversized, up to 9.8m

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MAY 15, 2015

Canada Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced that Canada plans to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. Canada formally submitted its target, referred to as an Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Brightmark Energy , a San Francisco-based waste and energy development company, closed a $260-million financing package for the construction of the US’ first commercial-scale plastics-to-fuel plant, which will be located in Ashley, Indiana.

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MARCH 4, 2021

The University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Advanced Materials for Energy Storage Lab, under the leadership of Dr. Jian Liu, is the project’s research lead during the initial stages. Eagle Graphite owns and operates one of only two flake graphite production facilities in Canada and the only graphite quarry in western North America.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

” Tesla talks with Canada about potential supply chain expansion plans [Update]. Russia, Madagascar, Ukraine, Norway, Canada, India, and Sri Lanka make up the remaining Top 10 countries that produce graphite. It also imported graphite from Mexico, Canada, India, and other sources. Graphite and the Inflation Reduction Act.

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MAY 19, 2013

The Government of Canada is supporting a three-year project that will result in the construction of a $19-million, demonstration-scale facility in Alberta that will use algae to recycle industrial carbon dioxide emissions from an oil sands facility into commercial products such as biofuels. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 28, 2016

Global plug-in light duty vehicle (PEV) sales increased by about 80% in 2015 to 565,668 units, according to figures compiled by Argonne National Laboratory and posted by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Global plug-in light vehicle sales, 2011-2015. Source: EIA; data compiled by Argonne National Laboratory.

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JULY 25, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized eight Toyota manufacturing sites in North America for achieving a 10% reduction in energy intensity through its ENERGY STAR Challenge For Industry program. Collectively, these eight sites have reduced energy intensity by nearly 24% from baseline. Plant example.

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MARCH 22, 2012

These partnerships will be supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), and National Research Council Canada (NRC). GM Canada, and Hydrogenics. GM Canada, and Hydrogenics. The newly funded projects are: Low Platinum PEM Fuel Cells.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2019 projects continued robust growth in US energy production, emergence of the United States as an energy exporter, and a cleaner S electric power generation mix. Light-duty vehicle miles traveled increases by 20% in the Reference case, growing from 2.9 trillion miles in 2018 to 3.5

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MARCH 28, 2013

Suncor Energy is not proceeding with the Voyageur bitumen upgrader project in the Canadian oil sands. The decision is the result of a joint strategic and economic review launched by Suncor and its joint venture partner Total E&P Canada Ltd in late 2012. interest in the Fort Hills oil sands mining project operated by Suncor Energy.

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AUGUST 26, 2018

A) Gibbs reaction energy for formation of Li 2 O and Li 2 O 2 as a function of temperature. —Linda Nazar, Canada Research Chair of Solid State Energy Materials and senior author. Nazar (2018) “A high-energy-density lithium-oxygen battery based on a reversible four-electron conversion to lithium oxide” Science Vol.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

million in funding through the Automotive Partnership Canada (APC) initiative, and close to C$10 million from industry and other contributions. These partnerships will be supported with funding through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canada Foundation for Innovation. This includes C$6.5

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The Hydro-Québec Center of Excellence in Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage is a leading research and development institute for advanced battery materials, focusing on solid-state battery technologies. —Jochen Hermann, Vice President Development eDrive, Mercedes-Benz AG.

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JULY 10, 2021

BC is the first province in Canada to release a comprehensive hydrogen strategy. Introduced in 2019, the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act requires automakers to meet an escalating annual percentage of new light-duty zero-emission vehicle sales, including hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

In an interview with the Toronto Star , US Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson said that if the US is looking for “ long-term safe and secure sources of energy, Canada, and therefore the oil sands, need to be part of it. The 1,000-mile/1,607-km pipeline will run from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, to Superior, Wisconsin.

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JULY 1, 2023

Its projects in Canada are targeting lithium for electric vehicle batteries. As part of the Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan, Stellantis announced plans of reaching a 100% passenger car battery-electric vehicle (BEV) sales mix in Europe and a 50% passenger car and light-duty truck BEV sales mix in the United States by 2030.

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MARCH 20, 2024

March 20, 2024, Toronto, Ontario – Plug’n Drive, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) across Canada, proudly announces the appointment of Ottawa-based Tracy Walden to the newly-created role of Vice President of Communications.

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JULY 17, 2017

A new study finds that as some of the world’s largest oilfields age, the energy required to keep them operating can rise dramatically even as the amount of petroleum they produce drops. Current climate and energy system models typically don’t explore the impacts of oil reservoir depletion in any detail. c, Light oils.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The provincial government has put British Columbia on a path to require the sale of all new light-duty cars and trucks to be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by the year 2040. If we want British Columbians to be part of the solution for reducing air pollution, we need to make clean energy vehicles more affordable, available and convenient.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

Some level of mining is necessary to build out zero-emission energy systems, the report concedes, but notes that the volume of extraction is not a given. Lithium supply chains span the world from Latin America to China to Australia, with new extraction being planned in Europe, Canada, the United States and beyond. 2°C of warming.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

However, IHS Automotive analysts still expect light vehicle sales in China to grow by 7% in 2015 to 25.2 —Lin Huaibin, manager, China light vehicle sales forecast, IHS Automotive. North America continues to be an impetus to global light vehicle demand levels. North America. from last year. million units. million units.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

announced two intelligent traffic system cameras, the FLIR ThermiCam AI (sold as the TrafiSense AI camera in the US and Canada) with thermal imaging and the FLIR TrafiCam AI visible camera, both with artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize traffic flow on roadways and at intersections. FLIR Systems, Inc.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

Although light vehicles were the initial focus of transportation electrification, many other types of electric vehicles will be on our roads in the next few years. —France Lampron, Director – Development of Energy and Mobility Offers at Hydro-Québec. Our goal is to stimulate the growth of electric transportation.

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JULY 9, 2023

Power is supplied by two air-cooled lithium-ion batteries with an operating voltage of 48 V and an energy content of 1.96 lb-ft, the new CE 02 accelerates quickly from traffic lights and offers a dynamic riding experience. x 14-inch rear cast light alloy disk wheels are fitted with wide 120/80-14 and 150/70-14 tires.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Yanchang Petroleum International Limited is buying Novus Energy Inc., a junior oil and gas company targeting light oil resource plays in Western Canada, for around C$223 million (US$213 million). Novus said the total transaction value, including net debt and transaction costs, is approximately C$320 million (US$305 million).

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