Pipelines, energy and natural resources

[Kirkhill]

And the hits just keep on coming for Eby.
To help Algoma Steel Carney has slapped a 25% tariff on the Chinese towers Eby was relying on for wind turbines to fill his energy gap.
Coal for wind....

https://www.biv.com/news/eby-seeks-exemption-from-wind-tower-tariff-that-threatens-bcs-electricity-supply-11587701

 

[Kirkhill]

Do you remember when Germany came knocking asking Trudeau for Natural Gas and Trudeau offered them Hydrogen at some point in the future because there was no business case for Natural Gas?

Utilities give up hope on using hydrogen in their gas grids, prepare to phase out pipeline network

Most European utilities have given up on the idea of green hydrogen and are preparing to phase out pipeline networks and invest in battery storage instead.

reneweconomy.com.au

Bill Gates-backed Modern Hydrogen lays off most of its employees after decade-long pursuit of clean energy

After 10 years, clean energy startup Modern Hydrogen has laid off most of its employees due to funding changes and is undergoing a "broader restructuring effort."

www.geekwire.com

....

That hasn't completely stopped some people from working to make hydrogen

Officials switch on revolutionary power plant with incredible capabilities: 'Can accelerate production'

Hydrogen power plants could be the answer to a greener future.

www.thecooldown.com

8 tonnes of Hydrogen per day in phase 1
20 Megawatts
Looking to produce 350 MW eventually

Expensive

Uses wind generated electricity to separate hydrogen from sea water and store it.

 

[Kirkhill]

And another suck back on hydrogen

EDP is ‘seriously considering’ rejecting European Hydrogen Bank subsidy due to lack of visibility on demand

The energy firm’s hydrogen lead Ana Quelhas tells conference that the Spanish project is otherwise developing smoothly towards a final investment decision

www.hydrogeninsight.com

 

[foresterab]

Flare gas for remote power...

Facilities Manager Synchronizes Turbines to Flow Wells | BOE Report

In Central Alberta, a major Canadian oil and gas producer has deployed and remotely managed a synchronized turbine array to combust flare gas and support the flowing of its oil wells. Six wells at a truck-offloading production facility have run successfully for several months while remaining...

boereport.com

Some of this has also been incorperated into more modern gas plants built. A little known but additional power grid relief.

However most plants don't have this technology and this is the first mobile unit design I've heard of.

 

[daftandbarmy]

And the hits just keep on coming for Eby.
To help Algoma Steel Carney has slapped a 25% tariff on the Chinese towers Eby was relying on for wind turbines to fill his energy gap.
Coal for wind....

https://www.biv.com/news/eby-seeks-exemption-from-wind-tower-tariff-that-threatens-bcs-electricity-supply-11587701

Nice wind power projects you've got there... it would be a shame if anything happened to them.

But if you agree to our new pipeline, I could take care of those tariffs for you

 

[Kirkhill]

EU continues to back off

EU to weaken more environment reporting rules, draft document shows

The European Commission has drafted proposals to cut back more EU environment laws, targeting requirements for industries to report on their pollution and waste, a draft EU document seen by Reuters showed.

www.reuters.com

 

[Kirkhill]

Fascinating factoid from this National Post article

The first pipeline proposal from the oil sands to Churchill was in 1870.

"When, in 1870, Canada acquired the vast Rupert’s Land wilderness, the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) mapped the region’s resources. Geologist Robert Bell, judged that the immensity of the oilsands deposits warranted access to foreign markets via a pipeline to Hudson Bay and “further shipment ‘by steamers.’ ” Only 150 years later, the Carney government announced that an energy corridor to Churchill, Man., “could be truly transformative for this country,” but requires “further development.”"

....

" knowledge of the Alberta oilsands stretches back to the earliest periods of European exploration and Indigenous contact. Gray notes that in 1719, “Wa-pa-su, a Cree Indian working for the (Hudson’s Bay) company” met trader Henry Kelsey at Fort York. He brought with him “a lump of the oil-saturated sand described as ‘that gum or pitch that flows out of the banks of (the Athabasca) River.’”"

So, in 1719 a Cree trader delivered bitumen to the HBC. Bitumen that "flowed out of the Banks of (the Athabaska) River". Does that suggest that the River was polluted then? Or was the bitumen natural and part of the environment?

John Weissenberger: How Canadian ingenuity turned Alberta's tar pits into a cash cow

Canadian Glory: The oilsands have been a boon for the Canadian economy

nationalpost.com

 

[Kirkhill]

Chris Selley: The Liberal climate-change grift is finally over

Canada’s record on cutting emissions has never been the least bit impressive.

nationalpost.com

Pipeline politics are making strange bedfellows, as Bloc leader and B.C. premier meet up

The potential pipeline on the West Coast has created strange political bedfellows.

nationalpost.com

And this in particular

Say hello to pro-pipeline First Nations in B.C.: Full Comment podcast

A lot of First Nations are open to the opportunity for resource development to create prosperity for their people

nationalpost.com

 

[Kirkhill]

Euro demand and cold weather driving the price of Natural Gas in the US up. Cheap coal is back in fashion.

Surge in Natural Gas Prices Sets The Stage for Coal Comeback | OilPrice.com

Soaring U.S. natural gas prices—driven by extreme cold and record LNG exports—have made coal a cheaper option for power generation.

oilprice.com

5 USD per MMBTU = 7 CAD per GJ in the US
Alberta price is 0.72 to 3.36 CAD per GJ

 

[The Bread Guy]

Meanwhile, Team Blue seems to want to put everyone's vote on the record, so to speak, on the CAN-AB pipeline deal:

Conservative motion would force House vote on Alberta pipeline agreement

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are planning to force a vote in the House of Commons next Tuesday on the Liberal government's pipeline agreement with Alberta.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

Here's the motion from PP's x.com feed:
View attachment 97104
Interesting - trying to flush out the better-green-than-Carney Team Red members?

Boosters'll say it's good to make things more official, and should be an easy-peasy vote - Red Coach says deal's on, so it should be a rubber stamp.

Haters'll say if Team Blue might be using this to fuel (further?) dissent within Team Red, fuelling the "partisan politics over the good of the country" narrative.

We'll have to see ....

The latest …

Liberals reject Poilievre pitch to amend pipeline motion, still plan to vote against

Sparks flew in question period between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Tuesday, over the Liberals declaring they’ll be voting against a Conservative pro-pipeline motion, as well as the official opposition’s offer to alter the wording in hopes of securing...

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[brihard]

The latest …

Liberals reject Poilievre pitch to amend pipeline motion, still plan to vote against

Sparks flew in question period between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Tuesday, over the Liberals declaring they’ll be voting against a Conservative pro-pipeline motion, as well as the official opposition’s offer to alter the wording in hopes of securing...

www.ctvnews.ca

Meh. The motion is meaningless. Some people are keen to make hay with it without bothering to distinguish between the legislature, which has no present role in this, and the executive. Even though both overlap in the cabinet, the support of Parliament on a motion really has no bearing on decisions that will be a cabinet issue.

 

[Good2Golf]

Meh. The motion is meaningless. Some people are keen to make hay with it without bothering to distinguish between the legislature, which has no present role in this, and the executive. Even though both overlap in the cabinet, the support of Parliament on a motion really has no bearing on decisions that will be a cabinet issue.

Even the amended version (to add some of the AB responsibilities) was meaningless as it still was deliberately lopsided not to hold AB to account for its transactional commitments to the Feds. To then hear PP try to explain it as though it was meant to see which Liberal MPs wouldn’t/didn't support the LPC caucus line is pretty lame.

 

[brihard]

Even the amended version (to add some of the AB responsibilities) was meaningless as it still was deliberately lopsided not to hold AB to account for its transactional commitments to the Feds. To then hear PP try to explain it as though it was meant to see which Liberal MPs wouldn’t/didn't support the LPC caucus line is pretty lame.

We’re in a lengthy period of “make theatrical opposition noises” for the foreseeable future.

 

[Kirkhill]

Meanwhile even the Globe and Mail is getting on board with Alberta.

Opinion: The inescapable economic logic of a bigger Canadian oil patch

Ottawa-Alberta MOU should be seen as a realistic plan, rooted in economics and the world as it really is

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[lenaitch]

We’re in a lengthy period of “make theatrical opposition noises” for the foreseeable future.

When are we not?