How Fossil Fuels Help Make Wind, Solar, Hydro & Nuclear Energy Possible

Did you know that today's modern fleet of renewable energy technologies cannot exist without non-renewables? Unfortunately, not many people realize that fossil fuels – and their high energy density – play an integral role in manufacturing essential components of renewables, from wind and solar t...


Global Energy Crisis in 2021: What Can We Learn?

Unless you want to spend most of Christmas trying to explain to the kids about limited reindeer capacity or elf worker shortages, buy those high-demand toys now. They might just not make it to Black Friday given the energy crisis underway in Europe, which according to many energy analysts has th...


Canada’s Helium Opportunity: More Than Just 'Party Balloons'

Party balloons that, when the contents were inhaled, made your voice sound like Mickey Mouse is what most people remember when they hear the word ‘helium.’ An admittedly risky party trick, making our family and friends laugh at social gatherings was fun nonetheless. But we shouldn’t be too hard ...


A Closer Look at the IEA's Pathway to Net-Zero by 2050

Key Points • The IEA's Net-Zero to 2050 scenario requires massive changes to the global energy infrastructure system and record-setting deployments of renewables and EVs • Current actions by governments in parts of the world will make it extremely difficult for the IEA's scenario to come to frui...


Who Said Indigenous Peoples Don’t Work in the Energy Sector?

Indigenous People do work in the energy sector, just like me! Whoever said we didn’t, or that we don’t support the oil and gas industry is not being honest about the will of the majority of Indigenous Peoples in Western Canada who support responsible and inclusive natural resource development in...


The World Needs All Forms of Energy for Decades to Come

Galvanized by the cancellation of Keystone XL, pipeline detractors are now turning their sights to other major projects such as Line 3, Line 5 and the Trans Mountain Expansion. I can only imagine some of the rallying cries now bellowing from activists’ mouths (or perhaps clanking away on their k...


65+ Canadian Energy Facts & Statistics

Did you know that Canada is one of the largest global producers of energy? As the second-largest country in the world, natural resources such as oil, natural gas, minerals and metals (uranium), moving water, and crops found in abundance across the country are utilized to produce energy in Canada...