Our newsletter of 25 May 2023 The HaiSea Wamis is en route to BC from Sanmar Shipyards in Türkiye. It’s the first of five tugs for the HaiSea Marine fleet, majority owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC. It’s the world’s first fully-electric harbour tug. And it has just won the 2023 …
Our newsletter: 11 May 2023 LNG exports will be big for BC The Business Council of BC sees new LNG exports giving a healthy boost to BC’s export economy. In a new report, the council says: “Our projection foresees LNG adding $4.4 billion in energy exports, but some projections suggest the figure is likely to …
(Our newsletter: 27 April 2023) Cedar LNG’s environmental conditions In our webinar on the Cedar LNG project last week, elected Chief Councillor Crystal Smith of the Haisla Nation in BC (photo above) noted some essential environmental requirements set out by her Nation: Some excerpts: “We were able to negotiate (our natural gas supply) off the …
Our newsletter: 30 March 2023 Woodfibre LNG to beat net-zero targets Woodfibre LNG pledges its plant will be net zero in 2027, 23 years ahead of the federal target of 2050, and three years ahead of BC’s net-zero requirement for new LNG plants. Woodfibre’s net-zero plan includes electrification, new technology, and then forestry carbon offsets …
Our newsletter: 16 March 2023 Cedar LNG gets green lights from BC and Ottawa The $3-billion floating LNG plant that the Haisla Nation and Pembina Pipelines plan to build and operate near Kitimat gets a welcome green light from the BC government, and then from the federal government. The BC decision attaches 16 conditions to …
