(Our newsletter: 02 February 2023) News updates about Coastal Gas and LNG Canada An update from TC Energy this week estimated the cost of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in BC at $14.5 billion. That’s up 134% from an estimate of $6.2 billion in 2019. The line now is 83% complete over-all. TC Energy news release: …
By KAREN OGEN Prime Minister Trudeau’s reception of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio was more than the usual international embarrassment. It was a pair of world-class opportunities cast aside for no apparent reason. Kishida leads a country of 125.5 million people. Although its economy has struggled, Japan remains the world’s third-largest national economy and one …
Our newsletter: 19 January 2023 LNG Canada has been working for many months towards a final investment decision on Phase 2 of the project, which would double the output of LNG for export. A key question throughout has been whether Phase 2 could use emissions-reducing electricity from BC Hydro to drive the cooling towers that …
It’s 1766. British scientist Henry Cavendish is experimenting in his laboratory. Almost by chance, he discovers something he terms “combustible air.” As The Energy Blog of RWE adds: “Back then, no one suspects that the gas will someday become one of the great hopes of energy supply: introducing hydrogen.” Hydrogen is a darling of clean-energy fans, …
Our Jan. 5 newsletter: Cedar LNG decisions awaited December 31 passed with no word from provincial or federal governments on the hoped-for approvals of the Haisla Nation’s proposed Cedar LNG project in the Kitimat area. The B.C. Environmental Assessment Office announced on Nov. 16 that it had completed its assessment of Cedar’s application for an …
