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While the US wind sector continues to grow, 2010 saw its advance slow after two years of rapid expansion.
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Canada’s Alberta province to tap into unminable coal
Canada’s Alberta province reaches for its vast deposits of unminable coal.
Sale for troubled Opti Canada as CNOOC swoops
Canadian oil sands specialist Opti Canada has been saved from financial meltdown by the recent decision of China’s CNOOC group to buy out much of this troubled group for a reported US$2.1bn. But what are the Chinese getting for this massive investment? Apparently a significant stake in an Alberta oil sands/bitumen project which has to date failed to live up to expectations. Time to dig a little deeper.
Japex and China to invest In Canada Oil Sands development
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co (Japex) plans to invest around US$850m in its Canadian oil sands project, Chief Executive Osamu Watanabe said Wednesday, as the firm looks to ramp up its bitumen production. Japex doesn’t have any plans to sell the oil sands output beyond Canada and the US in the near term, Watanabe told Dow …
Q-Cells to complete 60MW project for Starwood Energy Group
Q-Cells to start construction on Starwood’s SSM3 project.
Russia to submit Arctic claim to UN next year
Russia to claim the Lomonosov Ridge and move forward its Arctic exploitation programme.
Iraq signs US$1.2bn power station contract with Capgent
Canada’s Capgent to build 10 110MW power stations in Iraq as it signs a US$1.2bn contract.
Nunavut warms up to nuclear
Micro-nuclear plants may prove an option for remote and sparsely-populated regions. Nunavut in Canada is considering the technology to lower its dependence on expensive fossil fuels.
Canada: Capital Power buys Bridgeport Energy power plant for US$355m
Capital Power increases its power portfolio to over 1000MW of generating capacity, looking to increase this 10-fold by 2020.
Canada: Progress, but at what cost?
Dr Samuel Fenwick takes a look at Canada’s energy sector and how it may be affected in the coming years by the changing nature of the global economy and issues across the border.
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