On carbon capture, federal budget delivers promise, if not funds

Apr. 21, 2021

Once deemed too expensive, carbon capture and storage is now seen as crucial to meeting world's climate goals. It was expected to be the federal budget that made a big commitment to carbon capture and storage (CCS), and its twin, carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS).

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Boreholes completed for Ontario’s Largest Geothermal Condo Tower

Apr. 15, 2021

The 66-storey EX3 condominium tower in Mississauga will use Mitsubishi Electric's VRF system in conjunction with its geothermal source.

NICKEL: Giga Metals wants to develop world’s first carbon-neutral mine

Apr. 15, 2021

Giga Metals announced that, together with Greg Dipple of the University of British Columbia, the company is working towards developing the world’s first carbon-neutral mine.

Mines awarded $6.3 million to build new geothermal energy system inspired by shale technology

Apr. 1, 2021

Colorado School of Mines researchers have been awarded $6.3 million by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop and demonstrate a potentially transformative system to harness and distribute geothermal energy.

Career Pathways in Geothermal Energy

Apr. 1, 2021

Greg Rhodes, a Geothermal Research Analyst in National Renewable Energy Laboratory will share interesting information about geothermal careers.

Open access database to Stress Magnitude of Germany

Apr. 1, 2021

This open-access database compiles stress magnitude information from various sources. It currently includes 568 data records in the area of Germany and adjacent regions (latitude: 47 - 55.5 N; longitude: 5.8 - 15.1 E). The data records are ranked after a newly developed quality scheme for stress magnitude data.

Alberta asks federal government to commit $30B to advance carbon capture technologies

Mar. 30, 2021

'We have been world leaders in the (CCUS) technology … [and] we're at risk of falling behind if we don't up our game. That's going to require major investments,' Premier Jason Kenney said at a press conference on Monday. (Jason Franson/Canadian Press)

Nauticol Energy and Enhance Energy Partner to Capture up to one Million Tonnes Of CO2 Annually from Blue Methanol Production and Distribution Business

Mar. 25, 2021

Nauticol and Enhance have entered into an agreement to work collaboratively for the capture and sequestration of up to one million tonnes of CO2 each year from Nauticol’s planned Blue Methanol facility to be built near Grande Prairie, Alberta.

ExxonMobil Proposes Hydraulic Fracturing Pilot Project in Colombia

Mar. 24, 2021

ExxonMobil submitted a proposal to Colombian authorities to develop a hydraulic fracturing pilot project in the Magdalena Basin. Colombia wants to drastically raise its declining reserves-to-production ratio by tapping into shale.

ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions to commercialize emission-reduction technology

Mar. 23, 2021

IRVING, Texas – ExxonMobil said today it has created a new business to commercialize its extensive low-carbon technology portfolio. The new business, ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions, will initially focus on carbon capture and storage, one of the critical technologies required to achieve net zero emissions and the climate goals outlined in the Paris Agreement.

Suncor Energy invests in carbon capture technology company Svante

Mar. 23, 2021

Suncor and Svante Inc. today announced an equity financing agreement which provides Svante with the additional growth capital to accelerate the commercialization of Svante’s novel second generation CO2 capture technology in North America for the decarbonization of industrial emissions and hydrogen production.