From the U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy:The North American Renewable Integration Study (NARIS) assesses opportunities to modernize and decarbonize the North American power system through the integrated planning and operation of generation and transmission infrastructures to meet end-use demand. In June 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) announced the release of the U.S. Perspective...

12 August, 2021

United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan today held a bilateral meeting to launch a new updated and revised Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that reinvigorates and expands energy cooperation between their departments, accelerates the clean energy...

24 June, 2021

The U.S. and Canadian electric power grids are connected through 37 major transmission lines from New England to the Pacific Northwest. The interconnected North American power grid provides numerous benefits for Canada and the United States, including enhanced electric reliability, security, affordability and resilience as well...

03 June, 2021

Canada has joined the second phase of Mission Innovation, a global consortium of 22 countries plus the European Commission, to meet Paris Climate Agreement targets using investments that make clean energy technology more affordable. Mission Innovation 2.0. calls on members to guide private-public spending over the...

02 June, 2021

Canada sees an opportunity in U.S. President Joe Biden’s push to achieve a carbon-free electrical grid by 2035: hydropower exports. With Canadian crude exports taking a hit from Biden’s decision to scrap the Keystone XL oil pipeline, Ottawa is increasingly focused on sales of clean energy. Around...

09 February, 2021

States in the Northeastern U.S. can transition to low-carbon electricity at a lower cost by using hydropower reservoirs in Quebec for energy storage, says a new MIT study. Countering conventional wisdom, the study argues that Quebec’s hydropower reservoirs are best seen by Northeastern states as...

03 February, 2021

The United States and Canada are each other’s largest energy trading partners as measured by the value of energy commodity trade, which in 2017 stood at U.S.$95 billion. The energy relationship between the two countries extends beyond just the trade of commodities, encompassing a variety...

03 May, 2020