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Department of Energy: U.S. Secretary of Energy Granholm, Canadian Minister of Natural Resources O’Regan Launch Cooperative Agreement on Clean Energy, Innovation, and Energy Justice

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

Politico: Canadian hydropower could improve electricity reliability as U.S pursues renewables, report argues

Cross-border electricity transmission between Canada and the U.S. could enhance system reliability as both countries aim to hit ambitious clean energy goals, according to a report published Wednesday by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. The hitch is that new infrastructure will be needed to...

16 June, 2021

Politico: Canada recommits to global pact to accelerate clean energy spending

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

Reuters: Canada plans hydropower push as Biden looks to clean up U.S. grid

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

Washington Post: Biden calls for 100 percent clean electricity by 2035. Here’s how far we have to go.

This month the Democratic presumptive presidential nominee, Joe Biden, outlined an ambitious plan for tackling climate change that shows how far the party has shifted on the issue since it controlled the White House.President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan had called for the electricity sector...

30 July, 2020