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 infrastructu
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, acceler
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.
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, afforda
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 sp
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...
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..
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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...
