Tech Innovation
'Renewable natural gas' boom coming, advocates say, as companies turn waste into fuel
Tuesday, February 22, 2022, 6:09 AM MST
Chase Edgelow is on a mission to acquire vast quantities of garbage. His company, Vancouver-based EverGen Infrastructure Corp., was founded…
Houston biotech startup will use microbes to make hydrogen from oil
Thursday, February 17, 2022, 6:53 AM MST
Houston biotech startup Cemvita Factory is partnering with U.S. gas-equipment manufacturer Chart Industries Inc. to use oil-eating microbes to make hydrogen. The venture, which…
China’s giant new hydrogen plant to power Olympics fuel cell EVs
Friday, January 28, 2022, 6:40 AM MST
One of the world’s largest green hydrogen plants has started production to power 600 fuel-cell vehicles during the Beijing Winter…
Energy transition drew record $755 billion of investment in 2021
Thursday, January 27, 2022, 6:41 AM MST
Global spending on the transition to low-carbon energy rose by more than a quarter in 2021, driven by the electric…
Biden revives 'clean energy' program with $1B loan guarantee
Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 6:25 AM MST
The Biden administration has issued its first clean energy loan guarantee, reviving an Obama-era program that helped launch the country's…
Avatar helping to build new energy future
Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 6 AM MST
Editor’s note: Click here to read our conversation with Kevin Krausert, CEO and co-founder of Avatar Innovations Inc. Leadership is foundational to vision.…
‘Apollo project of our time’ aptly describes oil & gas companies’ drive to net-zero, says Krausert
Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 6 AM MST
In the DOB’s Engaging with our Future leadership series, Bill Whitelaw, managing director of Sustainability and Strategy at geoLOGIC systems ltd., sits down with…
Canadian scientists urge rejection of carbon capture tax credit
Thursday, January 20, 2022, 6:42 AM MST
Canada’s plans to introduce a tax credit for carbon capture in the country’s oil patch would amount to a fossil…
BP and Shell replenish carbon-trading desks after mass departures
Thursday, January 20, 2022, 6:35 AM MST
BP plc and Royal Dutch Shell plc have hired an array of carbon-emissions traders to replenish their ranks after an…
Saskatchewan preparing to submit another carbon pricing plan to Ottawa: premier
Thursday, January 20, 2022, 6:15 AM MST
Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan will submit another carbon pricing plan to the federal government in the coming months. The…
Microsoft-backed fund raises $200 million for climate startups
Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 6:51 AM MST
Energy Impact Partners LP, a venture capital firm that counts Microsoft Corp. and Duke Energy Corp. as backers, has raised $200…
'Big win': Renewable diesel, canola crushing plant to be built in Regina
Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 6:12 AM MST
Federated Co-operatives Ltd. says a new renewable diesel fuel and canola-crushing plant will be part of its plan to reduce…
