Natural Gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas; sometimes just gas), is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium. It is formed when layers of decomposing plant and animal matter are exposed to intense heat and pressure under the surface of the Earth over millions of years. The energy that the plants originally obtained from the sun is stored in the form of chemical bonds in the gas. Natural gas is a fossil fuel. Natural gas is …
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Fraser Institute · 29 October 2024 English
This essay examines the implications of decarbonizing Canada’s electricity grid by replacing existing fossil fuel-based generation with clean energy sources. In 2023, clean energy sources—including hydro, nuclear, and wind—produced 497.6 …
refined petroleum prod- ucts (about 40%) and natural gas (36%). Biofuels play a much smaller role, accounting … nation’s total installed capacity. Meanwhile, natural gas contributed 16.1%, with wind and nuclear energy … highest capacity factor at nearly 93%, while natural gas, wind, and solar had capacity factors of 54 … geothermal Solar Wind Nuclear Hydro/tidal/wave Natural gas Oil Coal and coke Total 2 3 14 13 81 24 4 8.5 … electricity pro- duction from fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, fuel oil, and diesel), referred to as non-renewable …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 28 October 2024 English
This policy brief argues that Canada's proposed oil and gas emissions cap is needed but cautions that some of the proposed compliance flexibilities may—instead of making the cap easier to …
cap Source: ECCC, 2023. Note: LNG = liquefied natural gas The government initially plans to issue allowances … 3). The greenhouse gas footprint of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exported from the United States. Energy … , Bryant, T., & Sadiq, R. (2022). Liquefied natural gas exports from Canada to China: An analysis of … Greenhouse-gas emissions of Canadian liquefied natural gas for use in China: Comparison and synthesis of …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 28 October 2024 English
its nationally determined contribution for its export of clean energy, specifically liquefied natural gas (LNG), under the Paris Agreement's Article 6.2. …
Canada get climate credit for its liquefied natural gas exports? Aaron Cosbey October 2024 The Context: … benefits that come from exporting our liquefied natural gas (LNG) to other countries? A chorus of voices … Canada get climate credit for its liquefied natural gas exports? • Private sector representatives have … Canada get climate credit for its liquefied natural gas exports? actually achieve those targets; we overshoot … Canada get climate credit for its liquefied natural gas exports? accounting rules, countries are responsible …
CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 24 October 2024
On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, we feature the keynote speech from the Energy Security Forum Conference, "What is the Future of the Canada-US Energy Relationship". In …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 24 October 2024 English
If fully exploited, oil and gas reserves set to be licensed for exploration in the next six months would emit 15 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
Change emission factors of crude oil, condensate, natural gas liquids, and gas. Data manipulation is automated …
CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 17 October 2024
On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan interview Sara Vakhshouri about the expanding conflict between Israel and Iran, and considerations of Iranian oil …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 16 October 2024 English
Providing a comprehensive understanding of how different countries are navigating the complexities of maintaining a robust mining sector, supplying the world with critical minerals, and reducing emissions from coal mining …
000 Biofuels and waste Wind, solar, etc. Hydro Natural gas Oil Coal10 Decarbonization of the Mining Sector: … TJ Biofuels and waste Wind, solar, etc. Hydro Natural gas Oil Coal 0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000 … TJ Biofuels and waste Wind, solar, etc. Hydro Natural gas Nuclear Oil Coal 0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 …
Fraser Institute · 16 October 2024 English
The annual index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which people in 165 jurisdictions around the globe are allowed to make their own economic choices. …
and a review of tariffs for electric power and natural gas services. He issued an emergency decree on December …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 1 October 2024 English
Oil workers are often typecast as rough: embodying the toxic masculinity, racism, consumerist excess, and wilful ignorance of the extractive industries and petrostates they work for. But their poetry troubles …
estimate that “[i]n 2019, Canada’s oil and natural gas industry supported more than 500,000 jobs either …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 30 September 2024 English
Solar photovoltaic (PV) and onshore wind are now the cheapest options for new power generation, but enabling policies are still needed to speed up deployment, particularly in lower income countries. …
renewables as a viable alternative to coal and natural gas generation partly because renewables were expensive … 2009, reaching cost parity with new coal and natural gas sometime around 2018. As of 2023, generation … lower than generation costs for new coal and natural gas plants (IEA, 2024e). The second threshold proposed …