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Why Waiting on Grid Batteries Will Cost Ontario More Than Acting Now

3 February 2026 at 04:38

Recently I took part in a discussion in Ottawa as part of CAFES Network’s work to raise local energy literacy, hosted by Invest Ottawa and attended by a mixed audience of residents, municipal and provincial policy observers, students, and people already working in energy and climate. Angela Keller-Herzog, founding executive ... [continued]

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Ontario’s Nuclear Rate Shock Reveals a Deeper Affordability Problem

2 February 2026 at 22:12

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has asked the Ontario Energy Board to approve a sharp increase in regulated nuclear payment amounts, including a year over year jump of more than 40% in 2027. The weighted average regulated payment amount rises from about $78/MWh in 2026 to roughly $110/MWh in 2027, driven ... [continued]

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Alberta’s $900 Million Bet: How the Province Chose Fossil Risk Over Clean Energy Markets

30 January 2026 at 19:32

Alberta’s January 2026 Order in Council authorizing expanded powers and funding for the province’s petroleum marketing agency shouldn’t exist, and if it had, it should have been a bill. Authorizing up to $900 million across borrowing, advances or investments by the Minister of Finance and provincial debt with broad powers ... [continued]

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From Peak Load to Public Health: What Batteries Are Already Doing for Power Grids

29 January 2026 at 03:18

Being invited to speak (virtually) at an upcoming hybrid Ottawa Lunch and Learn on peak grid load and battery energy storage provided an opportunity to extend several ongoing lines of analysis. This article is an extension of the brief remarks I will be making at that event, written to unpack ... [continued]

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Opening Up EV Trade in Canada, Leaving USA Behind

23 January 2026 at 04:32

Steve Hanley, Larry Evans, and I sat down to talk about the biggest EV story of the year so far. That’s Canada opening up to EV trade with China. This is part of a larger trend of more and more countries of the world looking to China for tech leadership ... [continued]

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Canada Opens Up To China’s EVs: Motivated By The Long Term, Not Tariffs

20 January 2026 at 04:50

Our sources are once again proven reliable. In our earlier exclusive a few days before the news broke globally, we spoke of how China’s automobile and industry organizations were pushing (caressing) the Canadian government to reduce EV tariffs so that they could export their EVs to Canada. EV makers in ... [continued]

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Opening Up EV Trade in Canada, Leaving USA Behind

23 January 2026 at 04:32

Steve Hanley, Larry Evans, and I sat down to talk about the biggest EV story of the year so far. That’s Canada opening up to EV trade with China. This is part of a larger trend of more and more countries of the world looking to China for tech leadership ... [continued]

The post Opening Up EV Trade in Canada, Leaving USA Behind appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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