ENERGY BUILDERS 2007
Increasing concern over the continuity of supply from some of the world’s largest producers of energy resources is helping position Canada as an emerging superpower in global energy markets. The question is, will Canada seize this prize?
POWER PLAY
This engergy superpower needs an integrated plan
CLEAN COAL
In Germany and Denmark, where coal generates about half of their electricity, clean-coal technologies have achieved dramatic reductions in smog and mercury emissions.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
When it comes to energy, conservation is one side of the equation; finding ways to meet persistent, rising demand is the other
ENERGY BUILDERS
There was a time, not long ago, when Canada was best known internationally for its wide-open spaces, wheat and hockey. Energy is rapidly changing that. While Canada’s substantial energy assets are undisputed, there remains much to do if Canada is to fully realize its potential to become an energy superpower.
COAL POWER
Coal is Canada’s most abundant and lowest-cost fuel, not to mention a critical input in the manufacture of steel. Canadian company Pacific Asia China Energy (PACE) holds assets in China estimated to at 11.2 trillion cubic feet of coalbed methane.
CLEAN ENERGY
Canada is flush with oil and natural gas, uranium and coal, not to mention renewable energy forms such as hydro and biomass from wood waste and crops.
ENERGIZED -- CANADA'S OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
Total employment impact of 500,000 coast to coast; Provides $27 billion in payments to governments; Will invest over $40 billion in 2006 as Canada’s largest private-sector investor
2005 ENERGY ROUNDTABLE
Canada is one of the world ’s most energy-rich nations, a major producer of fossil fuels, biomass and uranium as well as nuclear reactors and other energy technologies. So why then would we seek European clean energy know-how and services?
COAL PLAY
Canada is on a determined pathway to develop and demonstrate next generation clean coal technologies – sophisticated systems that may eventually lead to near zero-emission coal-fired electricity production. • For Canada, it’s a one-two punch. In addition to capitalizing on global demand for steel, we stand to increasingly gain in a world seeking to reconcile its electricity needs and climate change concerns, including those of our own.
