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A New Year’s resolution for global prosperity: Honesty

Posted by Daniel Hoornweg on January 03, 2019

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The world concluded 2018 in a grumpy, uncertain mood. Despite warnings of dire and immediate climate change, negotiators at the United...

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UOIT Event: Post-COP21 Breakfast Briefing and Electric Vehicle Workshop

Posted by Michelle Cholak on December 10, 2015

On Thursday, January 7, 2016, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and Durham Strategic Energy Alliance (DSEA) are hosting a...

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Driving for a Better Greater Toronto Area

Posted by Daniel Hoornweg on June 24, 2015

In 1947, the first stretch of Highway 401 was completed from West Hill, Scarborough to Oshawa. The last stretch of the 818 kilometre highway...

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Coal consumption and district heating in China

Posted by Asiful Hai on June 02, 2015

In 2014, coal accounted for 64% of China’s total energy consumption[i]. The country is responsible for burning half the world’s coal...

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How to reduce your refrigerator energy usage without breaking the bank

Posted by Daniel Kupchak on May 27, 2015

Did you know at 12 cents per kWh it costs roughly $140 every year to run a ten year old refrigerator? And you can almost double that cost if you...

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Renewable energy investments growing in emerging economies

Posted by Robert McIntosh on May 20, 2015

To get to where they are today, the world’s developed nations relied heavily on fossil fuels during industrialization. The focus for most of...

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Advancing strategic electrical infrastructure in developing nations with microgrids

Posted by Luigi Buenavista on May 13, 2015

Although sub-Saharan Africa is incredibly rich in potential power-generation capacity, a recent McKinsey and Company report revealed only seven...

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Exploring Solar Options for a Sustainable Energy Future in Republic of Chad

Posted by Glen Courtis on April 29, 2015

More than one-third of people in the world start life without access to electricity and clean fuels for cooking, heating and lighting, according to...

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Are smart grids in developing countries a reality?

Posted by Corey Martin on April 22, 2015

One of the more recently hyped energy technologies in developed countries is the “smart grid”. Smart grids give intelligence to...

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Electric Vehicles: When Do They Make Sense?

Posted by Gabriel Aversano on April 15, 2015

Electric vehicles have made a grand resurgence in recent years. In 2009, United States President Barack Obama announced a USD $2.4 billion...

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The first challenge we must face in our energy future is energy storage

Posted by Eddie Sheng on September 17, 2014

It’s been said that electricity is the most valuable form of energy. In fact, the modern world wouldn’t function, let alone exist,...

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Capturing the power of water

Posted by Nandine Kanesalingam on September 15, 2014

For thousands of years, people around the world have been capturing the power of moving water to create mechanical or electrical power for grinding...

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Is natural gas a sustainable option?

Posted by Christopher Yee Chuin Koon on September 11, 2014

With a surging global population, the world’s energy needs are going to continue to grow. Fossil fuels meet a vast majority of the...

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Are fossil fuels dead? A look at the rising use of natural gas in North America

Posted by Jason Runge on September 10, 2014

As the Earth’s climate continues to rise, governments around the world have introduced policies to reduce both their greenhouse gas emissions...

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Breaking Our Dependency on Fossil Fuels

Posted by Dakota Watson on August 29, 2014

Fossil fuels are the remains of prehistoric biological matter that have been subjected to millennia of geological processes (i.e. heat and...

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How Geothermal Energy Works

Posted by Jonathan Allcock on August 28, 2014

The amount of heat within 10,000 metres (about 33,000 feet) of the Earth's surface contains 50,000 times more energy than all the oil and natural...

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North America Falling Behind in Wind Power Market Penetration and Integration

Posted by Raymond Bedard on August 25, 2014

Skeptics often boast that as an energy source, wind power can’t effectively meet a significant proportion of national energy demand, with...

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Should Energy from Waste be Considered Renewable?

Posted by Student Blogger on August 21, 2014

There is much debate as to whether Energy from Waste (EFW) should be considered a renewable energy source. According to the Environmental...

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Nuclear Power and its Potential in Low-Income Regions

Posted by Kazi Nasir on June 20, 2014

Nuclear power is considered to be an essential energy source of the future – it now accounts for 6% of the world’s total energy...

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Solar Energy Around the World

Posted by Nichollas Saucedo on June 20, 2014

A renewable and clean source of energy, the solar power generated by the sun provides the earth with more than one thousand times the energy...

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The Economic Fallout of Ontario’s Long Term Energy Plan

Posted by Kazi Nasir on April 11, 2014

In December 2013, Ontario’s Ministry of Energy released its updated Long Term Energy Plan (LTEP), “Achieving Balance”. As the...

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