Canada is a large country with vast distances between remote communities and national grids. There is a shortage of long-distance electricity transmission lines, so these remote communities have had to rely on Distributed Power Generation which was historically Coal, Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO), or Diesel powered. With the Energy Transition, […]
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Africa is a diverse continent with a wide range of climate, economies, and living standards. Increased electricity access is critical to improve economies and living standards including clean water and improved sanitation. The Energy Transition is challenged by prevailing climate conditions affecting Solar and Wind Renewables in some areas, so […]
Almost a century and a half ago, a visionary man described a potential role for Hydrogen: As discussed in several recent articles, Hydrogen can be an attractive source of Clean Energy but it can also be an effective Energy Storage medium. Both the Upstream and Mining Industries have good applications […]
The Upstream and Mining industries have been working to accommodate sources of Renewable Power generation for remote facilities including Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power. Onshore energy facilities have been quite successful deploying Solar PV Power and recently offshore facilities have begun to deploy more of these systems, sometimes combined with wind […]
One of the first steps of the Upstream Energy Transition is to improve efficiencies of current facilities and particularly to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Decarbonisation was discussed previously so this article is particularly about reducing methane and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. The Upstream industry has a corporate responsibility […]
As we read previously, Energy Storage Systems are very important for the Energy Transition – most Renewables have “intermittency” which is interruptions to continuous energy generation due to various factors: Solar PV Power – adversely affected by clouds, precipitation, dust – anything in the atmosphere that reduces the solar radiation […]
The Energy Sector is changing – projecting tremendously increasing electricity demand (both in access and as a substitute for other forms of energy consumption) along with major trends called the “three D’s”: Decarbonisation, Decentralisation, and Digitalisation. All three of these D’s are associated with Microgrids. Microgrids are an attractive option […]
There are important ways we can all support the Energy Transition and a good way to begin is to review what this means. Without getting into a range of diverging views, various technical entities have attributed a significant portion of Climate Change to our world’s reliance on carbon intensive fuels […]
Beginning with the end in mind There are estimated to be over 8,200 wells in the North Sea, and of these, around 5,000 wells require abandonment in the next 10 – 15 years[1], at an estimated cost of over £30bn. In one of his ‘7 Habits of Highly Effective People’, […]