On November 27, 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed the Canada–Alberta Memorandum of Understanding, an agreement that ties the fate of a major new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast to the most ambitious oil-sands decarbonization plan ever attempted in Canada. The headline commitment of the MOU is the private-sector […]

You’ve probably heard the saying: there are decades where nothing happens, and then there are weeks where decades happen. Lately, it feels like this perfectly encapsulates the state of the global energy sector. As renowned energy strategist Kingsmill Bond puts it, “a century of evolution is converging into a decade of revolution.” Last week, I […]

Canada is entering a new era of electricity demand. Growing cities, the electrification of transportation and heating, the rapid rise of AI data centres, and heavy industry’s push to decarbonize are all accelerating energy consumption. At the same time, the country has pledged to reach net‑zero emissions by 2050. Clean energy sources like wind and […]

Canada stands at a pivotal moment in its energy and economic evolution. The global race for renewable energy technologies, critical minerals, and AI/data-centre infrastructure is intensifying, and Canada has a unique opportunity to position itself as a leader in the low-carbon economy. With the release of Budget 2025: Canada Strong and the launch of the […]

Here are three tough truths about climate that Bill Gates thinks everyone should know: Many are claiming that Bill Gates’ message means that we should slow down or stop the deployment of clean energy infrastructure or cease trying to improve energy efficiency within our systems. However, this dramatically misrepresents his statements. In fact, a strong […]

The province of Alberta recently unveiled a bold strategy to establish itself as a premier destination for artificial intelligence (AI) data centres. Central to this plan is the AI Data Centre Concierge Program, which aims to attract up to $100 billion in private capital over the next five years to develop advanced AI facilities across […]

In my previous article, Forget Transition; Expansion Is the New Energy Imperative, I posited  that surging electricity demand from AI data centers, electric vehicles, and widespread electrification calls for a bold new mindset. Instead of debating whether renewables should replace thermal generation, we need to expand total power generation capacity, and quickly. I proposed a […]

During a recent business lunch, someone suggested I check out a company called Arcus Power, a software and data firm operating in the energy sector. On their website, I came across their vision: “Arcus will go beyond efficiency and reshape how energy systems communicate. It will evolve the thinking from ‘Energy Transition’ to ‘Energy Expansion’ […]

Imagine this. On a warm, sun-drenched afternoon, you head out to do some shopping at your local mall. As you turn into the bustling parking lot, something extraordinary catches your eye. Above each row of vehicles stretches a sleek, modern canopy, its surface a mosaic of solar panels that shimmer softly in the sunlight. You […]

Global energy demand is entering a new era. The rise of artificial intelligence and data centers is driving electricity consumption at a pace unseen in decades, while the electrification of transportation, heating, and heavy industry is pushing load growth into entirely new sectors. The need to keep pace with this growing energy demand is creating […]