Alberta oil shipped through Panama Canal to Atlantic Canada to avert COVID-19 threat to energy supply: Relying on non-Canadian suppliers has never been an issue for the
refinery. Even during the low points of Canadian-Saudi relations in the
summer of 2018 and periods of increased tension in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has been one of its principal suppliers. (Part of this may be attributable to the fact that about 60 per cent of the refinery’s output is shipped to New England and U.S.-Saudi relations could be affected if Saudi Arabia’s supplies to the Saint John refinery were disrupted.)

However, COVID-19 is a concern for those running the refinery. In
April, Irving Oil applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency to use
tankers from unspecified, non-Canadian suppliers for these two
shipments, as per the requirements of the Coasting Trade Act. In each
application it was made clear that the company’s overriding concern was
the impact COVID-19 could have on about 80 per cent of its crude oil
supply shipped from non-Canadian sources.

This is a legitimate concern.

Alberta oil shipped through Panama Canal to Atlantic Canada to avert COVID-19 threat to energy supply: Relying on non-Canadian suppliers has never been an issue for the
refinery. Even during the low points of Canadian-Saudi relations in the
summer of 2018 and periods of increased tension in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has been one of its principal suppliers. (Part of this may be attributable to the fact that about 60 per cent of the refinery’s output is shipped to New England and U.S.-Saudi relations could be affected if Saudi Arabia’s supplies to the Saint John refinery were disrupted.)However, COVID-19 is a concern for those running the refinery. In
April, Irving Oil applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency to use
tankers from unspecified, non-Canadian suppliers for these two
shipments, as per the requirements of the Coasting Trade Act. In each
application it was made clear that the company’s overriding concern was
the impact COVID-19 could have on about 80 per cent of its crude oil
supply shipped from non-Canadian sources. This is a legitimate concern.Read More

Wind turbine behemoth plans for future by getting into hydrogen: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA has one eye on the future where its wind turbines could play a key role in creating hydrogen.

The company, which earlier this year launched the world’s biggest
wind turbine, plans to start a pilot project in Denmark to test how its
machines could power production of the fuel seen as key to eliminating
carbon emissions from transportation and heavy industries. The European
Union has big plans for the clean-burning gas and the bloc placed it at
the center of its Green Deal earlier this year.

The pilot project is under construction near Siemens Gamesa’s Danish
headquarters in Brande, western Denmark, chief executive officer Andreas
Nauen said in an interview on Thursday. It will include a
three-megawatt wind turbine that will power a 400-kilowatt electrolyzer,
a machine that separates the hydrogen atoms in water from oxygen atoms.

Wind turbine behemoth plans for future by getting into hydrogen: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA has one eye on the future where its wind turbines could play a key role in creating hydrogen.The company, which earlier this year launched the world’s biggest
wind turbine, plans to start a pilot project in Denmark to test how its
machines could power production of the fuel seen as key to eliminating
carbon emissions from transportation and heavy industries. The European
Union has big plans for the clean-burning gas and the bloc placed it at
the center of its Green Deal earlier this year.The pilot project is under construction near Siemens Gamesa’s Danish
headquarters in Brande, western Denmark, chief executive officer Andreas
Nauen said in an interview on Thursday. It will include a
three-megawatt wind turbine that will power a 400-kilowatt electrolyzer,
a machine that separates the hydrogen atoms in water from oxygen atoms.Read More