Sökning: "canadian energy"

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  1. 1. Stuck in the tar? The implications of Canadian mainstream news media representations of a just [energy] transition from Alberta's bitumen sands

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Författare :Alicia Gowan; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Alberta Oil Sands; climate communication; Just Transition; fossil fuel hegemony; sustainability science; Canada; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Alberta’s Tar Sands are one of the most environmentally and socially destructive fossil fuel projects on Earth. Socio-political resistance or acceptance will determine the Tar Sands’ future: whether production continues or whether it is phased out to ensure meaningful climate action in Canada. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Sub-bituminous Subsidies and Lignite Litigation: American Coal, Canadian Electricity, and Potential WTO Challenges

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Författare :Daniel Reinemann; [2020]
    Nyckelord :World Trade Organization; Coal; Subsidies; Electricity; Dispute; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism is exclusively focused on trade; however, there is a potential for it to be utilized to address environmental problems that are also trade distorting. One area where trade and environmental concerns overlap is fossil fuel subsidies. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Effects of Economic Growth, Energy Consumption, Trade, Urbanization, and Financial development on CO2 Emissions in Canada

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Fia Andersson; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Canada; Environmental Kuznets Curve; CO2 Emissions; Autoregressive Distributed Lag Method; Vector Error Correction Model; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : A noteworthy cause of climate change is the amount of CO2 emissions released into the atmosphere. This study´s objective, therefore, is to examine the relationship between CO2 emissions, economic growth, energy consumption, urbanization, trade and financial development in the case of Canada, one of the largest CO2 emitters both in per capita and in absolute terms, over the period 1960-2014. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Integrating batteries with large-scale wind power: a Canadian case-study

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Författare :Maria Pisetta de Oliveira; [2019]
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    Sammanfattning : Canada is a country with a mostly fossil free electricity generation mix, with more than 80% of electricity being produced from hydropower, nuclear and other renewables. The province of Alberta, on the other hand, still has a long way to go in making its electricity less fossil-fuel based, and for that, it aims to invest in renewables in the coming years. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Renewable energy and economic growth in Canada and the U.S. : – A nonlinear tale of two countries

    Master-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Författare :Christoffer Wadström; Emanuel Wittberg; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Renewable energy; Economic Growth; Nonlinear; Granger causality; Canada; United States; Förnybar energi; Ekonomisk tillväxt; Ickelinjär; Granger kausalitet; Kanada; USA;

    Sammanfattning : Several scholars have highlighted that energy consumption in general and consumption of renewable energy in particular may be a potential driver of economic growth. In this paper we examine the relationship between renewable energy production and economic activity in Canada, between May 1966 to December 2015, and in the U.S. LÄS MER