
Energy vs Climate: How climate change is changing our energy systems
Energy vs Climate is a live, interactive webinar and podcast where energy experts David Keith, Sara Hastings-Simon and Ed Whittingham break down the trade-offs and hard truths of the energy transition in Alberta, Canada, and beyond.
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Energy vs Climate: How climate change is changing our energy systems
Can Contracts for Difference Keep Canada Competitive?
On Season 4 Episode 8 of Energy vs Climate. David, Sara, Ed, and special guest Dr. Chris Bataille, Adjunct Research Fellow at Columbia University’s Center for Global Energy Policy (CGEP) and researcher with the Institut du Développement Durable et de Relations Internationales (IDDRI.org), discuss contracts for difference policy and and how can it help industrial decarbonization.
EPISODE NOTES:
Dr. Chris Bataille, Adjunct Research Fellow at Columbia University Centre on Global Energy Policy.
@1:12 EvC season 4, Ep. 3: Inflation Reduction Act and impacts to Canada
@4:20 Contract for Difference (CfD) – Explained
@5:50 CfD in Alberta’s electricity market, supporting renewables deployment by Sara Hastings-Simon
@6:52 CfD example in the UK electricity market, supporting renewables deployment
@13:16 Canada’s pancake stack of sticks and carrots: Output based pricing system, the Clean Fuel Standard, methane regs, oil and gas emissions cap, CCUS tax credit, Emissions Reduction Fund, and Clean Growth Program
@15:05 Canada vehicle emissions regulations on par with California
@15:45 EvC Season 3, Ep. 32: Rebecca Dell, ClimateWorks Foundation, on Decarbonizing cement
@19:42 Canadian subsidies can c
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Energy vs Climate Podcast: How climate change is changing our energy systems
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