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Energy
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Pfannenberg PATROL Series Flashing Sounders
Pfannenberg PATROL Series Flashing Sounders for fixed gas detection alarming. Designed to alert personnel of an evacuation when there is presence of hazardous gas, these combined signalling products increase safety when used with ammonia, carbon dioxide, Freon, methane, or chlorine…
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Nova Scotia Power says it now generates 30 per cent of its power from renewables
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s private utility says it has hit a new milestone in its delivery of electricity from renewable resources. Nova Scotia Power says 30 per cent of the electricity it produced in 2018 came from renewable sources such…
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April ice storm cost Hydro Quebec $14 million due to damage, overtime
MONTREAL – The ice storm that plunged hundreds of thousands of Hydro-Quebec customers into darkness in April cost the provincial utility about $14 million, according to data provided to The Canadian Press. In comparison, Hydro-Quebec said previously that tornadoes that…
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Green’s call for ban on foreign oil imports, using Alberta oil instead
OTTAWA – Green party Leader Elizabeth May says saving the world from climate change requires Canada to get off oil before the middle of the century. In the meantime, she wants Canada off foreign oil as soon as possible. The…
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BCUC sets out process for gas and diesel price inquiry, set to wrap Aug. 30
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia Utilities Commission says it has set out the process for its inquiry into gas and diesel prices in the province. It says the inquiry will explore factors potentially impacting prices in the province since 2015,…
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Enbridge CEO says changes to Bill C 69 are ‘critical’ for Canadian energy sector
CALGARY – The CEO of Enbridge Inc. says it’s “critical” to Canada’s energy future that substantive changes are made to proposed federal legislation to revamp how big resource projects win federal approval. Speaking after his company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in…
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NDP unveils parts of climate plan in motion as the Green Party edges closer
OTTAWA – NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will cut Canada’s emissions almost in half over the next decade as he tries to stake out a claim to the climate change agenda in the looming federal election. The pledge…
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Saskatchewan carbon capture facility likely to fall short of annual target: CEO
REGINA – The CEO of SaskPower says he doesn’t think the province’s carbon capture and storage facility will be able to meet its yearly target for trapping carbon dioxide. Mike Marsh says the Crown corporation’s coal-fired Boundary Dam power plant…
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Education and Networking Highlight Reliable Plant 2019
Reliable Plant 2019 Conference and Exhibition brought North American maintenance and reliability professionals to the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland for keynotes, learning sessions, and exhibition. By far the largest part of the conference was the learning sessions, which allowed…
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Utility Asset Risk Management With RCM
Power utilities can use RCM as a foundation for good asset management. Our lives depend heavily on electricity and its supply is highly reliable, so much so that we rarely think about it, until the lights go out. Fortunately, that…
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CanWEA Hosts Spring Forum in Banff
CanWEA recently held its two-day Spring Forum at the Fairmont Banff Springs in Banff, Alberta. Over 170 professionals from the wind energy industry were on hand to discuss the state of the industry, Alberta election results, new technology, and much…
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Report calls for increase in electric buses as manufacturing footprint grows
TORONTO – A new report by a green energy think-tank calls for increased investment in electric buses to both reduce emissions and boost Canada’s growing manufacturing base of the vehicles. The report by Clean Energy Canada says that while Canada…
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Support for climate change action could wane if no help for coal workers: report
OTTAWA – The federal government has to prepare communities that are economically dependent on coal for a future when their products aren’t needed if it wants to maintain public support for climate-change action, says a task force on making that…
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FLIR Uncooled Methane Gas Detection Camera
FLIR Systems, Inc. FLIR GF77 Gas Find IR, is an uncooled thermal camera designed for detecting methane. It offers features to find potentially dangerous, invisible methane leaks at natural gas power plants, renewable energy production facilities, industrial plants, and other…
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Line 3 pipeline delays make oilsands expansion unlikely, MEG Energy says
CALGARY – The CEO of MEG Energy Corp. says a one-year delay in Enbridge Inc.’s Line 3 pipeline replacement project makes it highly unlikely it will approve an option to spend about $75 million to complete an expansion of its…
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Troubleshooting Gas Turbines
The objective of gas turbine maintenance is to maximize performance, improve maintainability and reliability, and reduce downtime. The objective can only be achieved by preventing turbine systems deterioration with an effective condition monitoring and maintenance program. This program must pay…
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Oil curtailment mistakes spawn costly Alberta rail plan, Husky execs say
CALGARY – The Alberta government’s decision to spend $3.7 billion to move more crude by rail is an unintended consequence of its poorly considered production cut order, executives with Husky Energy Inc. charged on Tuesday. The Calgary-based company, which has…
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Syncrude wants judge to dismiss lawsuit of former firefighter with PTSD
CALGARY – Oilsands giant Syncrude Canada wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a former first responder who claims he was wrongfully fired following a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. Michael Swan filed the lawsuit in Alberta Court of…
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Encana says cost cutting includes 15% job reduction after Newfield acquisition
CALGARY – The CEO of Encana Corp. says it cut its total workforce by 15 per cent and reduced its ranks of executives by 35 per cent in just over a week after closing its deal to buy U.S. rival…
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Most Important Asset for CMMS/EAM: PEOPLE
The importance of people’s reliability on your asset data integrity. Even though we are entering the era of IIoT and smart machines, the reality is that most organizations are using Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) or an Enterprise Asset Management…
