UNB Civil Engineers Spreading The Energy
Some UNB civil engineering students want New Brunswickers to know about energy.
Energy
Enbridge gets Approval to Ship Oil to Quebec through Pipeline
OTTAWA – Enbridge has received approval from the National Energy Board to start sending oil from Western Canada through its pipeline that runs from Sarnia, Ont. to Montreal. Known as Line 9, the pipeline runs parallel to Highway 401 in eastern Ontario and through heavily urbanized parts of Toronto. It was built in 1976 to bring western […]
NB Businesses Launch Natural Gas Advocacy Group
FREDERICTON–A group of New Brunswick businesses and energy organizations today launched the New Brunswick Responsible Energy Development Alliance. According to the group, its mission is to provide information about hydraulic fracking and advance the development of the province’s natural gas industry. “Responsible development of New Brunswick’s natural gas resource brings with it important economic and […]
NB Power Teams Up With Fredericton Start-up
FREDERICTON–NB Power and Fredericton-based start-up SimpTek Technologies are teaming up for a data pilot project. The project will allow SimpTek to collect real-time data analytics on home energy use for NB Power. The pilot project will allow chosen customers to use SimpTek’s online energy dashboard to instantly monitor their home energy use. The company will […]
NB Energy Minister Makes Sales Call To U.S.
FREDERICTON– New Brunswick Energy and Mines Minister Donald Arsenault is making a sales call on the northeast United States. He will be showcasing the province’s energy assets and advantages in a series of meetings with New England’s system operator (ISO New England), Emera, the Northeast Gas Association and the Canadian consuls in Boston and New […]
Understanding Emera’s $10 Billion Acquisition of TECO Energy
HALIFAX–Halifax-based Emera announced on Friday night that it will acquire TECO Energy in a transaction valued at US$10.4 billion. When the deal closes, TECO Energy will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Emera, which will then have about US$20 billion in assets and more than 2.4 million electric and gas customers. That will make Emera one […]
New Brunswick Takes Another Step Toward Small Renewable Energy Projects
FREDERICTON – The New Brunswick government posted draft regulations on its website today for a program that will allow municipalities, universities, co-operatives, not-for-profits and aboriginal communities to develop small renewable energy projects. The Locally-owned Renewable Energy Projects that are Small Scale (LORESS) is aimed at creating new sources of renewable electricity to serve the province’s […]
NB Power Sees $15 Million Loss in First Quarter
[mks_highlight color=”#eeee22″]FREDERICTON[/mks_highlight] NB Power ended its first quarter with a net loss of $15 million. The company blamed the loss on an outage at Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station and lower hydro flows this quarter during the critical spring run-off period. Despite the loss, the provincial electricity utility still paid down $16 million in debt. […]
NB Power Will Try Again To Blow Up Dalhousie Power Plant
Fredericton-NB Power hopes the second time is the charm as it will try once again to demolish buildings at its now shuttered generating station in Dalhousie later this month. In August, the attempt to collapse the Flue-Gas Desulfurization stack and the Unit 2 Boiler failed as the buildings “did not react as anticipated to the blast” said NB […]
