Language selection

Français fr

Search

Energy

The Potential of Renewable Hydrogen (Ask NRCan)

Research scientist Peter Gogolek explains to us what is renewable hydrogen, how it is used by the energy sector, as well as how it can help Canada lower its carbon footprint.

Keywords:

Climate change Energy

Saving energy and money with hybrid heating (Byte-Sized Science)

Jeremy Sager, a research engineer at CanmetENERGY Ottawa, assesses the performance of different, more energy-efficient heating ventilation and air conditioning systems in residential homes. He takes us through a house where an air conditioner was replaced with a heat pump. When the air conditioner gets old, the heat pump can do some of the heating and save energy.

Keywords:

Energy

A 360-degree VR look inside Canada’s boreal forest on the road to restoration

What do 360-degree virtual reality, the oil and gas sector and threatened boreal caribou have in common? Plenty, it turns out. And especially in Alberta, where work is underway to restore tens of thousands of kilometres of seismic lines — those narrow clear-cut strips found throughout Canada’s boreal forest that were created to help locate oil and natural gas deposits.

Keywords:

Energy Forestry and insects

The Future of Energy Efficiency for Homes (Ask NRCan)

On this episode of “Ask NRCan,” engineer Chris McLellan talks about the next generation of energy efficient homes in Canada.

Keywords:

Energy

Cleaner Digging with Hydrogen

Hydrogen — the most abundant element in the world — has the potential to fuel underground mining vehicles, and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) scientists are using its power in new technologies to bring clean energy to the mining industry.

Keywords:

Energy Mining

What is Liquefied Natural Gas? (To the Point)

On this episode of our animated series To the Point, we answer the question “what is liquefied natural gas?”. Learn more about the gas we use everyday for heating, cooking, transportation and electricity generation.

Keywords:

Energy

New tech to reduce oil sands greenhouse gas emissions

In a modest laboratory tucked away in Ottawa’s forested suburbs, a team of researchers from Natural Resources Canada is testing new technology that could have a big environmental impact more than 3,000 kilometres away in the Alberta oil sands — direct contact steam generation.

Keywords:

Energy

New Induced Seismicity Study: fracking and earthquakes in Western Canada

Scientists have long wondered, Why exactly does hydraulic fracturing cause earthquakes in some places but not in others? Now our scientists are a step closer to the answer: new research has found a link between these induced earthquakes and the deformation rate of the tectonic plates.

Keywords:

Energy Geosciences

Clean Heat and Power

This new technology can process fossil fuels with near-zero emissions.

Keywords:

Energy

Are bioplastics better than regular plastics?

Experts Peter Gogolek and Jean-François Levasseur discuss bioplastics, a type of plastic made from renewable biomass sources like vegetable fats and oils, straw, and woodchips. Are bioplastics truly better than petroleum based plastics? Listen to find out.

Keywords:

Energy Forestry and insects

Energy

Pages

Simply Science

Follow Us