Prof. Werner Antweiler, Ph.D.
Werner's Blog — Opinion, Analysis, Commentary
Blog Entries: Energy
- Controversies about Germany's Building Energy Law (September 9)
- How are sanctions against Russia's crude oil trade developing? (June 13)
- Optional Time-of-Use electricity tariffs are coming to B.C. (May 30)
- BC's electricity load reached a new peak during 2022 (January 7)
- When are Plug-In Hybrid-Electric Vehicles (PHEV) a good choice? (15 Aug 22)
- Lessons from Germany's transition towards renewable energy (10 Aug 22)
- The commercialization potential of turquoise hydrogen (7 Jul 22)
- The mystery of the diesel premium (20 May 22)
- Fuel tax cuts are popular but badly misguided (11 May 22)
- What does strong backwardation tell us about where crude oil prices are headed? (9 Mar 22)
- Germany turns to LNG imports (1 Mar 22)
- The uncertain future of Nord Stream 2 (28 Dec 21)
- The state of renewable energy adoption around the world (5 Nov 21)
- Electricity generation country profiles (21 Oct 21)
- The GHG footprint of Alberta's oil sands is growing alarmingly (11 Apr 21)
- What role does hydrogen have in the future of electric mobility? (28 Sep 20)
- How much money could be saved by driving electric in Canada? (29 Jul 20)
- British Columbia's Bill 17 drops electricity self-sufficiency (10 Jul 20)
- Poland's dual energy transition (26 Jun 20)
- Electricity demand in BC during the COVID-19 pandemic (18 May 20)
- How much land is needed for wind and solar farms? (30 Apr 20)
- Oil markets in super-contango (22 Apr 20)
- Canada's rising gasoline demand and the need for more e-mobility (2 Feb 20)
- How much more electricity does B.C. use when it gets cold? (31 Jan 20)
- Electricity demand in British Columbia (26 Jan 20)
- Will nuclear fusion power ever become economical? (17 Dec 19)
- Will Saharan solar power come to Europe at last? (30 May 19)
- Refining margins in BC and across Canada (1 May 19)
- Coal on the retreat is good news for climate change (8 Jan 19)
- Bitcoins gobble up too much electricity (7 Dec 18)
- Negative electricity prices (28 Jul 18)
- Does LNG still have a future in BC? (31 Jan 18)
- What happened to the pass-through from crude oil to gasoline prices in Vancouver? (11 Nov 17)
- Canada's changing electricity generation landscape (13 Oct 17)
- Growing our cross-border electricity infrastructure (1 Oct 17)
- How can climate policy succeed without US leadership? (20 Dec 16)
- Electricity conservation tariffs: how do they work? (22 May 16)
- More power to the Lower Mainland (5 Mar 16)
- Electricity Economics and Demand Side Management (7 Nov 15)
- The high price of Canada's segmented oil markets (3 Oct 15)
- Energy Economics with Zero Marginal Costs (19 Sep 15)
- Are you paying too much at the pump in Vancouver? (25 Aug 15)
- Are prices at the pump determined by Brent or West Texas? (8 May 15)
- Do gasoline prices rise like rockets and fall like feathers? (22 Apr 15)
- How do crude oil prices affect prices at the pump in Vancouver? (11 Apr 15)
- Geothermal energy from hot sedimentary aquifers (15 Jan 15)
- Site C Dam goes ahead (17 Dec 14)
- Nuclear innovation or nuclear stagnation? (14 Dec 14)
- Nuclear environmentalism? (12 Dec 14)
- Liquefied natural gas: resources and upstream issues (21 Nov 14)
- Liquefied natural gas: technology choices and emissions (11 Nov 14)
- Liquefied natural gas: transportation (5 Nov 14)
- Liquefied natural gas: exporters and importers (30 Oct 14)
- Liquefied natural gas: markets and prices (26 Oct 14)
- UBC is letting off steam (22 Oct 14)
- Grid-scale electricity storage with hydrogen (7 Oct 14)
- Can flow batteries solve the electricity storage problem? (28 Sep 14)
- Getting Energy Prices Right (31 Jul 14)
- Electric Common Sense (7 Jun 14)
- What's next for Northern Gateway? (18 Jan 14)
- Northern Gateway approved (19 Dec 13)
Recent Blog Entries
- The population density deficit of Canadian cities (September 15)
- Controversies about Germany's Building Energy Law (September 9)
- How are sanctions against Russia's crude oil trade developing? (June 13)
- Optional Time-of-Use electricity tariffs are coming to B.C. (May 30)
- The US debt ceiling trap (May 21)
- BC's electricity load reached a new peak during 2022 (January 7)
- Space debris is becoming a costly safety hazard (20 Dec 22)
- Is Quebec becoming a climate action laggard? (12 Dec 22)
- Vancouver housing prices are easing — but affordability remains elusive (20 Nov 22)
- Is the Canadian Dollar still a petrocurrency? (28 Oct 22)
- When are Plug-In Hybrid-Electric Vehicles (PHEV) a good choice? (15 Aug 22)
- Lessons from Germany's transition towards renewable energy (10 Aug 22)
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