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The Potential of Behavioural Interventions for Optimising Energy Use at Home
…behaviour and encourage investments in structural improvements. This article focuses on the potential for enhancing energy efficiency with policies and programmes designed to educate consumers and encourage them to alter their daily habits – without resorting to large-scale structural improvements. This focus is motivated by the observation that interventions aimed at promoting behavioural change are often cheaper to implement relative to policies that seek to encourage investment. Such measures also tend to be relatively quick to design and implement. What are behavioural interventions and how can behavioural insights enhance the impact of energy efficiency policy? Behavioural interventions are policies and…
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Fuel economy in Canada
…annually from 2022 to 2025. In response to propsals in the United States to increase the stringency of emissions standards for model years 2023-2025, Canada has announced intentions of aligning regulations with the most stringent performance standards in North America post-2025, whether that be at the United States federal or state level.EnerGuide is the official Government of Canada mark for rating and labelling the energy consumption of products. Labels must be displayed on all new light-duty vehicles available for sale in Canada, and provide information on the type of fuel used by the vehicle, fuel consumption…
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Putting a price on carbon – an efficient way for Thailand to meet its bold emission target
…clean vehicle incentives, energy efficiency installations, wildfire protection and development of a low-carbon economy workforce. The country has some experience of carbon market mechanisms, but also has “readiness gaps” Having confirmed its nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement in 2016, Thailand is implementing various action plans to reach its target of reducing GHG emissions in 2030 to 20.8% below the business-as-usual level. Its National Climate Change Master Plan (2015-50) refers to the carbon market as a potential mechanism to achieve targeted emission reductions in key industries and promote energy efficiency more widely. The upcoming…
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Canada Oil Security Policy
…crude oil production has grown faster than pipeline capacity. Between 2013 and 2016, about 1 mb/d of nameplate pipeline capacity was added in Canada. No incremental nameplate capacity has since been added while several expansion projects were terminated. In addition to the termination of the Keystone XL project in 2021, the Energy East project was cancelled by the proponent in 2017 and the Northern Gateway project was dismissed by the government in 2016. However, in 2019, the federal government approved the Trans Mountain Expansion project, a twinning of the existing 1150 km Trans Mountain Pipeline between Edmonton, AB and Burnaby…
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Canada Climate Resilience Policy Indicator
…the end of the century, depending on greenhouse gas emissions levels. The rise in temperature is likely to be more evident during the winter and in the country’s northern regions.Canada’s rising temperature is already affecting energy demand, reducing the number of heating degree days (HDDs) and increasing the number of cooling degree days (CDDs). Extensive heat could raise electricity costs in the summer and energy demand for air conditioning, especially in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, where felt temperatures can reach 35°C. Given that some regions (e.g. Ontario) are already experiencing their peak energy demand…
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Canada Electricity Security Policy
Country Energy Security Policy - Electricity Electricity overview and generation portfolio Most of Canada’s electricity systems are part of the integrated North American market, with 98% of Canadians connected to the continent’s bulk power system. Electricity is regularly traded in both directions between Canada and the United States (‘US’ hereafter) (with Canada a net exporter to the US overall). This robust interconnectivity with 37 north-south cross-border transmission lines adds to the east-west tie lines across provincial borders, and allows for a high degree of reliability and resilience to seasonal or unplanned changes in supply and demand…
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Canada’s legislation on oil security
…rationing of petroleum sales (articles 29(1)-30 ESEA). Moreover, powers exist to utilise various means of transportation (railways, pipelines, waterways, motor transport) to facilitate the allocation and distribution of petroleum products in emergency situations (article 35-40 ESEA). Stockdraw N/A Production Surge N/A Demand restraint While the ESEA does not contain specific provisions concerning demand restraint, article 25(1)(g) ESEA stipulates that the ESAB may make regulations limiting or prohibiting the sale of specified petroleum products to avoid wasteful or non-essential uses. Fuel Switching N/A Relaxation of environmental regulations Article 34(1) ESEA provides...
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Canada Natural Gas Security Policy
Country Energy Security Policy - Natural Gas Natural gas overview Canada’s policy for emergency gas response, similar to that for oil, reflects its role as a major producer and net exporter, with vast volumes of gas supplies in a well-integrated market with extensive pipeline networks both within Canada and across the border with the United States. In this context, Canada’s gas emergency policy is generally geared towards short-term regional or local disruptions rather than a more widespread or long-lasting supply outage. The gas industry itself has the primary responsibility for ensuring security of supply and responding…
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Efficient Grid-Interactive Buildings
…in energy efficiency, electrification of end uses and renewable energy generation. For the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a growing population and rising standards of living will massively increase future energy demand. Mitigating growing electricity demand and integrating renewable energy into electricity generation will therefore be paramount for the region’s clean energy transition and avoid lock-in of additional fossil fuel generation. The intermittent nature of variable renewable energy and increasing deployment of distributed energy resources are putting additional pressure on existing grids. In response to these challenges, this report explores the opportunities and challenges for efficient grid…
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Energy Efficiency Potential in Canada
…long-term estimates of Canada’s maximum energy efficiency potential by end-use sector based in the modelling approach used in the IEA World Energy Outlook 2017. Canada is one of the world’s most energy-intensive economies owing to its large size, cold climate, high standard of living and expanding energy industry. Energy demand has grown at 0.8% per year on average for the past 15 years, and this rate of growth is projected to continue under the IEA Current Policies Scenario, which assumes no new policies or changes to policies already enacted. An alternative scenario, the Energy Efficiency Case…