Canadian Energy Podcast Series: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the Canadian Energy Podcast Series by Gowling WLG. In this podcast series, we will explore how Canada's energy industry is evolving, the new opportunities that are emerging and assess Canada's position in these markets.
In the fourth episode of the Canadian Energy Podcast Series, JJ Traynor, managing partner of HydrogenOne Capital LLP and Stephen Bowman, principal associate at Gowling WLG (UK) along with host Lorne Rollheiser, partner and head of Gowling WLG's Oil & Gas Group, discuss the momentum that is building in the hydrogen industry related to capital investments in the UK and in Canada.
The panel covers how the clean energy transition, the push to improve air quality worldwide and the increasing concern over energy security have contributed to an increase in clean energy and hydrogen investments in the UK and Canada.
The fourth and final episode of Energy Exchange considers the implications of the discussions in the preceding episodes. How will Canada, and particularly Alberta - a province heavily invested in and historically driven by the energy industry - navigate the generation-defining sector transformation underway across the country and around the world? In this episode, our hosts are joined by Kevin Birn, vice president, emissions coordination & chief analyst, Canadian oil markets, at S&P Global.
In this third episode, we explore the Hague Court's 2021 ruling in the Royal Dutch Shell case, which found that Shell has a legal obligation to reduce CO2 emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 compared to 2019 levels. Léone Klapwijk from the Dutch law firm Van Doorne joins the podcast to discuss how this ruling was established, what has been the corporate and NGO reaction in Europe since then, and what it all means for the industry in the Netherlands, Europe, and potentially beyond.
In this second episode, Lorne Rollheiser, head of Gowling WLG's Oil and Gas Group, and Jason Hatcher, managing principle at Navigator Ltd., with guest Cara Clairman, president and CEO of Plug'n Drive, focus on some of the most exciting energy transformation opportunities for Canada, including carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), hydrogen and electrification (such as electric vehicles).
As a subset of our Canadian Energy Podcast Series, we have teamed up with Navigator Ltd., a noted Canadian public relations, crises management, lobbying and polling company, on an exciting new content venture. Together, we have produced The Energy Exchange, a series of four 30-minute podcasts that will explore the unprecedented energy transformation underway in Canada. The podcasts will be released on a weekly basis beginning March 1, 2022.
In this week’s episode, Lorne Rollheiser, head of Gowling WLG's Oil & Gas Group, and Jason Hatcher, managing principle at Navigator Ltd., provide a high-level overview of the energy industry and its transition in Canada. They explore geopolitical considerations for energy security, the major drivers and themes in Canada’s role in the global energy transformation, and the opportunities for Canada therein.
Curious about the role of hydrogen in Canada's future? This podcast, which originally aired as a webinar, focuses on key opportunities and challenges on the horizon. Gowling WLG's Myron Dzulynsky will be joined by three industry professionals to discuss a number of issues and answer questions regarding this emerging market.
The panel dives into federal and provincial policies, discuss how governments at all levels can help make the hydrogen industry a success, as well as what we can learn from other jurisdictions in terms of leadership in the industry.
In the second episode of our Canadian Energy Podcast series, Alison Gray and Alexandra Sadvari, two professionals at Gowling WLG, host Jennifer Green, the Executive Director at the Canadian Biogas Association to discuss the definition of biogas; the status of the biogas industry in Canada; where the opportunities are; as well as the challenges that need to be addressed to capitalize on this emerging industry.
In the first episode of this series, Anthony Merisch, associate at Gowling WLG, Catherine Hickson, the CEO of Alberta No. 1, and host Lorne Rollheiser, partner and head of Gowling WLG's Oil & Gas Group, will discuss the status of the geothermal industry, including current projects and new developments in this area; the future and potential opportunities in geothermal as well as the challenges that need to be addressed to capitalize on these opportunities; and the involvement by government and stakeholders in overcoming these obstacles.