Clean energy dialogue events and milestones
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| Secretariat | October 9, 2014 | Report released | The Third Report to Leaders on the U.S.-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue was presented to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama. |
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| Secretariat | September 18, 2014 | Dialogue held | Canada's Environment Minister, Hon. Leona Aglukkaq, and Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Hon. Greg Rickford, met with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to discuss the U.S. - Canada Clean Energy Dialogue. | |
| Electricity Grid Working Group (EG) | May 14 - 15, 2014 | Dialogue held | The Hydrogen Energy Storage Workshop was held in Sacramento, California. |
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| Carbon Capture and Storage Working Group (CCS) | May 6-7, 2014 | Dialogue held | The 3rd annual Binational Conference on Carbon Capture and Storage was held in Edmonton, Alberta. |
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May 2014 | Report released | Canadian and U.S. officials gave a joint presentation on cross-border ISO 50001 implementation at the Clean Energy Ministerial in Seoul, South Korea. |
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| R&D-EE | March 31, 2014 | Report released | A report was completed on testing and verification procedures for Anaerobic Digestion and Combined Heat and Power in municipal wastewater treatment applications. |
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| R&D-EE | March 18, 2014 | Dialogue held | A stakeholder workshop on community biogas technologies was held in Hamilton, Ontario. |
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| CCS | March 2014 | Report released | A review of public and stakeholder engagement for CCS projects was completed. |
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| Secretariat | February 4, 2014 | Dialogue held | Canada's Environment Minister, Hon. Leona Aglukkaq, met U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to discuss the U.S. - Canada Clean Energy Dialogue. |
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| R&D-EE | December 12, 2013 | Report released | A review of transformative environmental technologies for emissions-intensive sectors was completed. |
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| R&D-EE | November 25-26, 2013 | Dialogue held | A joint workshop was held on on computational modeling and analysis for ocean energy projects in Edinburgh, Scotland. | |
| CCS | September 2013 | Study completed | A study on the carbon storage potential of the Basal Cambrian Saline Formation was completed. |
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| EG | July 19, 2013 | Report released | The report Case Study Analysis of Hydro-Variable Renewable Electricity Integration Strategies was completed. |
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| R&D-EE | July 2013 | Product launched | Natural Resources Canada launched the Canadian edition of ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager™, developed in conjunction with the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency. |
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| CCS | April 23 – 24, 2013 | Dialogue held | A workshop was held on the long-term management of CCS projects involving underground CO2injection was held in Champaign, Illinois. |
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| R&D-EE | April 11, 2013 | Report released | The paper Abrasion Analysis of Critical Components of Hydrokinetic Devices was presented at Marine Energy Technology Symposium. |
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| R&D-EE | April 10 – 11, 2013 | Dialogue held | The panel session "Projects Up North" was held at the Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference (GMREC) in Washington DC. |
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| CCS | April 2013 | Report released | The U.S. National Energy Technology laboratory (NETL) released a revised edition of Best Practices Manual for Public Outreach and Education for Carbon Storage Projects. |
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| CCS | March 2013 | Report released | A review of regulations and carbon crediting for CCS and CO2-EOR operations was completed. |
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| EG | February 2013 | Report released | The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released Integrated Canada-U.S. Power Sector Modeling with the Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS). |
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| R&D-EE | February 6, 2013 | Dialogue held | A panel session on natural gas for transportation fuel was held at the Transportation Technology and Fuels Forum (TTFF) in Ottawa, Ontario. | |
| R&D-EE | January 29, 2013 | Dialogue held | An information sharing workshop on heavy duty truck emissions was held in Washington DC. | |
| R&D-EE | January 1, 2013 | Product launched | ENERGY STAR® Most Efficient was launched as a regular offering. |
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| R&D-EE | January 2013 | Report released | The report Environmental Effects of Marine Energy Development around the World was released. |
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| CCS | December 2012 | Report released | The book Best Practices for Validating CO2 Geological Storage: Observations and guidance from the IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 storage project was published. |
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| EG | November 27, 2012 | Dialogue held | The Distributed Energy Storage Conference was held in Toronto, Ontario. |
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| R&D-EE | October 15 - 16, 2012 | Dialogue held | A joint workshop was held on technical specifications of major ocean energy projects and open water testing centres in Dublin, Ireland. | |
| EG | October 15 - 16, 2012 | Report released | The paper Utility Best Practices for Consumer Engagement was presented at the Smart Grid Canada Conference in Toronto, Ontario. |
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| CCS | October 10 - 11, 2012 | Dialogue held | A joint workshop on advanced fossil fuel conversion technologies was held at NRCan's CanmetENERGY research facilities in Ottawa, Ontario. | |
| R&D-EE | October 2012 | Dialogue held | A joint workshop on environmental monitoring for ocean energy projects was held in Dublin, Ireland. | |
| CCS | September 5 - 6, 2012 | Dialogue held | The 2nd annual Binational Conference on CCS was held in Regina, Saskatchewan. |
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| Secretariat | June 21, 2012 | Guiding document released | The Governments of Canada and the United States released Action Plan II of the U.S.-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue. |
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| CCS | May 15 - 17, 2012 | Dialogue held | An international knowledge sharing forum on carbon storage monitoring, measurement and verification (MMV) and carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) was held in Mobile, Alabama. |
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| EG | May 11, 2012 | Dialogue held | A workshop was held on the integration of renewable sources of electricity into the North American grid. | |
| EG | May 2, 2012 | Product launched | SmartGrid Canada launched Canada’s Online NationalSmartGrid Repository. |
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| CCS | May 1, 2012 | Product launched | Release of the North American Carbon Storage Atlas (NACSA), produced in conjunction with the Mexican Ministry of Energy (SENER). | |
| EG | March 31, 2012 | Report released | The report International Overview of Marine Renewable Energy Regulatory Frameworks was completed. |
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| R&D-EE | March 29, 2012 | Study completed | The report Inventory of Federal Expertise Related to Assessing, Quantifying and Monitoring the Environmental Sustainability of Agriculture was completed. |
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| R&D-EE | March 2012 | Dialogue held | A workshop on advanced biofuels in was held in Washington DC. |
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| R&D-EE | February 2012 | Dialogue held | A workshop on algal carbon conversion was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
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| R&D-EE | November 2011 | Product launched | Natural Resources Canada launched the ‘ENERGY STAR® Most Efficient’ Canadian pilot project, developed with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy. |
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| R&D-EE | September 2011 | Agreement signed | Natural Resources Canada and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for the Energy Efficiency Building Benchmarking Portfolio Manager Tool. |
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| R&D-EE | May 2011 | Product launched | The Laboratory Access Guides were released, facilitating access to Government of Canada labs by U.S. researchers. |
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| EG | March 31, 2011 | Study completed | A study entitled The Potential Impact of Relaxing Renewable Portfolio Standard Constraints on Canada-U.S. Energy Trade was completed. |
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| R&D-EE | March 2011 | Dialogue held | A joint workshop was held to disseminate the results of Demand Response Quick Assessment Tool (DRQAT) pilot project. |
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| R&D-EE | March 2011 | Study completed | A scientometric study of key clean energy R&D performers in Canada and the U.S. was completed. |
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| Secretariat | February 4, 2011 | Report released | The Second Report to Leaders on the U.S.-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue was presented to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama. |
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| Secretariat | February 2011 | Guiding Document Released | Environment Canada's Audit and Evaluation Branch releases its evaluation of the Canada - U.S. Clean Energy Dialogue, produced in association with Natural Resources Canada and the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. |
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| EG | January 25, 2011 | Dialogue Held | The Smart Grid Policy Leadership Conference was held in Waterloo, Ontario. |
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| R&D-EE | December 2010 | Study completed | Results were obtained for the pyrolysis oil phase analyses of harvest value from Mountain Pine Beetle killed trees. | |
| R&D-EE | December 2010 | Dialogue Held | A workshop was held on lifecycle analysis for automotive lightweighting. | |
| EG | May 19 - 20, 2010 | Dialogue Held | The U.S.-Canada Clean Electricity Trade Conferencewas held in Rosemont, Illinois. |
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| CCS | May 12, 2010 | Dialogue Held | A panel session on best practices for public engagement was held at the 9th annual Carbon Capture and Storage Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Clean Energy Dialogue partners also shared their consensus insights from the 1st annual Binational Conference on CCS, held two days prior. | |
| CCS | May 10, 2010 | Dialogue Held | The 1st annual Binational Conference on CCS was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was scheduled to immediately precede the Carbon Capture and Storage Conference, which began the following day. | |
| R&D-EE | April 16, 2010 | Agreement Signed | The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Natural Resources, and Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy, signed the Declaration of Intent (DOI) for Cooperation in Energy Science and Technology in Washington, DC. |
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| R&D-EE | June 30, 2010 | Agreement Signed | Clean Energy Dialogue partners CanmetMATERIALS Technology Laboratory and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory sign Memorandum of Understanding in support of cooperative R&D on materials for clean energy and energy efficiency. |
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| EG | Spring 2010 | Report Released | The background paper Realizing the Potential Power of Storage was completed. |
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| R&D-EE | March 2010 | Report Released | A scientometric study of international clean energy R&D activities was completed. |
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| R&D-EE | March 2010 | Dialogue Held | Bilateral workshops on biofuels and biomass energy were held in Denver, Colorado. | |
| EG | February 17 - 18, 2010 | Dialogue Held | The bilateral forum Building the Power Workforce of Tomorrow was held in Toronto, Ontario. |
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| R&D-EE | February 2010 | Agreement signed | The National Research Council of Canada and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for biofuels. |
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| Working Group | Date | Event | Description | More Information |
| CCS | December 2009 | Report released | The National Energy Technology Laboratory released its Public Outreach and Education for Carbon Storage Projects Best Practices Manual. |
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| Secretariat | September 16, 2009 | Report released | The First Report to Leaders on the U.S.-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue was presented to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama. The report marks the launch of Action Plan I. |
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| Various | June 30, 2009 | Dialogue held | A roundtable meeting was held between Clean Energy Dialogue participants to kick off the development of Action Plan I. | |
| Secretariat | February 19, 2009 | Guiding document released | Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama announce the launch of the U.S. -Canada Clean Energy Dialogue. |
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