ICYMI - Greg McLean: Energy ignorance on display in Canada and Germany
The meeting was motivated by the German government’s interest in Canadian green hydrogen and an indication of a “commitment” to contract for the import of Canadian liquified natural gas .
Germany’s policy of “Energiewende” was never viable. Although renewables constitute upwards of 50 per cent of Germany’s power supply, at other times, it is less than 2.0 per cent. Other sources, such as nuclear and fossil fuels, are needed to ensure reliable baseload power. Energiewende specifically targeted exiting nuclear power production — requiring doubling down on fossil fuels and offshoring their production.
As a result of the situation Germany has found itself in, the Canadian government has decided to renege on our commitment to impose sanctions on Russia. The return of Russian turbines for the delivery of Russian gas to Germany, and the decision to continue to maintain and repair such turbines, is an about-face that furthers our slide towards irrelevance on the world stage.Russia will continue to manipulate its flow of natural gas. Our decision to return the turbines emboldens that position.
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