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Sabti, Resha

University of British Columbia

This thesis investigates Canada’s energy resilience and what is being done to confirm that Canada is prepared to meet its climate change targets by 2050. When the research started, it was strictly focused on the LNG industry in British Columbia, but it eventually became evident that energy resilience is required to meet any targets in the country. Energy resilience cannot happen with LNG only, despite the claims that it is one of the cleanest sources of natural gas. Over the past 10 years, LNG Canada, which is the only large LNG export project in Canada, has been in the planning stage and will not begin production until 2025, assuming no further delays. In 2025, Canada will be entering a very busy market where current competitors will be trying to pledge security for their LNG expansion and production projects by signing long-term strict contracts. Moreover, it will also be the year in which the world is only 25 years away from having to meet their 2050 net-zero emission targets. By reviewing audit reports, conducting interviews, and reading many articles and papers, it is evident that Canada needs to ensure renewable energy sources are available. A path to energy resilience must be created without relying on one source of energy. Resilience must be established within Canada, and work must be done to support the rest of the world.

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2024-02-07

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87421

Mining Engineering

University of British Columbia

UBCV

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/