Under a memorandum of understanding signed last week during a trilateral energy ministers meeting in Canada, the U.S., Canada, and Mexico will increase collaboration and knowledge sharing across a number of clean energy areas, including low-carbon electricity; clean energy technologies; energy efficiency; carbon capture, use, and storage; climate change adaptation; and reducing emissions from the oil and gas sector, including from methane.
“Secretary [Ernest] Moniz, Secretary [Pedro] Joaquín Coldwell and I want to build on North America’s strength as one of the world’s most dynamic and influential regions for secure and sustainable energy. The Memorandum of Understanding we signed today reflects our governments’ shared vision for a future where an expanding clean energy sector, a sustainable environment and a strong economy go hand in hand,” Jim Carr, Canada’s minister of natural resources, said in a Canadian government press release.
Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. will specifically collaborate in the following ways, according to a fact sheet on the MOU:
- Sharing experience and knowledge in the development of reliable, resilient, and low-carbon electricity grids;
- Modeling, deploying, and accelerating innovation of clean energy technologies, including renewables;
- Exchanging information in order to improve energy efficiency for equipment, appliances, industries, and buildings, including energy management systems;
- Exchanging information and promoting joint action to advance the deployment of carbon capture, use, and storage;
- Identifying trilateral activities to further climate change adaptation and resilience; and
- Sharing best practices and seeking methods to reduce emissions from the oil and gas sector, including methane and black carbon.
