Theme: | Land / Water (T10) |
Status: | Active |
Start Date: | 2018-04-01 |
End Date: | 2023-09-30 |
Principal Investigator |
Adamowicz, Vic |
Project Overview
This project examines the costs and benefits of reclamation technologies and policy frameworks in the context of energy systems. New reclamation technologies may provide improved outcomes and/or lower costs relative to traditional technologies, such as improved methods for reclaiming oil sands process water in tailings ponds). The technologies may also provide different benefit streams such as more rapid reclamation or improved environmental outcomes.
The analyses will examine the costs and benefits of alternative approaches to reclamation, relative to current methods. The project examines alternative policy frameworks such as tax-refund schemes or new approaches to mine financial security as the costs and benefits of reclamation options depend, in part, on the policy framework that they are developed within. As such, the unique contribution of this project is the integration of the examination of costs and benefits of reclamation approaches, with the assessment of alternative policy frameworks.
Research currently in progress includes several components. Examination of a tax and tax-refund scheme is addressing the impact of linear features on boreal caribou, including measurement of the costs, benefits and impacts on industry and the public of the use of a tax-refund system. Examination of new technologies to treat oil sands process water, includes costs and benefits of alternative technologies. Assessment of alternative policy approaches (financial security, tax, tax-refund, mixtures of systems) on the costs and benefits of oil sands process water reclamation is being addressed.
Outputs
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Category |
Date |
Authors |
3 Minute Pitch Winner FES Research SymposiumFor 3 minute pitch at the Future Energy Systems Student and Post Doctoral Fellow Research Symposium | Award | 2019-05-07 | Zhanji Zhang |
Best Master of Science Thesis Award Subsequently thesis was submitted to the Western Agricultural Economics Association and the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society thesis award competitions. | Award | 2019-10-01 | Zhanji Zhang |
Brett G. Cortus Memorial Graduate Scholarship 2018 | Award | 2018-08-01 | Zhanji Zhang |
Outstanding Master's Thesis AwardAwarded the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society’s Outstanding Master's Thesis Award for 2019 | Award | 2020-04-01 | Zhanji Zhang |
Travis W. Manning Book Prize In Agricultural And Resource Economics 2018 | Award | 2018-09-01 | Zhanji Zhang |
A Framework To Estimate The Treatment Cost Of The Oil Sands Process Water (OSPW) In Alberta University of Alberta | Activity | 2020-11-23 | Jerico Fiestas Flores, Grant K Hauer, Adamowicz, V., Gamal El-Din, M., Chelme-Ayala, P. |
Economic Analysis Of Oil Sands Process-Affected Water (OSPW) Treatment In AlbertaVirtual oral presentation at the Future Energy Systems (FES) Resilient Reclaimed Land and Water Systems Workshop, University of Alberta, December 08, 2020. University of Alberta | Activity | 2020-12-08 | Jerico Fiestas Flores, Grant K Hauer, Adamowicz, V., Gamal El-Din, M., Chelme-Ayala, P. |
Economic Incentives For Land Reclamation In The Oil Sands Industry In Alberta University of Alberta | Activity | 2019-07-10 | Zhanji Zhang, Adamowicz, V., Grant K Hauer |
Economic Incentives For Land Reclamation In The Oil Sands Industry Of AlbertaPresentation University of Alberta | Activity | 2018-12-11 | Zhanji Zhang, Adamowicz, V. |
Models And Instruments For Financing Land-Based Conservation University of Alberta | Activity | 2019-04-04 | Adamowicz, V. |
Policy Design To Create Incentives For Land And Water Reclamation From Oil Sands Projects In Alberta | Activity | 2020-08-17 | Jerico Fiestas Flores |
Energy Explorers Connects Research With Families | Activity | 2022-11-15 | Jerico Fiestas Flores, Abhijeet Pathy |
Natural Carbon Sinks Could Play A Small But Significant Role In Canada’s Climate Strategy University of Alberta | Activity | 2023-02-01 | Adamowicz, V. |
Economic Incentives For Land Reclamation: Evidence From The Oil-sands Industry In AlbertaCompleted. | Publication | 2019-09-30 | Zhanji Zhang |
Could A Damaged Land Tax-Refund Scheme Help Endangered Species Recovery?3 minute pitch presentation | Activity | 2019-05-07 | Zhanji Zhang |
Does Taxing Oil And Gas Operators Save Caribou? | Activity | 2020-04-20 | Zhanji Zhang |
Economic Incentives For Land Reclamation: Evidence From The Oil Sands Industry In Alberta University of Alberta | Activity | 2020-06-05 | Zhanji Zhang, Adamowicz, V., Grant K Hauer |
Economic Incentives For Land Reclamation In The Oil Sands Industry In Alberta University of Alberta | Publication | 2020-02-24 | Zhanji Zhang, Adamowicz, V., Grant K Hauer |