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Gardner Pinfold
45 Years of Consultancy Experience
Energy
Economic Impact Study of the Aerospace and Defence Industry in Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada Aerospace and Defence, ACADA
Economic Impact
Bio-fuel production facility business case model (Beet)
Complete Senergy Systems Inc.
Feasibility
Gardner Pinfold maintains a spreadsheet model designed to assess the financial viability of biofuels production options in Atlantic Canada. This study runs the model to assess proposed sugar beet biogas alone and an integrated sugar beet/ethanol production facility in New Brunswick. The study updates the model input data to reflect current prices, costs, interest rates, salaries etc; determines sugar beet production and freight costs in order to examine acreage requirements and viable crop distances from the facility; obtains plant-specific capital cost, fuel conversion rates, revenues per litre (fuel and by-products), financing structure; and, produces a final report with all statistical and financial performance outputs from the model.
Assessing the predicted impacts of the Lower Churchill Hydroelectric Project, upon ecological goods and services
Environment Canada
Economic Impact
The proposed Lower Churchill Hydroelectric Project is comprised of two installations (at Muskrat Falls and Gull Island) on the Lower Churchill River and associated transmission lines in Newfoundland and Labrador. These will complement the existing Churchill Falls Generating Station with an additional 3,074 MW of capacity and up to 16.7 TWhrs of electrical energy per year. An Ecological Goods & Services Assessment report is prepared to evaluate the significant impacts (both positive and negative) predicted from the Project.
Heritage Gas Limited Impacts in Nova Scotia
Heritage Gas Limited
Economic Analysis
SO - Nova Scotia Benefits Review - Offshore Petroleum
Nova Scotia Department of Energy
Economic Impact
This project assists the Department of Energy (DOE) in their review of the reporting framework to determine whether a more streamlined approach could be developed to achieve the DOE’s compliance, economic impact and sector analysis and reporting functions. The study determines how Operator reporting requirements could be aligned to be appropriate inputs into economic impact models while continuing to provide the data needed to complete the Department’s oversight and sector analysis work.
Petroleum Products Pricing - Retail Margin Review
Nova Scotia Utilities and Review Board, NSUARB
Review
This assignment included report preparation, responding to interrogatories and testimony during a public hearing into the adequacy of margins in the Nova Scotia petroleum products market.In the matter of the Petroleum Product Pricing Act and In the matter of an application by Tusket Ultra Mart Ltd. requesting an increase to retail margins under s. 24(1) of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulations.
Value Proposition for Tidal Energy development in Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada and Canada
Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA)
Feasibility
This study provides government and industry with a clear understanding of the value proposition for tidal energy in Canada, including the opportunities and challenges of creating a supply chain for a future tidal energy industry. The report includes a comprehensive assessment of the value proposition for tidal energy that provides an estimate of the potential value, broader benefits and potential economic impacts of tidal power development to Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Region and Canada. The Executive Summary, Full Report and Annexes are now available for download at: www.oera.ca/
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