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Darius Snieckus

Darius Snieckus

Business Correspondent | Ottawa | English French
Business, Energy
About Darius Snieckus

Darius Snieckus has reported on the global renewable energy, hydrogen and oil & gas sectors since 1996. Before joining CNO, he was Chief Executive Editor at offshore wind intelligence consultancy Aegir Insights. From 2009-2023, he was first Technology Editor and later Editor-in-Chief at renewables industry news platform Recharge, as well as convenor of the Recharge Thought Leaders roundtable and summit series. Between 1997-2008, he reported for Offshore Engineer, Oil & Gas Journal and the Petroleum Economist. Snieckus is a regular speaker/moderator/panellist at international wind power conferences and commentator on the energy transition and the blue economy.

Snieckus has also contributed to reporting on federal policy thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada.

Snieckus is the winner of the Canadian Journalism Foundation's 2025 Climate Reporting Award. 

82 Articles

Could Canada’s carbon capture ambitions catch a chill from Iceland’s struggling Mammoth project?

Lackluster results from a pioneering CO2 removal pilot plant near Reykjavik won’t dim interest in an emerging climate technology known as direct air capture, industry says. But skeptics argue the hundreds of millions of dollars being poured into projects in Canada would be better spent on renewables and EVs as DAC might be 'a dead technology walking'.
Business Solutions
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June 16th 2025

Canada risks squandering multi-billion-dollar critical minerals market without 'swift action': report

A $12 billion a year domestic market for minerals and metals key to the country’s energy transition could be lost unless the federal government attract the massive investments needed to propel development of copper, nickel, lithium, graphite, cobalt, and rare earth element mines, a new study from the Canadian Climate Institute has concluded.
Business Solutions
By
June 12th 2025