Atlantica

Boom or gloom scenarios for New Brunswick shed light on the importance of the energy sector to the Atlantica region.

Trade policies are a hindrance to Atlantica's potential prosperity. Brent Sansom, vice president of Atlantica for the Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce, stressed at a breakfast meeting in Newfoundland that the region has to position itself better to seize opportunities in global trade networks.

Rising fuel costs pose major challenge to business in Atlantica since the region relies heavily on the trucking industry.

Although a new highway in Maine will benefit the trucking industry and improve connections in the Atlantica region; the project spills over into electrical, natural gas transmission lines and communications networks.

As energy and LNG can play an important role in the future of Atlantica, this story out of Houston shows the region isn't the only area interested in being the energy hub of eastern North America.

A third border crossing is being added between St. Stephen and Calais which should help with traffic moving across the border through Atlantica.

Given the location and climate, wind looks promising and investments are being made in wind farms throughout the Atlantica region. This article in the Bangor Daily News focuses on what's happening in Maine.

An Austrian researcher at conference organized by the Atlantica Centre for Energy says the right mix of resources and technology exist for Atlantica to stoke stoves with an alternative to oil, and he suggests New Brunswick is well positioned to be a wood pellet paradise.