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Green Mayor

284. Edmonton’s Energy Transition Plan targets 1.5 degrees – An interview with Mayor Don Iveson

David Dodge April 23, 2021Carbon Neutral, Buildings, Climate Change, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Labelling, Financing, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge Edmonton just released its updated 1.5-degree energy transition plan on the same …

PACE coming to Alberta

192. PACE makes it easy to invest in solar and energy efficiency

David Dodge April 18, 2018Financing, Energy Efficiency, Net Zero, Renewable Energy, Solar 1 Comment

By Julia-Maria Becker SPECIAL TO GREEN ENERGY FUTURES Alberta has introduced legislation to establish …

Funding the green in buildings

169. PACE financing created $3.4 billion in energy efficiency projects in U.S.

David Dodge May 10, 2017Financing, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal, Net Zero, Renewable Energy, Solar 2 Comments

By David Dodge Currently, the biggest barrier to people and organizations investing in energy-efficiency upgrades …

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155. We’re feeling Rand-y about clean tech investment

David Dodge October 17, 2016Renewable Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Financing Leave a Comment

When we first met Tom Rand three years ago, he was bullish about the clean …

Medicine Hat, Alberta AKA "The Gas City" wanted to diversify into wind power so they entered into a public private partnership with Wind River Power to build a 6 megawatt wind farm, the largest inside a city in Canada. The power purchase agreement is what helped access bank financing from ATB Financial, something that is challenging in Alberta's deregulated electricity market. Since Alberta needs 5-7 gigawatts of new renewable energy by 2030, creating enough price certainty to attract bank financing will be very important in Alberta. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Learn more: https://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/canada-germany-renewable-financing

141. Financing critical for renewable energy projects

David Dodge April 11, 2016Wind, Financing, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson It’s no secret that the Germans have done a …