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The Métis Nation of Alberta is investing in energy efficiency and solar.

354. Metis Nation climate action helps the environment and creates jobs

David Dodge August 29, 2023First Nations, Changing for Climate Series, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

Changing for Climate Series * The Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) is taking climate change …

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Blue Eyes Simpson wants to bring EVs to the north.

335. Pilot could bring the first electric vehicle to Fort Chipewyan in Canada’s North

David Dodge March 1, 2023Electric Vehicles, First Nations, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca First the three nations of Fort Chipewyan formed Three Nations Energy …

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328. Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Goes Big With Solar

David Dodge November 8, 2022Solar, First Nations, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca When we interviewed Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First …

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Raymond Cardinal's solar-powered cabin

267. Into the wild – solar is revolutionizing life at Raymond Cardinal’s cabin in Canada’s north

David Dodge December 2, 2020First Nations, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Solar is revolutionizing cabin life for Indigenous residents in …

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266. Hello solar, goodbye gas generator – Indigenous solar cabins

David Dodge November 25, 2020First Nations, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Many of the people from the three Indigenous Nations …

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265. Community-owned Indigenous Solar for Diesel in Canada’s North

David Dodge November 19, 2020First Nations, Renewable Energy, Solar 2 Comments

By David Dodge and Kay Rollans In an amazing project, three Indigenous Nations in northern …

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Nathan Kuptana and Eriel Lugt Happening to Us

249. “They can’t even see it”: Tuktoyaktuk Teens’ film on the Impacts of Climate Change

David Dodge April 9, 2020Renewable Energy, Climate Change, First Nations, Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Last December, a group of seven teens from the …

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246. Indigenous-owned renewable energy projects secure low electricity price

David Dodge March 20, 2020Renewable Energy, First Nations 1 Comment

Green Energy Futures presents, in collaboration with the Alberta Emerald Foundation, Part III of the …

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228. Solar for Diesel: The Sun Shines on Fort Chipewyan

David Dodge August 20, 2019Solar, First Nations, Renewable Energy 3 Comments

The small indigenous community of Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta is off the main electricity …

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Solar should be standard equipment - Desmond Bull

188. First Nations and oilsands workers learn solar shoulder to shoulder

David Dodge February 28, 2018Solar, First Nations 1 Comment

 A solar partnership in a small First Nations community in Alberta, could help point …

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Judith Sayers at the China Creek run-of-river powerhouse. Photo by David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

105. Judith Sayers, First Nations run-of-river hydro trailblazer

David Dodge April 20, 2015Run of River, First Nations Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney, Judith Sayers is a former chief, a negotiator and …

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Ryan Jansen of the Saskatchewan Research Council research shows batteries can increase a wind turbine's capacity factor significantly, allowing grid operators to incorporate more wind turbines. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

95. Cowessess First Nation has the biggest battery in Saskatchewan

David Dodge January 26, 2015Energy Storage, First Nations, Wind 2 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney A California-based utility recently put a 100-megawatt peaker plant …

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T'Sou-ke Chief Gordon Planes

38. T’sou-ke First Nation goes all in on energy conservation and solar

David Dodge April 11, 2013Solar, Energy Efficiency, First Nations, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney During the salmon run the T’Sou-ke First Nation set …

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