Geothermal Rising - Big Breakthrough Coming

384. Geothermal Rising – Big breakthrough is coming

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Geothermal—Using Earth’s Energy to Save the Earth By David Dodge (Adapted from original article written by …

Raymond, Alberta became the first electrically net-zero community in Canada

369. Town of Raymond told solar wouldn’t work was first to get to net-zero electricity

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Municipalities Taking Climate Action – Part IV By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The town of Raymond, …

Energy Managers Help small towns and cities save energy and money

367. Energy managers help small towns and cities save energy and money

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The Municipal Climate Change Action Centre Municipalities Taking Climate Action – Part II By David …

The MCCAC, helping municipalities save energy and money

366. Helping municipalities take action to save energy and money, and reduce emissions

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The Municipal Climate Change Action Centre Municipalities Taking Climate Action – Part I By David …

Virtual Power Plants

383. Virtual Power Plants – make money, save the grid

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca A Virtual Power Plant is simply a network of distributed energy …

Agrivoltaics - Keeping the farm in the solar farm

382. Agrivoltaics – Keep the farm in the solar farm and save the family farm

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Agrivoltaics, or the idea of combining solar with farming could help …

June 16, 2024 marked the end of coal-fired electricity in Alberta.

381. King Coal is Dead, Long live the King

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.caIn one of the most amazing coal-phase-outs in the world on June …

Geothermal breakthrough

380. Cracking the geothermal nut – breakthrough can provide heat and power anywhere

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca EAVOR has pioneered a new kind of geothermal that can provide …

Green Infill - Creating desperately needed housing and building community

379. Passive house multifamily in northern climate redefining just how green infill can be

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca T5M is a postal code in Canada and it’s also part …

Former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson on creating green cities.

378. Vancouver’s former mayor Gregor Robertson on creating the greenest cities in the world

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Gregor Robertson was the unabashedly green mayor of Vancouver for a …

Summerside from no energy to the leader in renewable energy

377. Summerside the little city with no energy now leads Canada in renewable energy

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca In just one decade Summerside, Prince Edward Island has become the …

Alberta's new renewable energy rules

373. Alberta’s new renewable energy rules – a red tape solution in search of a problem

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Alberta lifted its six-month moratorium on renewable energy projects, but some …

Alberta ends its moratorium on renewable energy, are new rules a poison pill?

371. Alberta lifts moratorium on renewables, but are new rules a poison pill?

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Alberta lifted its 6-month moratorium on renewable energy projects, but will …

RenuWell - Transforming abandoned oil wells into solar farms

370. RenuWell – An amazing energy transition solution for transforming abandoned oil wells into solar farms

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca RenuWell just might be the best example of energy transition imaginable, …

Energy storage saves money helps get to net-zero

365. Deploy energy storage save $600 million, get to net-zero

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca At the Decentralised Energy Conference in November, Robert Tremblay of Energy …

Decentralised Energy Canada turns 20

364. Decentralised Energy Canada turns 20 – Interview with founder Anouk Kendall

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca I first met Anouk Kendall back in 2011 when she worked …

Year of the heat pump

363. Year of the Heat Pump

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Green Energy Futures · 363. The Year of the Heat Pump By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca …

Bow Valley Green Energy Cooperative

362. Bow Valley Green Energy Cooperative Rocking It

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The Bow Valley Renewable Energy Cooperative was incorporated in May 2020 …

Red Deer Energy Innovation Fair

360. Red Deer’s Renewable Energy Fair reincarnated as the Energy Innovation Fair

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Green Energy Futures · 360. Red Deer Energy Innovation Fair is back! By David Dodge, …

Community Leagues taking climate action

357. Cool ways community leagues are taking climate action

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Changing for Climate Series * Sarah Delano pauses near a caragana bush at the side …