Climate Ready Home Part 1 - Mitigation

352. Climate Ready Home I – Save money, reduce emissions and get on the pathway to net-zero

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Changing for Climate Series * You can make your home super energy efficient, eliminate your …

Solar City

350. Solar City – Heather is one of thousands who’ve installed solar in Edmonton

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Changing for Climate Series * Heather MacKenzie discovered the power of solar in 2016 when …

DIY Net-Zero

348. Family’s 20-year DIY home retrofit journey ends by getting to net-zero

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Changing for Climate Series* (David Dodge of Green Energy Futures worked with the City of …

Deep Energy Retrofit

343. EnergieSprong Deep Energy Retrofit transforms 1951 home to net-zero

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The Sandercock family bought a 1951 story-and-a-half home in the beautiful …

Alberta's Pathway to the New Energy Economy

342. Alberta’s Pathway to the New Energy Economy

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Alberta must stop pitting oil against renewables and embrace the coming New Energy Economy by reducing emissions in oil and gas to keep it competitive, embracing clean energy, and tapping into trillions in investment projected by 2050.

Net-Zero 101 - new for 2023

340. Net-Zero 101 – Ultimate guide to cold climate homes

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca (Adapted from original article written for The Earth and I with …

Stephan Thomas co-author of Shifting power

337. A new regulation seeks to make Canada’s electricity grid net-zero by 2035

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca In 2021 Canada established an ambitious plan to transform Canada’s electricity …

Sun shines on First Nation

328. Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Goes Big With Solar

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

SolShare - Solar for Apartment Dwellers

327. SolShare – At Last Solar for Apartment Dwellers

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Twenty-five per cent of homes in Australia have solar on them, …

Is Now the Time to Go Solar?

324. Is Now the Time to Go Solar?

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Skyfire Energy was one of the first Alberta solar companies. They …

Skyfire & Zero Carbon Solar

323. Skyfire Energy Launches Zero Carbon Solar

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Solar is now one of cheapest ways to generate electricity and …

SolShare

315. SolShare Cooperative – Making Solar Accessible and Affordable in B.C.

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SolShare Cooperative partnered with Tantalus Winery in the Okanagan of B.C. to install solar to …

Coal is going, going, gone

306. Alberta Electricity – King Coal is Gone – Now for the Hard Part, Getting to Net-zero

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Alberta will mark the end of an era in 2023 when …

Gregory Lamming at Claresholm Solar Project

304. 2021 A Very Big Year for Solar in Alberta

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Green Energy Futures · 304. A Big Year for Solar in Alberta Alberta’s Solar Boom …

Rigs to Renewables

303. Rigs to Renewables – How An Oil and Gas Guy Got Involved With ENEON & Forever Energy

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Jason Beacock works for a new kind of company. The company’s …

Powering Canada's Net-Zero Future

302. Net-Zero Power for Canada – Solar, wind and energy storage can do it

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Solar, wind, and energy storage are the most economical solutions for Canada to decarbonize the grid and reach net-zero says a new report

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301. From Niche to Boom – David Kelly and SkyFire Energy – 20-years of Solar

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca In 20 years David Kelly went from being inspired by the …

Solar and wind farms

298. What happened to all that farmland under Canada’s largest solar farm?

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The Claresholm Solar Project is the largest solar project in Canada. …

Net-Zero Passive House

297. Stunning Net-Zero Passive House good to -40 with no furnace

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca “Welcome to project Leo,” says Heather Sorensen of Homes by Sorensen …