FUSE Power Management seeks to create virtual power plants using electric buses.

390. Electric Bus Virtual Power Plants – It’s happening

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca It sounds like a futuristic scenario. During the day electric school …

Oslo Climate Budget, a first

334. Oslo Climate Budget a First and Hey it’s Working

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Talk is cheap and there has been a long line of …

Oil versus Solar

279. Solar versus Oil – Which can drive you further?

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Let’s say you are an Alberta farmer with a …

Charge it!

258. How Kent Rathwell created a zero-emissions birdseed company and the world’s longest green highway for EVs

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans It all started with birdseed When I first met …

Julia Pyper, Greentech Media

208. Ms. Pyper goes to Washington

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   By David Dodge and Scott Rollans A young, Canadian-raised journalist is emerging as …

La Maison Simons - the first net-zero energy store in Canada

189. Simons first net-zero store in Canada

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Sustainival

172. Sustainival, the world’s first green carnival

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By David Dodge Life may be a carnival, but at Sustainival you can’t “walk on …

Location Efficiency expert Kurt Borth says too many people "drive until you qualify" for a big house, without considering the very real and significant transportation costs you will experience just getting to work and play. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

110. Location efficiency: Discovering the hidden transportation costs of where you live

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When you buy a house the first thing your …

Nissan LEAF makes it "easy to be green," offering the space and range to meet everyday needs, while also providing an exceptional value proposition due to zero spending on gas, lower operating and maintenance costs and a starting price after tax incentives competitive with a comparable gas-powered car.

98. Market snapshot: The state of electric vehicles in Canada

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is a pretty unlikely place to find …

The Zeus electric motorbike team at the University of Calgary.

74. Team Zeus

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney If you go to the University of Calgary you …

Sonny Shem has really taken a shine to electric bikes and commutes regularly to work: " It makes you feel like you have bionic legs," says Shem. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

59. Electric bikes – An easy way to green your commute

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Not to oversell it but the electric bike might …

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52. Sun Country Highway

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Kent Rathwell pulls up to Peavey Mart in Red …

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44. Future of transportation Part Two

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Tesla, the pioneering electric vehicle manufacturer made the news …

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43. Future of transportation Part One

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Glitzy graphics, a booming sound system and a fancy …

John Wycoco hops in one of the 300 Smart Cars that Car2Go has available in the inner core of Calgary for rental by the minute. The company also operates in Vancouver and Toronto in Canada and 14 other cities worldwide. Photo David Dodge

42. Car2Go: Carsharing in Calgary

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney What a difference ten months can make. On July …

Vancouver is "Bike City"

27. Bike city – What the rest of Canada can learn from Vancouver

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney As anybody who has seen astronaut Chris Hadfield’s incredible …

Phil Dayson is an accidental electric vehicle pioneer who lives in Vancouver. He wound up owning an electric car company almost a decade ago and when the Chevy Volt came out he snapped one up. Photo Kevin Sauvé

14. The rise of the electric car

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney If anyone has any right to be excited about …