Spanish Blackout not renewables

410. Renewables not Responsible for Spanish Blackouts – Challenges and solutions for building a safe, reliable and renewable grid

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Re-published and adapted from “Why the Lights Went Out in Spain – Experts Analyze ‘Sudden’ …

How to integrate millions of solar & wind farms, batteries and EVs into our outdated 20th Century Grid

387. How to integrate millions of solar, wind, & battery systems & EVs into our outdated 20th Century Electricity Grids

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca It’s a ticking time bomb – how do we integrate millions …

The Energy Innovation Challenge

385. The Energy Innovation Challenge and piloting decentralized energy strategies in Medicine Hat

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The energy transition is flipping our electricity grids upside down. Gone …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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.

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 …

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 …

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

Canada gets 95% of electricity from renewables by 2050

291. Renewable energy could provide 95% of electricity in Canada by 2050

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca A five-year North American Renewable Integration Study found that up to …

Nukes or No Nukes

273. Nukes or no nukes – Nuclear’s role in a low carbon future

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The monkeys on nuclear’s back “Nuclear power is deeply stuck around the world with absurdly …

Renewable Revolution

271. 2020 – Year of the Renewable Revolution

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1. Renewable energy cheapest PODCAST – As 2020 winds down we look back at the …

Travers solar

235. Travers: Largest Solar Project in Canada

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Picture New York, Easter morning 1900: 5th Avenue is …

219. Osnabrück county produces 80% renewable energy

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans The county of Osnabrück in northern Germany produces 80 …

214. Saerbeck, Germany – a model “Climate Community of the Future”

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Judging by a small town in northwestern Germany, …