Green Spaces, Green Heating and Green Homes landed Josh in Blatchford

399. Green spaces, green energy and green homes brought Josh to Blatchford

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 Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community – Part 3  In part 3 of our series on Blatchford …

Successful first generation farmer combines solar and sheep

394. First generation farmer Janna Greir builds thriving operation by combining sheep and solar

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This article was written for and first published by The Earth & I magazine and …

Energy Innovation Challenge winners

388. Energy Innovation Challenge winners will pilot solutions for integrating solar, wind, batteries, and EVs into Medicine Hat’s grid

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PART 2 IN OUR SERIES ON THE ENERGY INNOVATION CHALLENGE – SEE PART 1 HERE …

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 …

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 …

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

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

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 …

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 …

Dan Balaban, CEO of Greengate Power

274. Alberta’s solar boom – The biggest story you haven’t heard about

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans “Small is beautiful.” In 1973, E.F. Schumacher used this …

Edmonton's Solar Skydome

256. Solar as art – Edmonton’s solar skydome

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By David Dodge It has to rate as one of the coolest solar projects in …

Carbon Busters net-zero homes in Blatchford

240. Carbon Busters – Building net-zero in Blatchford

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Carbon Busters may seem like a strange name for a builder, but the company has …

213. First passive house car dealership in Canada

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans While touring the Subaru plant in Indiana, Garrett Scott …

Solar powered Simons

211. Solar leads a year of firsts in Alberta

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 A playlist of our favourite Green Energy Futures stories from 2018. By David Dodge …

The Symonds Passive House

209. Passive house runs on sunshine, good to -30

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans When you step into the Brookfield Symons Gate …

Energy Shift - the way forward

207. Energy Shift – An oil and gas guy’s take on alternative energy

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Peter Koning has been an oil and gas …

NAIT Alternative Energy comes of age

204. NAIT from the cutting edge to leaders of the energy revolution in seven short years

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans When NAIT started its Alternative Energy Program in …

Brandon Sandmaier heavy duty mechanic starts solar company

202. Brandon Sandmaier – Oilsands Mechanic to Solar Company Owner

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 These days, Brandon Sandmaier is a thriving solar-energy entrepreneur—thanks in part to a seemingly …

Carl Denis in sea of solar

199. Alberta manufacturer sees solar as key to the future

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 By David Dodge & Scott Rollans Multinational businesses like Google, Apple and IKEA are …