Tag: energy transition



The Energy Innovation Challenge

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

The time is long overdue for the overhaul of our outdated 20th Century Electricity Grid to integrate millions of solar, wind, batteries, EVs and other decentralized energy resources. Decentralised Energy Canada and the City of Medicine Hat are running the Energy Innovation Challenge not just to integrated these distributed energy sources, but to make the grid more resilient and reliable.

Geothermal Rising - Big Breakthrough Coming

384. Geothermal Rising – Big breakthrough is coming

The long awaited breakthrough for geothermal energy could be upon us. Demand for energy security, renewable baseload electricity and dramatic improvements in technology could mean the long-awaited Earth energy revolution is here. This is our complete guide to geothermal energy, from shallow geoexchange systems that heat our homes to utility-scale projects that produce heat and electricity for entire towns. 

Energy Managers Help small towns and cities save energy and money

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

Small towns and cities with neither the money, expertise or capacity to undertake energy efficiency or solar projects. The Municipal Climate Change Action Centre knows this so they helped 26 municipalities hire energy managers who are doing just that.

Energy storage saves money helps get to net-zero

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

Energy storage and all of the technologies we need to get the grid to net-zero already exist to affordably transition the grid; government just needs to allow/facilitate their use through new tariffs and regulations says James Bererton.

Rigs to Renewables

351. Rigs to renewables – One man’s journey

Lewis Lix loved the oil industry but he grew weary of the boom and bust cycles and being away from his family all the time. After one false start and a great deal of discussion with his family, he eventually enrolled in the 2-year NAIT Alternative Energy Program in Edmonton, Alberta. This is the story of his long and winding journey through energy transition.

Alberta's Pathway to the New Energy Economy

342. Alberta’s Pathway to the New Energy Economy

Stop pitting oil and gas against renewables already. Alberta could be a powerhouse in the New Energy Economy if reduces emissions in oil and gas to remain competitive and embraces the economic potential of its clean energy resources.

Oslo Climate Budget, a first

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

So many climate plans – so little action. Oslo, Norway is bucking that trend by creating the first Carbon Budget in a City and taking the boots to carbon emissions. We talk to Heidi Sorensen of the Oslo Climate Agency about what they are doing and why it’s working.

No Worker Left Behind report cover

333. Just Transition – Political Theatre or the Way Forward?

The idea of a “just transition” seems pretty straight forward. The Paris Climate Agreement says countries will develop “a just transition of the workforce and the creation of decent work and quality jobs.” Canada is working on this, but amidst a great deal of political theatre. We talk to Ian Hussey who just wrote a report entitled “No Worker Left Behind” for the Parkland Institute at the University of Alberta. 

Thriving in the Net-Zero Economy

319. Thriving in the Net-Zero Economy

You often hear oil and gas pitted against renewable energy as if they are in an all-out either-or war for supremacy. But Alberta, Canada’s oil province is also blessed with the best renewable and clean energy resources in the country and the energy expertise to build the net-zero economy of the future. We have done so many stories about inspired Albertans building the economy of the future we thought we’d take the conversation live. In this preview, we speak to four Albertans who believe their province has the right stuff to thrive in a net-zero future.

Dagmar Knutson

296. Transcending Polarization – Ten Peaks helps students navigate energy transition

Dagmar Knutson was growing very tired of the rhetoric and polarization that swirls around climate change and energy transition in oil-rich Alberta. So she formed Ten Peaks Innovation Alliance and has organized a conference to bring teachers and students together to transcend polarization and begin collaborating on building the low carbon energy future we all need.

Canada gets 95% of electricity from renewables by 2050

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

A North American Renewable Integration Study found Canada could get up to 95% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2050 in a low-cost, low-carbon future. This would mean a 10-fold increase in wind power and an 18-fold increase in solar power.

EV Revolution

272. 2020 Year of the EV Revolution

$300 billion in investment, 700 new EV models and numerous stunning trends mark 2020 as the tipping point for the EV Revolution. The only question is how fast the revolution will take hold and transform the transportation industry around the world. We look back on 2020 with Norman Crowley of the Cool Planet Group, Eddie Robar, transit boss in Edmonton, and Leon Milner e-bike enthusiast.

Electric Buses in China

190. Energy disrupted: Five trends driving global energy transition

Energy systems around the world are being disrupted and Clean Energy Canada has just  zeroed in on five trends that are driving a global energy transition to clean energy. We talk to CEC’s policy director Dan Woynillowicz to to figure out what it means.