Green Energy Futures

Stories from the front-lines of the Clean Energy Revolution

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113. Beyond the Tesla Powerwall: How energy storage is shaping up in Ontario

David Dodge June 22, 2015Energy Storage Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney There are not many entrepreneurs who can command a …

Jason Rioux's shipping container cabin. The cabin was built out of seven containers in a hub-and-spoke pattern near Bobcaygeon, Ontario. Photo Courtesy of Jason Rioux

112. Welcome to the Octopod: An off-grid, solar powered shipping container cabin in Bobcaygeon, Ontario

David Dodge June 15, 2015Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Solar 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Whether you call it a cottage or a cabin, …

Solar flowers at Clarkson Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Region of Peel in Mississauga, Ontario. This flamboyant solar system is installed right next door to a former hybrid bus plant that also has a 427 kW solar system on it's roof. More than 23,000 renewable energy projects have been built in Ontario since the launch of the Green Energy Act in 2009. Photo David Dodge, Green EnergyFutures.ca

111. Ontario: Canada’s energy transition success – the untold story

David Dodge June 8, 2015Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind 3 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When you look at Ontario’s greenhouse gas reductions you …

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

David Dodge May 25, 2015Transportation, Buildings 2 Comments

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

Geoff Wensel works hands-on in his pilot plant that makes shingles out of recycled milk jugs, plastic grocery bags and limestone waste. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

109. Cradle to Cradle: Recycling’s cooler younger brother

David Dodge May 18, 2015Energy Efficiency, Energy Labelling Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney What if you could take waste limestone, add in …

Dominic Ries, Adrienne Lynn and Cam Munro of Clark Builders stand in front of a gate designed to keep soils and construction mud on site by using a cattle gate that shakes the mud off vehicles before they leave the LEED construction site and hit the streets of Edmonton, Alberta. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

108. LEED works: How a green building rating system transformed the construction industry

David Dodge May 11, 2015Buildings Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Governments and developers love issuing press releases announcing the …

Jacob Komar of Revolve Engineering shows off the workings of the geothermal system in the net-zero Mosaic Centre commercial building. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

107: Geothermal: Hitting the geoexchange heating and cooling sweet spot

David Dodge May 4, 2015Buildings, Geothermal 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney There is something calm and comforting about …

AIM Energy Pros have created their own custom circuit by circuit energy monitoring unit that here is hooked up to Evergreen Ecological Services electrical panel searching or energy savings. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

106. The $750 billion dollar opportunity in industrial and commercial energy efficiency

David Dodge April 27, 2015Buildings, Energy Efficiency Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Put your hand on the radiator in our office’s …

Judith Sayers at the China Creek run-of-river powerhouse. Photo by David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

105. Judith Sayers, First Nations run-of-river hydro trailblazer

David Dodge April 20, 2015Run of River, First Nations Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney, Judith Sayers is a former chief, a negotiator and …

Keeping turbines off of ridge tops, upwind of side slopes, and away from pronounced valleys, help reduce raptor fatalities in wind farms. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

104. Birds, bats and wind turbines

David Dodge March 30, 2015Wind Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Being something of a naturalist myself, some of my …

The grand opening of the Mosaic Centre for Conscious Community and Commerce in Edmonton. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

103. Welcome to the Mosaic Centre: Canada’s biggest net-zero building

David Dodge March 23, 2015Buildings, Solar 5 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The gap from net-zero house to large scale …

Austin Brown of the National Renewable Energy Lab keeps this hunk of coal on his desk as a reminder of what a kilowatt-hour of electricity actually is. Burning this softball sized piece of coal will give you roughly a kilowatt-hour worth of electricity. Photo courtesy of Austin Brown NREL.

102. Everything you wanted to know about a kilowatt-hour but were afraid to ask

David Dodge March 16, 2015Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney We’re very lucky here at Green Energy Futures to …

Think of the filter material in your fish tank. Thanks to its very porous structure biochar provides an excellent medium for bacteria to live and do good work cleaning water, soils or someday perhaps even the stomachs of livestock. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures https://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/biochar

101. Biochar 101

David Dodge March 9, 2015Waste Energy 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney In the movie Interstellar, Matthew McConaughey’s character has a …

Prior to launching the solar municipal feed-in-tariff program Banff invested in solar systems on public buildings such as the public washrooms in downtown Banff. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

100. Banff launches the first municipal solar feed-in tariff in Canada

David Dodge March 2, 2015Solar 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Banff National Park is famous for its beautiful mountain …

No two homes are the same in the Craik Eco-Village. There are tiny homes, homes made of straw bales, homes made out of insulated concrete forms – each home is its own unique recipe for building eco-home. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

99. Craik, Saskatchewan: The little Eco-Village that could

David Dodge February 23, 2015Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind 3 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney About ten years ago the town of Craik, Saskatchewan, …

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

David Dodge February 16, 2015Electric Vehicles, Transportation 4 Comments

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

The wood for Millar Western's mills comes from the boreal forest surrounding the Whitecourt area in northern Alberta. Waste from the mills is burned by Whitecourt Power to generate electricity. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

97. Ban the beehive: Why wood waste to energy is a no-brainer

David Dodge February 9, 2015Biomass 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When I picture a sawmill I picture Astar jumping …

Green Energy Future's David Dodge and Keith Wallgren of RBF Cycles get ready to try a little winter cycling in the most northerly big city in North America. Photo Duncan Kinney, Green Energy Futures

96. Winter Cycling 101

David Dodge February 2, 2015Bikes Leave a Comment

By David Dodge What would it take to get you out of your car and …

Ryan Jansen of the Saskatchewan Research Council research shows batteries can increase a wind turbine's capacity factor significantly, allowing grid operators to incorporate more wind turbines. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

95. Cowessess First Nation has the biggest battery in Saskatchewan

David Dodge January 26, 2015Energy Storage, First Nations, Wind 2 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney A California-based utility recently put a 100-megawatt peaker plant …

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94. Energiewende: Addressing the myths of Germany’s energy transition

David Dodge January 19, 2015Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Energiewende – pronounced phonetically as “en-er-gee-ven-da,” is the German …

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