Green Energy Futures

Stories from the front-lines of the Clean Energy Revolution

Alberta Pacific Forest Industries uses 2.56 million cubic meters of Aspen, poplars and birch to feed their pulp mill and power plants in Boyle, Alberta. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

93. Big Biomass 101

David Dodge January 12, 2015Biomass 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The great boreal forest straddles the country and provinces …

Toronto may have one wind turbine in the core of the city but Medicine Hat now has three two-megawatt wind turbines right in the city. In a public-private partnership the city agreed to buy the wind-powered electricity produced by the turbines for 20 years. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/88-welcome-canadas-only...

92. Our favourite Green Energy Futures stories of 2014

David Dodge December 29, 2014Renewable Energy, Solar, Waste Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney We had another amazing year at Green Energy Futures. …

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91. Green Gift Guide

David Dodge December 15, 2014Energy Efficiency 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The holiday season is here and so are our …

DIY Solar Hot Water Heater Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

90. DIY Solar air heating

David Dodge December 1, 2014Energy Efficiency, Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Solar energy is a popular subject on Green Energy …

Kyle Kasawski of Landmark Solar

89. Wind and solar reduce the price of electricity in Alberta

David Dodge November 24, 2014Solar, Wind 3 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Have you heard the one about how renewables are …

This concentrated solar thermal plant will supply superheated fluid to the city’s natural gas fired power plant, enough to generate one megawatt of electricity. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

88. Canada’s first concentrated solar thermal plant

David Dodge November 17, 2014Renewable Energy, Solar 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney More than three years ago Ted Clugston was showing …

In spite of the volatility of solar stocks, Schnell predicts they will have a bull run that could last 15-20 years. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

87. Solar stocks rising

David Dodge November 3, 2014Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Greg Schnell is my brother-in-law as well as a …

Dave Spencer and Debbie Wiltshire in front of their net-zero home. They wanted to develop a green community in Calgary and started the process more than 12 years ago. The concept turns traditional suburban neighbourhoods on its ear. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

86. Echohaven: An environmentally friendly, energy efficient suburb

David Dodge October 29, 2014Energy Efficiency, Net Zero, Passive Solar, Solar 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney To borrow a popular internet meme, what if I …

Wilbur McLean, a communications officer with the city of Medicine Hat, stands in front of a wall of smart meters. Medicine Hat has installed 26,000 smart meters.

85. How to make your smart meter even smarter

David Dodge October 22, 2014Energy Efficiency 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Smart meters are unabashedly good. This might seem like …

Himark Biogas has trademarked the process of integrating cattle, biogas and ethanol operations and they have actually licensed it for use by other companies in the US. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

84. Integrated bio-refinery

David Dodge October 8, 2014Biofuels, Biogas, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Alberta is known for its beef – or more …

The roof of the Eastgate office building in Edmonton, home to an Environment Canada office, has 640 solar panels.

83. Is Alberta Canada’s next big solar market? We make the case

David Dodge October 7, 2014Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney On a bright fall day in early October in …

The Kinney family Earthship at dawn. The house is 2,300 square feet in size with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

82. How we built our own Earthship, a radically sustainable, off-grid home on the prairie

David Dodge October 3, 2014Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Passive House, Passive Solar, Solar 4 Comments

By Duncan Kinney and David Dodge When you tell people you’re building an Earthship there …

Landmark Solar Townhomes

81. Chasing Net Zero: Go big or go home

David Dodge July 14, 2014Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Energy Labelling, Net Zero, Renewable Energy, Solar 4 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney American poet, philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau once …

Shafraaz and Serena Kaba’s near net-zero home was inspired by the German concept of the Passivhaus, a super energy efficient home that requires very little energy for heating or cooling. The home is air tight, very well insulated and it gets half its heating from passive solar energy streaming through the windows. Photo Darren Greenwood

80: Chasing Net Zero: Net-zero evolution

David Dodge July 7, 2014Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Energy Labelling, Net Zero, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar 8 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney It’s a beautiful, livable, functional net-zero experiment – Welcome …

Spo'pi solar house

79. Chasing Net Zero: Net-zero beautiful

David Dodge June 30, 2014Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Energy Labelling, Net Zero, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar 2 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Building a net-zero home is an intricate dance between …

Photo Garth Crump Chasing net-zero Part 1: Net-zero 101

78. Chasing Net Zero: Net-zero 101

David Dodge June 23, 2014Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Energy Labelling, Net Zero, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar 10 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney A net-zero home is more than just a place …

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77. Classroom energy challenge

David Dodge May 7, 2014Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney “To the coffee machine” says Luke, a grade 5 …

Angelo Ligori, plant manager of Greenfield Specialty AlcoholsPhoto David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Greenfield Industrial Alcohols - industrial symbiosis

76. An integrated ethanol biorefinery wastes not

David Dodge May 2, 2014Biofuels, Energy Efficiency 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Kalundborg is a small port city in Denmark with …

Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Pond Biofuels and St Marys Cement Plant St Marys, Ontario

75. Pond Biofuels: Growing algae from CO2

David Dodge April 25, 2014Biofuels Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Algae is a pretty important organism. The first plants …

The Zeus electric motorbike team at the University of Calgary.

74. Team Zeus

David Dodge April 22, 2014Transportation, Electric Vehicles Leave a Comment

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

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