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

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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

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  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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

91. Green Gift Guide

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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