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Rae-Anne Wadey of Great Canadian Solar working on the Eastgate Environment Canada building in Edmonton. Photo by David Dodge, Green Energy Futures.

53. The cheap solar revolution is upon us

David Dodge August 30, 2013Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When you pass from one geologic age to another …

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52. Sun Country Highway

David Dodge August 26, 2013Electric Vehicles, Transportation Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Kent Rathwell pulls up to Peavey Mart in Red …

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Tom Rand is an entrepreneur and cleantech expert. He's a senior advisor with the MaRS cleantech practice and a managing partner of the MaRS Cleantech Fund. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

51. Tom Rand and the MaRS Cleantech Fund

David Dodge August 7, 2013Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney There is a popular, long-running how-to website that predates …

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50. Morgan Solar, a new kind of solar for the people

David Dodge July 18, 2013Renewable Energy, Solar 4 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney John Paul Morgan got the inspiration for starting a …

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Cam Carver, CEO of Temporal Power with a 9,000 pound steel flywheel suspended by magnets and held in a vacuum to reduce friction. Photo David Dodge

49. The Energy storage revolution!

David Dodge July 5, 2013Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Entrepreneurs, inventors and researchers all over the world are …

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Bullfrog Power offices in Toronto

48. Bullfrog Power – the story behind the cute little frog

David Dodge June 28, 2013Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Wendell Berry once famously wrote that eating is an …

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Ashley Lubyk next to a completed rocket stove. Notice the barrel and the large cob bench he is sitting on. That cob bench acts as a thermal battery, storing the heat after the fire is burned out.

47. Rocket stoves and the rocket mass heater

David Dodge June 21, 2013Biomass, Energy Efficiency 2 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney If you’ve ever gotten smoke in your eye around …

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Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Sherwood Park Biomass/Nat Gas District Heating Project

46. Biomass district heating in Sherwood Park

David Dodge June 17, 2013Biomass, Renewable Energy 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney One country’s demonstration project is another country’s established technology. …

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Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Shot at EECOL Electric in Calgary, Alberta.

45. Big idea: The distributed generation revolution

David Dodge June 3, 2013Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Ever since I was a little kid three smoke …

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44. Future of transportation Part Two

David Dodge May 22, 2013Electric Vehicles, Transportation Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Tesla, the pioneering electric vehicle manufacturer made the news …

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43. Future of transportation Part One

David Dodge May 17, 2013Electric Vehicles, Transportation Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Glitzy graphics, a booming sound system and a fancy …

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John Wycoco hops in one of the 300 Smart Cars that Car2Go has available in the inner core of Calgary for rental by the minute. The company also operates in Vancouver and Toronto in Canada and 14 other cities worldwide. Photo David Dodge

42. Car2Go: Carsharing in Calgary

David Dodge May 7, 2013Electric Vehicles, Transportation Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney What a difference ten months can make. On July …

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Peter Amerongen led the construction of the first net-zero home in Edmonton, Alberta and continues to lead innovation by specializing in the construction of net-zero homes. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca

41. Net-zero evolution: From the Star Trek Enterprise to utter simplicity

David Dodge May 2, 2013Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy 11 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The highly entertaining documentary “How William Shatner Changed the …

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Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Lawrence Grassi School, Canmore, Alberta

40. The grass really is greener at Lawrence Grassi middle school

David Dodge April 25, 2013Energy Efficiency Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Lawrence Grassi was a trailblazer. An immigrant from Italy …

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Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Nanaimo waste to energy

39. Nanaimo: Turning waste into compost, carbon credits and electricity

David Dodge April 16, 2013Energy Efficiency, 2017 Landmark, Renewable Energy 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Ecologist Peter Marshall put it best. “Waste itself is …

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T'Sou-ke Chief Gordon Planes

38. T’sou-ke First Nation goes all in on energy conservation and solar

David Dodge April 11, 2013Solar, Energy Efficiency, First Nations, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney During the salmon run the T’Sou-ke First Nation set …

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37. Landmark: How to make a more energy efficient home with robots

David Dodge April 3, 2013Energy Efficiency 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney It wasn’t very long ago that the whole idea …

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Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures On the trail of cooking oil, from cruise ships to bus cruise lines – the story of the Cowichan Biodiesel Coop in Duncan, British Columbia

36. Micro-brewed biodiesel powers bus tours in Victoria

David Dodge March 27, 2013Biofuels 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney With 17 micro-breweries the 750,000 people who call Vancouver …

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35. Reimagine your office building – Servus did it!

David Dodge March 18, 2013Energy Efficiency 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney What are the two most common complaints from office …

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34. The Nest: The iPod of programmable thermostats

David Dodge March 8, 2013Energy Efficiency 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When it comes to saving money and growing the …

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