Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Willow harvesting at Ohaton Sewage Lagoon, Camrose County, Alberta

25. Waste to willows

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Sewage, biosolids, wastewater, effluent, human waste and night soil …

Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia

24. Our favourite stories of 2012

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland said, …

Matthew Lumley shows a figure that illustrates how the coast line pinches in Minas Passage to produce a flood tide that races along more like a river than a tide. Photo David Dodge

23. Tidal Energy 101

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Nothing makes you appreciate the power of the ocean …

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22. The greenest little campus in Canada

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Church Point is a little known dot on the …

Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Walmart-SMC Balzac Western Distribution Center

21. The unlikely Walmart sustainability story

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney As you walk past two wind turbines, a rack …

Austen Hughes, a community wind developer with Natural Forces is developing several projects that qualify for Nova Scotia's community feed-in tariff. Photo by David Dodge

20. Nova Scotia’s community power

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Tour the rolling countryside of Nova Scotia in the …

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19. Sunny solar Alberta

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When you put the words ‘resource’ and ‘Alberta’ in …

Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Home Audit by CReturns, Edmonton, Alberta

18. The power of a home energy audit

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Think of Godo Stoyke as a modern day, energy …

Light Up Alberta

17. Light Up Alberta

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney To Warren Sarauer putting a solar electric system on …

Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Pumpjack by River Cree Casino

16. Pumpjack powerplants

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The slow sway of the oilfield pumpjack, or nodding …

Canadian Solar was one of many companies that have started in Ontario since the launch of the Green Energy Act. Ontario's local content rule was shot down by the WTO, but meanwhile dozens of clean energy companies emerged and are operating in Ontario. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

15. House of the rising sun: Canadian Solar is an Ontario-based solar manufacturer

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When it comes to solar panel manufacturing the laws …

Phil Dayson is an accidental electric vehicle pioneer who lives in Vancouver. He wound up owning an electric car company almost a decade ago and when the Chevy Volt came out he snapped one up. Photo Kevin Sauvé

14. The rise of the electric car

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney If anyone has any right to be excited about …

Mike Brigham, the president of Solar Share, at its WaterView facility. Located on the roof of a bus manufacturing plant it has 438kw of thin-film solar.

13. Solar bonds: Ethical, local investing in solar energy

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney It might actually be easier to fit a camel …

Heidi Eijgel, rides her horse Luna, past the turbines of Summerview wind farm.

12. Heidi Eigel: One farmer’s wind story

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Heidi Eijgel (pronounced eye-gel) is an Alberta horse farmer …

Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Dawson Creek and Tumbler Ridge BC Sustainable Dawson Creek and Big Wind in BC

11. Big wind in British Columbia

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney While British Columbia might have a reputation as a …

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10. The renewable energy revolution in Ontario

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Alberta and Ontario are, from an outsider’s perspective, remarkably …

09. How Toronto’s waterfront wind turbine kick-started a green energy revolution

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Mathematician, meteorologist and chaos theory pioneer Edward Lorenz was …

Bear Mountain Wind Park defines the skyline around the city of Dawson Creek.

08. Awesome Dawson Creek: A northern oil and gas town bets big on renewable energy

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Dawson Creek is in the heart of oil and …

Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Interviews with Wayne Rogers of Luminessence Lighting at Matthew Rogers' home in Edmonton, Alberta

07. Green lighting 101

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney In 1812 you had to harpoon a 40-ton sperm …

Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Geothermal with Leigh Bond, Threshold Energy Brentwood Apartments, Edmonton Geothermal, Solar Thermal, Solar PV, Net Zero ready apartment building

06. Geothermal 101

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Of all of the sources of green energy, geothermal …