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 …

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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 …

Dan Balaban, the founder and CEO of Greengate Power has almost 1500 megawatts of wind projects in the pipeline.

05. Meet Dan Balaban – Alberta’s wind energy cowboy

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The small, sleepy town of Halkirk, Alberta is home …

Les Wold, a managing partner with Effect Homes, is part of the second wave of net-zero home builders making it simpler and more affordable.

04. Learn how net-zero home builders are building a better world

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The idea that a home could produce as much …

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03. How Enmax is making simple, easy, low-cost, off-the-shelf solar a reality

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Karl Kovacs’ bungalow in the Argyll neighbourhood is like …

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02. NAIT’s new alternative energy program zeros in on solar, wind, geothermal and more

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Kolton Kasur sees plenty of green in his future. …

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01. Author Chris Turner on taking the green energy leap

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Author Chris Turner calls it “the great leap sideways, …

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Medicine Hat’s smart energy revolution (pilot episode)

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Medicine Hat is known as the “Gas City” — …