The Energy Innovation Challenge

385. The Energy Innovation Challenge and piloting decentralized energy strategies in Medicine Hat

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The energy transition is flipping our electricity grids upside down. Gone …

Geothermal Rising - Big Breakthrough Coming

384. Geothermal Rising – Big breakthrough is coming

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Geothermal—Using Earth’s Energy to Save the Earth By David Dodge (Adapted from original article written by …

Raymond, Alberta became the first electrically net-zero community in Canada

369. Town of Raymond told solar wouldn’t work was first to get to net-zero electricity

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Municipalities Taking Climate Action – Part IV By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The town of Raymond, …

Helping municipalities with urgent need to adapt to climate change impacts.

368. Small towns and cities in urgent struggle to adapt to the impacts of climate change

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The Municipal Climate Change Action Centre Municipalities Taking Climate Action – Part III By David …

Energy Managers Help small towns and cities save energy and money

367. Energy managers help small towns and cities save energy and money

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The Municipal Climate Change Action Centre Municipalities Taking Climate Action – Part II By David …

The MCCAC, helping municipalities save energy and money

366. Helping municipalities take action to save energy and money, and reduce emissions

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The Municipal Climate Change Action Centre Municipalities Taking Climate Action – Part I By David …

Virtual Power Plants

383. Virtual Power Plants – make money, save the grid

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca A Virtual Power Plant is simply a network of distributed energy …

Agrivoltaics - Keeping the farm in the solar farm

382. Agrivoltaics – Keep the farm in the solar farm and save the family farm

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Agrivoltaics, or the idea of combining solar with farming could help …

June 16, 2024 marked the end of coal-fired electricity in Alberta.

381. King Coal is Dead, Long live the King

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.caIn one of the most amazing coal-phase-outs in the world on June …

Geothermal breakthrough

380. Cracking the geothermal nut – breakthrough can provide heat and power anywhere

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca EAVOR has pioneered a new kind of geothermal that can provide …

Green Infill - Creating desperately needed housing and building community

379. Passive house multifamily in northern climate redefining just how green infill can be

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca T5M is a postal code in Canada and it’s also part …

Former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson on creating green cities.

378. Vancouver’s former mayor Gregor Robertson on creating the greenest cities in the world

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Gregor Robertson was the unabashedly green mayor of Vancouver for a …

Summerside from no energy to the leader in renewable energy

377. Summerside the little city with no energy now leads Canada in renewable energy

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca In just one decade Summerside, Prince Edward Island has become the …

EVs are driving the price of electricity down.

376. EVs are driving the price of electricity down

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca It may sound counterintuitive, but a new study has found EVs …

An interview with Mitchell Beer, publisher of The Energy Mix

375. The Energy Mix – 30,000 stories on climate change – an interview with Mitchell Beer

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca As the traditional media waned with the rise of the internet …

EV lifecycle emissions compared to ICE

374. EV lifecycle emissions lower than ICE, here, there and everywhere

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Does an electric vehicle (EV) produce fewer emissions than a gas-powered …

Alberta's new renewable energy rules

373. Alberta’s new renewable energy rules – a red tape solution in search of a problem

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Alberta lifted its six-month moratorium on renewable energy projects, but some …

Floating solar is filling an important niche around the world.

372. Ciel & Terre has made a thriving business installing floating solar around the world

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The idea of floating solar has been around for many years …

Alberta ends its moratorium on renewable energy, are new rules a poison pill?

371. Alberta lifts moratorium on renewables, but are new rules a poison pill?

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Alberta lifted its 6-month moratorium on renewable energy projects, but will …

RenuWell - Transforming abandoned oil wells into solar farms

370. RenuWell – An amazing energy transition solution for transforming abandoned oil wells into solar farms

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca RenuWell just might be the best example of energy transition imaginable, …