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Green Energy Futures Ltd. Articles
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We learn how to finance a renewable energy project
At the 12th annual Canadian-German wind and solar energy conference, it`s all about dollars and cents It’s no secret that the Germans have done a lot right when it comes to renewable power. They have some of the highest renewable capacity in ...
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Green Energy: The highlights of 2015 - 2015 was a banner year for green energy
No question, 2015 will be remembered as a banner year for clean energy in Canada. Perhaps surprisingly Alberta led the way as the new government there pledged to invest in clean energy. “Alberta is going to move away from coal and towards ...
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Coal phase out case study: What Alberta can learn from Washington State
How Bruce Nilles and the Sierra Club cleaned up Washington state Renewable energy made up half of all the new power plantsconstructed in the world in 2014. That’s an incredible number made all the better when you think of what these plants ...
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Green Acres, the largest solar farm in Western Canada
Hutterite colony invests in solar for business reasons You’ve seen them before, though they don’t tend to stand out. Hutterites—women in bright coloured, identical dresses and men in somber, dark jackets and hats. They’re ...
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How solar is transforming an old mining town
You hike over the crest of the hill and there it is: 96 sun-tracking solar masts, each with 42 solar modules — 4,032 modules in all — perched on the side of a hill with the beautiful Rocky Mountains in the background. It’s called ...
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115. Calgary’s wind powered LRT an incredibly successful system: Nenshi
The C-train in Calgary is one of the greatest examples of electrified transport in Canada. It is overwhelmingly popular with residents – it boasts an average weekday ridership of 325,000. It has kick started smarter, denser development around ...
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Beyond the Tesla Powerwall: How energy storage is shaping up in Ontario - How energy storage changes everything
There are not many entrepreneurs who can command a room like Elon Musk. When he stepped onto a stage in May to unveil the Powerwall the audience oohed and ahhed and dutifully pre-ordered more than 38,000 of Tesla’s new home battery ...