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Is the recent solar power ‘tipping point’ a sign of things to come?
Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil has books, documentaries, and honorary PhDs to his name but he’s also renowned for his predictions. In fact, there’s an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to them and...
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California Streamin’– solar farm fries birds in mid-air at alarming rate
They call them “streamers” – a reference to the puff of smoke that trails behind them as they fall to the ground. That’s how workers at a giant solar farm in the Mojave Desert describe the thousands of...
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IEA: Solar to replace coal as top global power source by 2050
Solar power is on track to replace coal as the world’s leading source of electric power by 2050, the International Energy Agency predicts. Photovoltaic plants, which are dropping rapidly in price, may...
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Solar panels helping Devon become new kind of energy town
DEVON — The Alberta community that owes its existence to the Leduc No. 1 oil well wants to recast itself as a new kind of energy town. The Town of Devon on Wednesday marked the completion of a...
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Cost of wind and solar energy dropping
The Alberta government has made it clear that its new climate change strategy will accelerate the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation and increase renewable energy in the province’s...
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Edmonton high school named 'Greenest School in Canada'
It takes just a few seconds for teacher Aaron Dublenko to scale a ladder leading to the roof of Queen Elizabeth School, where five solar panels are propped toward the bright fall sunshine. But the...
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Look to Germany to reach renewable energy target
Alberta has a world-class solar resource. How we develop it matters. The Alberta government has set an electrical energy generation target of 30-per-cent renewables (up from the current nine per cent)...
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Here comes the sun: Alberta government announces renewable energy funding
The Alberta government is pumping more than $5 million into solar panel projects for municipalities and agricultural producers as it looks to build capacity in the province’s renewable energy industry....
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New solar co-op hopes to shine in Edmonton
A new Edmonton solar co-operative aims to do what Alberta’s rural electrical co-ops did 60 years ago and fundamentally reorganize the city’s energy grid. When utility companies refused to extend power...
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Oilsands workers call on Alberta government to retrain electricians as solar...
Green energy is finding champions in Alberta oil and gas workers, and the provincial government says it’s willing to listen to what they have to say. A company called Iron & Earth is asking the...
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Avi Lewis, Tony Alexis and Joel French: Alberta's carbon tax could be the...
Alberta is about to experience a first: in this week’s budget, the government will announce how it plans to spend the revenue from the price it has put on carbon. It is a resounding and positive shift...
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Edmonton youth push for City Hall solar project
A group of Edmonton youth won initial support from city councillors Monday for their request to add six kilowatts of solar panels to City Hall. The $100,000 project would include a public display where...
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What’s Happening: Eco-Solar Home Tour aims to help cut costs, consumption
The 2016 Eco-Solar Home Tour will run June 4-5 from noon to 4 p.m., but there’s a lot more to it than simply solar panels. Conservation includes lighting techniques, water efficiency, insulation and...
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New solar-powered benches in Edmonton charge your phone on the go
Edmonton kicked off Environment Week on Tuesday with the installation of two new solar-powered benches in Churchill Square and at the Muttart Conservatory. The benches allow passersby to charge a phone...
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Solar-powered oxygen system helping kids with severe pneumonia in Uganda
A University of Alberta-developed technology is using two free and available resources — solar energy and air — to help save lives of children in Uganda. Created by Dr. Michael Hawkes, assistant...
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Leduc Recreation Centre's solar rooftop system Canada's largest
The City of Leduc’s massive rooftop solar array will increase Alberta’s solar capacity 10 per cent when it starts generating power at the end of this month. Currently, Alberta has the capacity to...
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Edmonton to outfit 40 bus shelters with solar panels
Forty Edmonton bus shelters will go off the grid thanks to new solar technology. “They don’t draw any grid power. It’s all solar energy, so it’s green, clean power,” said Trevor Dennehy, senior...
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Gary Lamphier: Stormy weather darkens solar power sector
Glutted supplies, falling product prices, bloated inventories, mass layoffs, tanking profits, sinking share prices, deferred projects, company bankruptcies. Sound familiar? For Alberta’s beleaguered...
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Alberta's solar-power sector can't keep up with demand for training courses
In his late 20s, Brandon Sandmaier had a steady job with decent pay in the oil industry, working as a heavy vehicle technician. Now he’s a poster boy for Alberta’s shift toward alternative energy. In...
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Province announces $2.5 million in green energy programs for Alberta...
A sunny day at Montana First Nation was the perfect spot for Indigenous Relations Minister Richard Feehan to unveil two renewable energy pilot programs for Alberta indigenous organizations Wednesday....
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