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How to successfully integrate solar and wind into electricity grids — anywhere

What Alberta and the world can learn from six global leaders in renewable energy integration on how to fit wind and solar power...

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured in April 2024, called Canada's new climate target 'realistic and achievable' (AFP)
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Canada unveils 2035 climate goal critics say is weak

One of the world's top oil and gas producers, Canada has missed all its interim carbon emission targets.

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More chargers, less red tape: How to speed up electrifying Ontario’s MHDVs

Ontario must address high costs, regulatory hurdles and grid readiness to build chargers needed for electrifying road-freight vehicles.

TransAlta wind farm near Pincher Creek, Alta., Wednesday, March 9, 2016. The Alberta government is proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar farms that conservationists think are more about limiting renewable energy than protecting the environment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta government proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar energy

Alberta government plans new wind and solar farm restrictions, raising concerns they prioritize renewables over environmental protection.

Steel Reef's Steelman gas plant near Steelman, Sask., is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steel Reef, Ron Garnett, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Waste gas from oil drilling sites to help power Canada’s electricity grid

With rising pressure to cut emissions, a Calgary company aims to turn waste gas from oil wells into electricity for 100,000 Canadian homes.

In the absence of public communication from the Pathways Alliance, a clean energy think-tank says the oilsands industry group is running out of time to deliver on its emissions reduction promises. An oilsands facility is reflected in a tailings pond near Fort McMurray, Alta., on July 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Pressure still on oilsands sector despite silence after greenwashing law: think tank

Proposed Pathways Alliance carbon capture project should still go ahead, say researchers, after company keeps quiet since imposition of Competition Act.

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Deep Sky’s carbon removal initiative in Alberta is just the start of province’s potential

New CDR Centre working to educate carbon removal market August 7 2024 CALGARY — JORDEN DYE, director of the Business Renewables Centre-Canada (BRC-Canada)...

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‘Think of climate policy as economic policy,’ says Pembina Institute scorecard on Canada’s climate progress

Pembina Institute: "One thing is clear: a lack of planning, or a lack of action, will not stop the effects of climate change...

Eleven clean energy projects, most of which are based in Alberta, have been selected to receive a total of $11 million in federal funding. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson  rises during Question Period, Monday, June 17, 2024 in Ottawa.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Ottawa announces $11 million in funding for clean energy projects, mostly in Alberta

Of the funding, $8.5 million will be divided between seven Alberta companies doing work in the area of clean hydrogen development.

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