The all net zero and walkable village built by Land Ark Homes.

432. The Future of Homes in Watercolour, Land Ark’s Walkable Net Zero Community

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Steve Rolston had a dream—a watercolour painting of a charming, walkable …

Chasing Net Zero

431. Chasing Net Zero – Thousands of Net Zero Homes Are Being Built Right Now and They’re Affordable

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca A group of pioneering home builders have been dreaming of the …

What if flexible gas could replace coal and get to 96% clean energy

430. What if flexible gas could replace coal and get to 96% clean energy?

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The core tenet of Michael Liebreich’s Pragmatic Climate Reset is to …

The Magic of a $130 Industrial Carbon Price

429. The magic of a $130 industrial carbon price in the Alberta-Canada MOU on energy and climate

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca On April 1, Alberta and Ottawa missed the deadline to finalize …

SkyFire Energy Aquisition Diversifies Markets as Utility-Scale Renewables in Alberta Tank

428. SkyFire Energy aquistition helps secure markets outside of Alberta

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca SkyFire Energy, one of Alberta’s oldest solar companies, just acquired Hakai …

Billions Lost - Alberta's Vanishing Renewable Energy Insdustry

427. Billions Lost from Alberta’s Vanishing Renewable Energy Projects

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Alberta is closed for business. Since 2024, 15 gigawatts of renewable …

Green Silicon Valley

426. Three Students Launch Green Silicon Valley to take Climate Education to 100 Countries

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Three students from the business club at Adrian Wilcox High School …

Long Way home fighting poverty by building sustainably out of trash.

425. Long Way Home – Fighting Poverty by Building Sustainably Out of Trash in Guatemala

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Twenty years ago, Matthew Peneitz joined the Peace Corps and worked …

Chinese EVs are coming to Canada thanks to a new trade deal

424. Affordable Chinese EVs Coming to Canada

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Affordable Chinese EVs costing $35,000 or less are coming to Canada. …

An all-Canadian Renewable Energy Outlook projects a 10-15-fold increase in wind and solar energy in Canada.

423. Renewable Energy Market Outlook – Solar and Wind to grow 10 to 15X in Canada

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca A new Canadian market outlook report projects 10 to 15 times …

Rooftop solar is booming - A Survey Finds Why People are Going Solar

422. Survey says why small rooftop solar is booming

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca By the end of November 2025, Alberta had 41,505 small solar …

Green Energy Futures Best of 2025

421. Best of 2025 – Solar & Sheep, Blatchford, Heat Pumps and The Pragmatic Climate Reset

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We are pleased to present our Best of 2025 Green Energy Futures stories. Let’s face …

Is Mark Carney selling out on climate change?

420. Prime Minister Mark Carney: Chess Master or Climate Sellout

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Prime Minister Mark Carney took office with some pretty solid climate …

The Pragmatic Climate Reset with Michael Liebreich

419. What the world needs now is a Pragmatic Climate Reset says Michael Liebreich

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca With the election of President Donald Trump, the United States began …

Canoeing with Ken Dryden on the Athabasca River

418. Canoeing with hockey legend Ken Dryden on the Athabasca River

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Conversations from the River – Remembering Ken Dryden By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca I was digging …

Offshore wind could provide 27% of Canada's electricity

417. Nova Scotia says offshore wind power could provide 27% of Canada’s electricity

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Nova Scotia just announced that it will offer leases for the …

Nation Building: What's in it for Guelph?

416. Nation Building – “What’s in it for Guelph?” or the climate

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Table of Contents But isn’t Mark Carney Green? So What’s in it for Guelph? Better …

Solar scammers are driving solar veterans crazy.

415. Solar’s meteoric success has also attracted door-to-door scammers

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Solar is the fastest-growing energy source in the world, with $500 …

Nation Building with Energy Retrofits could generate $48 billion in economic activity

414. Thinking Differently About Nation Building – Energy Retrofits Could Generate $48 billion in Economic Activity

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Monica Curtis of the Pembina Institute wants us to think differently …

Pedal Pub - Solar-powered pub crawls in Cow Town

413. Pedal Pub – Solar-powered e-bike pub crawls in Cow Town

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Chris Packard of Firefly Solar was walking home from work one …