Irrican Power in Alberta helping generate tens of millions of dollars for two southern Alberta irrigation districts through various renewable energy projects that add to the province’s power grid
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Irrigation districts grow renewal power footprint
Solar arrays a viable option for orphaned well sites littering Alberta landscape
Who put the energy illiterate in charge?
Canada’s energy policy is being shaped by politicians who don’t actually understand how energyworks.
Ontario, Alberta sign new agreements on energy trade
Deal suggests new rail trade to Ontario, access to deep water port in James Bay
Ontario and Alberta have signed agreements to build new trade infrastructure between the two provinces.
Flax pellet plans move back to Saskatchewan
Regina based Prairie Clean Energy is bringing its flax pellet facility home. After one year of using Hemp Sense’s pellet mill facility in Gilbert Plains, Man., PCE is preparing for a more local launch. It announced a crowdfunding campaign with a goal of $1.5 million on June 11 to buy the equipment needed to process […] Read more
Life in the afterglow of the commodity boom: Is this why we’re all so mad and raging?
Everybody wants somebody to blame. Better blame Mr CommoditiesCycle
It’s a truly dark time in Canada, with the rise of an angry, raging, denunciatory politics taking over this nation the way that it has been doing in the U.S. for a few years now. The federal election supplied ample evidence of this, with ill will and personal attacks hanging over the entire campaign. Beyond […] Read more
Pipelines are too important to ignore
The debate over pipelines is in serious need of a heavy dose of common sense. Farmers, like the First Nations people, have to be fully involved in debate. Moving oil and gas long distances is a necessity in an area as large as North America. Pipelines are clearly the best option. It is true they […] Read more
Incentives needed to encourage operators to adopt solar energy
Alternative power Solar Energy Society of Alberta says technology is viable in Saskatchewan and Alberta
Farmers in southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan are ideally situated to use solar energy, says the executive director of the Solar Energy Society of Alberta. Long hours of sunshine make the region the best in Canada for solar energy potential, and the technology is becoming more affordable. Rob Harlan said the cost of photovoltaic modules […] Read more
Energy company activities infuriate Alberta residents
PEACE RIVER, Alta. — Richard and Audrey Langer gave up their fight with nearby energy companies this spring and moved off the farm. After years of complaining about the odours from nearby oil operations, the couple moved 75 kilo-metres west where they said the air didn’t smell so foul. Langer’s father homesteaded the farm in […] Read more
Dam-nation: Why Man. plan is too costly
Many Manitoba residents are aware of the provincial government’s planned massive expansion of Manitoba Hydro’s northern hydroelectric generation and transmission facilities, but few understand the negative implications for their own pocketbooks. The government’s plans for Hydro were developed before 2008, when the economic environment was different. At that time, premier Gary Doer said: “Hydroelectricity is […] Read more
Small scale wind or solar more economical? It’s no contest
Just as the wind can roar and then subside, so can the fortunes of the machines designed to capture its energy. A few years ago, it seemed that wind had the edge over solar in kilowatt hours produced per dollar invested in residential projects. For Sask-atchewan, that resulted in a brief but intense love affair. […] Read more
