The United Nations estimates 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity and another billion do not have reliable service. But in energy rich Alberta, people expect the lights to turn on when they flip a switch. “Our biggest job is to ensure the power system is reliable for everybody in Alberta, whether that is big […] Read more
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Population growth creates challenges for Alberta power
Energy line opponents target proposed route
Grant Budgeon could have nine sets of mega towers crossing seven quarters of his Crossfield-area farm if a proposed electrical transmission line goes ahead. He is among hundreds of Alberta landowners protesting a series of high power transmission lines proposed for the next few years. Many argue the deal to put in the lines is […] Read more
Landowners feel powerless in fight against energy company
The expansion of Alberta’s electrical generation system is a boondoggle that is going ahead even though economists and landowners question the need and the costs to taxpayers, says a Calgary area rancher. Bob Church, a retired University of Calgary scientist, already has parallel lines running across his family’s ranch north of Calgary. He questions the […] Read more
Getting green education lifelong learning process
Learning doesn’t stop at the school doorway. A wealth of knowledge is available to us today from both traditional forms of information and the newer internet-based information sources. It is equally true for those interested in green building and renewable energy. It is up to each of us to search and distill what we find. […] Read more
Halt wind turbines until rural concerns satisfied: Ontario lobby
Ontario’s most powerful farm lobby is calling on the province to suspend expansion of rural-based wind turbines until issues of farmer compensation and rural politics are settled. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture has urged a halt to “the invasion of rural Ontario with industrial wind turbines.” With almost 2,000 megawatts of wind turbine capacity, almost […] Read more
