Energy

Solar panels have never been cheaper, and the lower upfront cost means homeowners can recoup their investment more quickly, with savings on electricity bills.

Could the water flowing from your tap also power the creation of electricity? In a word, yes. For the past ten years, Halifax Water in Nova Scotia has been doing just that by creating clean, renewable energy via an in-line turbine added to its water system infrastructure.

From a weeping elder at a tailings pond to a quiet moment with Thich Nhat Hanh, journalist Linda Solomon Wood reflects on the stories that shaped her—and why, in an era of censorship and disconnection, human experience still breaks through when climate language fails.

Construction on the first of four small modular reactors at a nuclear station east of Toronto is set to begin this year with the entire project costing $21 billion. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission approved Ontario Power Generation's plan last month to build the first of four reactors.

Canada's energy CEOs are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to scrap the emissions cap on oil and gas producers and repeal industrial carbon pricing to help bolster the industry.

A judge has sided with Parkland Corp. in its last-minute decision to delay its shareholder meeting by more than a month so investors can vote on a US$9.1-billion takeover by Sunoco LP at the same time they elect a board of directors. A showdown had been set to take place in Calgary on Tuesday.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is deflecting accusations that she's stoking the fires of separatism, despite her government moving to lower the bar for holding a referendum.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright's reactionary statements are winning praise from fossil fuel advocates, who acknowledge that human-caused climate change is real but deny that it presents existential threats to civilization – what watchdog nonprofits, such as the Center for Countering Digital Hate, refer to as “the new denial.” 

The Manitoba government says it is repatriating energy by not renewing two hydroelectric export contracts to Minnesota. Premier Wab Kinew says the contracts are set to expire at the end of this month and amount to 500 megawatts of power that will now be available for Canada.

British Columbia's Energy Ministry says the United States has paused negotiations with Canada on the wide-reaching Columbia River Treaty that regulates everything from flood control and power generation to water supply and salmon restoration in the region.

Federal energy and natural resource minister proposes co-development of new uranium, germanium, lithium and other critical minerals megaprojects to reduce U.S. reliance on Russian and Chinese imports.

Blanchet told The Canadian Press in an interview Monday that Canada's best response would be counter-tariffs and it would be "absurd" to cut energy exports.

John Redfern is busy bringing energy independence to the world. The Calgarian founded and runs Eavor Geothermal.

Stephen Lecce released a document Tuesday that outlines his vision for a clean, reliable and affordable grid, as well as how to integrate electricity planning with other aspects of the energy system.

Say energy storage and most imagine EV lithium-ion batteries. But a range of "long duration" concepts that store power for weeks rather than hours are coming to market, among them one called high-density hydro that uses a mud-brown slurry pumped through a long loop of plastic pipe on a hillside to store energy until it's needed. With first systems now being built, the technology could change the way renewables-powered grids work in the future.