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Calgary's Residential Solar Calculator, launched in early 2022, assesses the energy potential for households planning to install solar panels on their properties.

The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.

Canadian metals and minerals are critical for the U.S. clean energy, defence and microchip sectors, but provide little if any leverage in trade negotiations with a tariff-focused Trump administration.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to abandon the renewable energy investments that President Joe Biden included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, echoing how President Ronald Reagan dismantled the solar panels Carter installed on the White House roof. But politics aside, the scientific consensus has settled where Carter stood two generations earlier.

The tariffs will make everything from heat pumps and solar panels to EVs more expensive.

The federal government is allocating over a billion dollars to help Saskatchewan and New Brunswick clean up their electricity production. A key priority for the money will be Indigenous-led initiatives that help provinces transition away from using fossil fuels.

Canada's border agency says it has detained about 50 shipments of cargo over suspicions they were products of forced labour under rules introduced in 2020 — but only one was eventually determined to be in breach of the ban.

Solar panels typically last 25 years, while shingles are good for 20. Waiting until you need to re-roof is usually the best course when going solar.

Electric cars make some people afraid of the dark. While the batteries produce much less carbon, they require much more electricity to run. This has prompted ominous warnings that Great Britain and other wealthy countries set on banning new petrol and diesel cars risk plunging their populations into darkness.

This month, the nation will deploy 9,000 people to help guide the country toward a cleaner future.

The Nova Scotia government has announced a community solar program. But how is it different from the solar panels you already see on homes?

The Biden administration just distributed $20 billion in IRA funding to loan to individuals and communities across the country.

The agencies were referring to “e-waste,” which is defined as discarded devices with a plug or battery, including cellphones, electronic toys, TVs, microwave ovens, e-cigarettes, laptop computers and solar panels. It does not include waste from electronic vehicles, which fall into a separate category.

The majority end up in landfills. Advocates say we can do better.

A few years ago, Ottawa resident Bruce Fanjoy set out to build an energy-efficient house capable of producing all the power it needs. He succeeded.