solar power

Thinktank says solar has been fastest-growing energy source for last 20 years, but remains dwarfed by hydro power

Only 1.3 per cent of the country’s electricity came from photovoltaic projects last year, despite it having “all the building blocks” to be a northern solar superpower. That’s a big opportunity for the next government to take, says the lead author of a new report.

Provincial pension fund CDPQ's takeover of developer Innergex has opened the door to a $5 billion spending spree on new wind and solar power in Canada, says Michel Letellier, as it shapes its international renewables portfolio for a next growth phase - whoever is in the White House

The industry is rebranding itself as a symbol of American "energy dominance."

Putting up thousands of wind turbines and hundreds of solar farms, means more jobs, less global warming and less reliance on the boom and bust oil and gas sector that handcuffs us to the U.S.

Medicine Hat, located in the centre of Alberta’s fossil gas heartland, takes over 325 megawatt photovoltaic project that fully-developed could totally power its industry. businesses and homes

Looming 25 per cent levies on all Canadian exports to the U.S. are causing "uncertainty shock" in all industrial sectors but for climatetech companies trying to build commercial momentum they might be "decimating" – unless they can rethink their supply chain and export strategies.

Sonia Vinogradova is helping small farmers gain more energy independence. This 25-year-old woman from Montreal and her business partner, Joe Workentin, broke new ground, persuading regulators to allow solar panels on the BeetBox Co-op Farm’s barn. The panels will supply 20 per cent of the farm’s electricity.

First-ever Canadian power purchase deal for a direct air capture plant that "scrubs” CO2 out of the atmosphere signed by UK developer Low Carbon and Montreal-based Deep Sky.

Amidst the gloom, renewable energy and electrification are among the many lights shining through the cracks of a decaying system.

As BC Hydro’s call for power signals the province’s commitment to expanding clean energy capacity, with a minimum 25 per cent First Nations equity stake, the need for Indigenous participation has never been greater.

Revised “agriculture first” regulations end seven-month clean energy project halt but will only be tested with first Alberta Utility Commission hearings, says advocacy body

New research by Pollution Probe and others lays out practical methods for enhancing delivery of reliable services from clean energy sources that have economic and environmental appeal.

Episode 5 of Mortal Giants — Power Switch "The dark side of the story is that China did this through subsidies and through artificially lowering prices such that (the) solar industry in the US and European Union completely was wiped out,” said Vina Nadjibulla, vice-president of Research and Strategy at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Future drop in hydroelectric production capacity due to climate change means more ambitious renewables expansion key to country meeting national energy transition targets: BloombergNEF