solar power

Although the cost to build solar power has plummeted over the last decade, a new report suggests Canadians aren't rushing to use the sun to make electricity.

Following the National Energy Board's projection that Canadians' fossil fuel use will peak in 2019, then decline, Alberta's environment minister says the province — known for its oil production — will have a big stake in an energy future that shifts to renewables.

Energy ministers from around the world gathered in Beijing this week to report increased spending to help counter climate change.

"They installed too much too fast," said Qiao Liming, China director for the Global Wind Energy Council.

If you want to make meaningful progress on climate change, you have to get big money out of politics, says German energy analyst Arne Jungjohann.

A request by the state of Massachusetts for a supply of clean, renewable electricity could give a boost to proposals to carry Canadian renewable energy to southern New England.

Saudi Arabia's royal family may have found its fortune in oil, but that doesn't mean they have to spend it that way.

“Climate change and the unjustified consumption of energy are two of the most serious issues we face today at the macro-level,” says Saudi Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed.

If you're an American activist pushing for strong action on climate change, these are dark days. But they say hope is not lost, with municipalities, states, provinces and Canada leading the way.

Canada's relatively low carbon electricity supply and stable electricity demand is making it challenging for the wind and solar industries to expand their share of the market.

Above a former German military ammunition camp, perched atop a metal stem like an oversized stalk of wheat, giant blades rotate in the sky, given life by an invisible breeze.

As Saskatchewan promises to accelerate renewable energy, one company has proposed the European community ownership model in a move that could change the way Canada funds clean energy.

“I truly believe it’s one of the most disruptive and perhaps one of the single greatest breakthroughs in clean energy ever,” says the president of SolarWindow Technologies Inc.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna embraced renewable energy companies on Wednesday, urging them to help Canada achieve its international climate change commitments.