Inspiring stories of people involved in the green energy revolution.
377B. Summerside from Zero Energy to 62% Renewable Energy
PART 2 - Summerside PEI had no electricity generation capacity a decade ago and then did some amazing things. First (in part 1) they added wind power,...
Tuesday, November 27, 201221. Walmart goes green with fuel cell fork lifts and energy efficiency to save money
Walmart might not be the most popular company among the green set, but they have taken some amazing steps in the past few years to use renewable energ...
Tuesday, November 20, 201220. Nova Scotia's community renewable energy program
When Nova Scotia instituted its feed-in tariff it had a community twist. After all this is the home of The Antigonish Movement, a turn of the century ...
Tuesday, November 13, 201219. Alberta's solar resource among the best in Canada – study
A new study confirms it. Alberta has the best solar potential in all of Canada. This news was announced at the Solar West Conference put on by the Can...
Tuesday, November 6, 201218. Home energy audit–The sexy world of caulking, insulation and oh yeah, power vampires
A home energy audit is one of the most powerful tools you have to reduce your own energy consumption. It helps you become smart about saving money and...
Tuesday, October 30, 201217. Light Up Alberta - Doubles rate for surplus solar energy
Light Up Alberta, is a program by small retailers that are paying $0.15 cents a kilowatt-hour for your excess solar electricity. Learn about LIght Up ...
Tuesday, October 23, 201216. Pumpjack power plants - making electricity in the oil business.
The Enersaver creates electricity from the downswing of a oilfield pumpjack. With electricity being the single largest expense for a mature oilfield, ...
Tuesday, October 16, 201215. Canadian Solar – we tour the plant in Ontario
This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures we visit the Canadian Solar plant in Mississauga, Ontario, the province with the most solar in Canada. See vi...
Tuesday, October 9, 201214. The rise of the electric car with EV pioneer Phil Dayson
Phil Dayson is a man who loves his new Chevy Volt. "I've gone 6,698 km since the beginning of December and I've now used a tank and a half of gas and...
Tuesday, October 2, 201213. Solar Share's solar bonds – an innovative way to invest in solar
Want to support solar energy? Buy a solar bond. "SolarShare is a cooperative that basically intends to build commercial-grade solar projects throughou...
Tuesday, September 25, 201212. Heidi Eijgel - living next to a 136 MW wind farm in Alberta
If you have been paying attention to the wind energy debate in Ontario you might think that wind turbines have never been built in Canada before. Heid...
Tuesday, September 18, 201211. The tale of two big wind farms in British Columbia
It's the cold winter winds that drive the wind turbines in British Columbia's Peace region and it's the song Winter Winds by Mumford and Sons that kic...
Monday, September 10, 201210. How Ontario ditched coal and involved thousands of citizens in renewable energy
We start off this week's CKUA podcast with everyone's favourite 1967 Expo-era Ontario promotional tune. This earworm of a ditty was commissioned by th...
The CKUA Radio podcast of the GreenEnergyFutures.ca series. The multi-media series is hosted by David Dodge and tells the stories of Canadians involved in the green energy revolution. Visit our web channel at www.greenenergyfutures.ca
377B. Summerside from Zero Energy to 62% Renewable Energy