Alberta’s Renewable Energy News Archive
Articles are listed beginning in December 2017. Some links may no longer be active.
Massive solar farm to take flight at Edmonton International Airport
July 7, 2020 Edmonton Journal
Enbridge selects Alltrade/Skyfire JV for Alberta Solar One project
June 23, 2020 Journal of Commerce
Capital Power moves to third phase of Whitla wind facility
June 23, 2020 North American Windpower
Morgan Solar, Silfab to supply 10.5MW of panels for Canadian project
June 22, 2020, Renewables Now
Tesla deploys new Megapacks at ‘Windcharger’ project
June 15, 2020 Electrek
New bill cuts energy efficiency agency, ends cabinet approval of oilsands projects
June 15, 2020 CBC News
North America’s largest pipeline company aims to pivot to natural gas and renewable energy
June 08, 2020 Edmonton Journal
Two new Pincher Creek wind farms come online
May 26, 2020 Calgary Herald
Canadian Renewable Energy Association names leader
May 21, 2020 Machinery & Equipment Magazine
Enel Green Power connects three North American wind farms
May 21, 2020 North American Windpower
TC Energy joins hydroelectric energy storage project at retired coal mine site
May 20, 2020 CBC News
C&B Solar project gets county support for solar project
May 13, 2020 Brooks Bulletin
Former Alberta coal guy is now a solar guru sought after around the World
May 13, 2020 Green Energy Futures
How Alberta could give old oil wells new life – but it has nothing to do with crude
May 1, 2020 CBC News
As oil industry swoons, tar sands workers look to renewables for jobs
April 30, 2020 Yale Environment 360
Alberta Utilities Commission approves solar plus storage project as “in the public interest”
April 27, 2020 Energy Storage News
Opportunity knocks: Federal government launches Alberta-specific wind and solar procurement process
April 27, 2020 Osler, Hoskin, and Harcourt LLP
CBC News poll: Why the economic crisis could speed up transition to renewable energy
April 16, 2020 CBC News
Alberta to give $100M loan to decommission orphan wells
March 03, 2020 Edmonton Journal
In Alberta, abandoned oilwells are being transformed into solar energy sites
Feb 18, 2020 Globe & Mail
Canadian 400MWac merchant solar plant secures financing
Feb 04, 2020 PV Magazine
Greengate Power and Copenhagen Investment Partners announce investment for Canada’s largest solar energy project
Feb 03, 2020 Corporate Press Release
Vulcan County’s planning commission approves Greengate’s 400MW solar farm
Jan 23, 2020 Vulcan Advocate
Solar and wind energy a “huge economic opportunity” for southern Alberta
Jan 24, 2020 Lethbridge News Now
Cree youth explore impact of solar project on community through film
Jan 07, 2020 CBC News
HatSmart solar rebate expected to be snapped up quickly
Jan 04, 2020 Chat News Today
Irish company more than doubles plan for solar farms in Calgary
Dec 23, 2019 CBC News
‘Oilsands of Sun and Wind’
Dec 14, 2019 Lethbridge Herald
Alternative Energy Means Big Business for Alberta (Report)
Dec 09, 2019 SAAEP Press Release
Suncor to build $300M wind-farm
Dec 03, 2019 Medicine Hat News
City takes action on climate change
Dec 03, 2019 Edmonton Sun
Public feedback sought for Rattlesnake Ridge wind power project at Whitla East
Nov 22, 2019 Medicine Hat News
Ermineskin First Nation soon to become major electricity generator
Nov 21, 2019 Red Deer Advocate
Proposal sees abandoned oil-wells going solar
Nov 22, 2019 The Western Producer
Alberta ranks 6th in Canada for energy efficiency
Nov 21, 2019 Red Deer Advocate
SABRE Co-Operative looking for slice of Alberta renewable energy market
Nov 19, 2019 Lethbridge Herald
Opinion: Transition from coal could skip natural gas and go straight to renewables
Nov 19, 2019 Calgary Herald
Final phase prep work begins on massive Fort Chipeywan off-grid solar farm
Nov 18, 2019 Journal of Commerce
Solar power is the red-hot growth area in oil-rich Alberta
Nov 5, 2019 National Post
PPA hunt for ‘Canada’s largest wind farm’
Nov 5, 2019 (originally pub Oct 16) Windpower Monthly
Local EVC station now operational
Nov 1, 2019 Pincher Creek Echo
Energy Efficiency Alberta programs scrapped by UCP
Oct 31, 2019 Calgary Herald
Alberta sets $30-per-tonne carbon tax on large emitters, some proceeds to fund greentech
Oct 29, 2019 Globe & Mail
Trans Mountain pipeline would fund $500 a year in renewable energy projects; Liberals
Oct 24, 2019 Edmonton Journal
‘The NIMBY thing is alive and well’: Neighbors attack $50M solar farm expansion near Brooks
Oct 23, 2019 CBC News
GP-Joule to build Alberta’s first merchant solar project (Innisfail)
Oct 23, 2019 GP-Joule press release
Buffet firm starts hunt for for deal for ‘Canada’s largest wind farm’
Oct 21, 2019 RECharge News
Renewables marketplace looking to take off in Alberta
Oct 19, 2019 Calgary Herald
Could selling renewable energy be Alberta’s next big thing?
Oct 17, 2019 CBC News
‘Game-changing’ analysis; Unsubsidized renewables, efficiency costs less than new Alberta gas plants
Oct 16, 2019 EnergyMix
Berkshire Hathaway scores PPA for Alberta wind farm
Oct 15, 2019 North American Windpower
Warren Buffet’s firm to launch $200M wind farm in Alberta
Oct 15, 2019 CBC News
More testing needed for college wind turbines
Oct 12, 2019 Chat News Today Medicine Hat
Wind power developers upbeat about Alberta despite end of power auctions
Oct 10, 2019 JWN
Varcoe: Alberta is a powerhouse for both green energy and fossil fuels
Oct 10, 2019 Calgary Herald
CanWEA 2019 explores ways to capitalize on Alberta’s massive wind energy resources
Oct 10, 2019 CanWEA Press Release
Wind power association pursues merger with solar, storage technologies
Oct 10, 2019 National Observer
Alberta will fall short of renewable energy targets set by NDP, says AESO forecast
Oct 8, 2019 Calgary Herald
TEAM-1 Academy bolsters Alberta college’s Wind Technician Program
Oct 4, 2019 North American Windpower
After oil & gas: Meet Alberta workers making the switch to solar
Oct 3, 2019 The Narwhal
Claresholm solar farm construction to proceed after TC Energy deal signed
Sept 30, 2019 Global News
FortisAlberta explains the complex, sophisticated system that brings electricity to you
Sept 25, 2019 Calgary Herald
Alberta lithium project receives $5M USD boost
Sept 19, 2019 JWN
Shift to electric vehicles in Alberta inevitable, conference-goers told
Sept 17, 2019 Calgary Herald
TransAlta to spend $1.5M US on gas conversions, wind farms
Sept 16, 2019 Renewables Now
Baby-step for Saamis solar project in Medicine Hat
Sept 5, 2019 Chat News Today Medicine Hat
Renewables projects push on in Canada, despite politics
Sept 3, 2019 Engineering New-Record
Alberta coal-mine reclamation project to provide green energy source
Sept 3, 2019 Alberta Innovates press release
Solar panel spill releases almost 1,000,000 lumens of sunlight into the environment
Sept 1, 2019 The Beaverton
Sunrise for Alberta’s solar industry; Economics of commercial-scale solar projects increasingly make sense
Aug 29, 2019 Calgary Herald
Canada’s solar breakthrough? 600MW-DC merchant project gets green light in Alberta
Aug 27, 2019 Greentech Media
Canada’s largest solar farm gets approval for southern Alberta
Aug 27, 2019 Edmonton Journal
Solar project approved for southern Alberta would be Canada’s largest, by far
Aug 27, 2019 CBC News
$10M first-of-its-kind geothermal pilot project underway in Alberta
Aug 22, 2019 CBC News
Eden Valley Reserve celebrates new era of solar power
Aug 21, 2019 CBC News
Edmontonians urge city council to keep moving forward on carbon emission targets
Aug 20, 2019 Edmonton Journal
Sunny Idea: City of Edmonton offering rebate for homes that install solar panels
Aug 18, 2019 Calgary Herald
Alberta solar rebate program showing no signs of renewal
Aug 16, 2019 Global News
Corporate renewable energy deals; Big in America, coming to Canada
Aug 13, 2019 JWN
Penhold ready for a solar energy future
Aug 7, 2019 Penhold Province
$850M in economic growth: Energy Efficiency Alberta releases annual report
Aug 8, 2019 Edmonton Journal
Solar energy moves Indigenous communities towards a renewable future
Aug 8, 2019 Cision Newswire Service
Canadian Solar Alberta project to employ 250
Aug 1, 2019 Daily Commercial News
CanWEA praises Alberta’s decision to return to “energy-only” market
Aug 1, 2019 North American Windpower
Plans for renewable diesel refinery in Lethbridge gain momentum
July 31, 2019 Lethbridge News Now
Innovation Energy: How Calgary became an unlikely location for a creative solar solution
July 30, 2019 Financial Post
Geothermal project heats up in Swan Hills
July 30, 2019 Edmonton Journal
Property rights advocate proposes renewable energy clean-up fund
July 26, 2019 Edmonton Journal
UCP’s decision to stick with status quo on electricity market a boon for renewables, companies say
July 25, 2019 Calgary Herald
Feds give Edmonton $22M for ‘urban climate centre’
July 19, 2019 Edmonton Journal
Three Alberta construction unions file applications against company building Whitla wind project
July 19, 2019 Medicine Hat News
Southern Alberta waste refinery turning trash into ‘high-grade, low cost’ biodiesel
July 11, 2019 Global News
Canada’s largest municipal rooftop solar system unveiled
July 10, 2019 Decentralized Energy Canada
Community energy big renewable opportunity for rural Canada
July 9, 2019 Folio
Edmonton prefers province runs renewable energy home improvement program
July 5, 2019 Global News
Renewable Energy Plan officially dead, but AB wind companies still see a bright future
July 3, 2019 Calgary Herald
Largest ‘building-integrated’ solar cell installation in country coming to Edmonton Convention Centre
June 28, Edmonton Journal
Sunny future: Alberta town becomes solar-powered ‘net-zero’ community
June 27, 2019 Calgary Herald
Government casts shadow over future of Alberta solar industry
June 22, 2019 CBC News
Community solar garden could grow profits not plants for residents
June 20, 2019 CBC News
Renfrew community garden idea taps solar energy
June 20, 2019, LiveWire Calgary
Net-zero Alberta town grasps electrical holy grail
June 20, 2019 Western Producer
Clear appetite for alternative energy among Alberta municipalities and businesses
June 1, 2019 Pembina Institute
UCP steps back from scrapping NDP’s Energy Efficiency Alberta; will look at programs with ‘an open mind’
May 24, 2019 Vancouver Sun
Renewables sector on hold in Alberta
May 23, 2019 Western Producer
Solar companies concerned with Alberta rebate program uncertainty
May 16, 2019 Global News
After 5 years, Medicine Hat powers down $12M solar thermal power plant
May 16, 2019 CBC News
Officials look at future of renewable energy sector in Alberta
May 16, 2019 Global News (video)
Government of Canada announces unique geothermal project in Alberta
May 09, 2019 Eaver Loop press release
Lease amendment approved for solar farm
April 30, 2019 Innisfail Province
End of REP won’t stop renewable energy in Alberta
April 24, 2019 Investing News Network
Canadian wind leaders optimistic about growth of wind energy in the country
April 18, 2019 Windpower Engineering & Development
Is the Alberta solar market safe from Jason Kenney’s Conservatives?
April 17, 2019 PV Buzz
Coal phase-out campaign up in the air amid election campaign
April 15, 2019 CBC News
Power Shift: Renewable energy is cheaper than ever, and investors are taking notice
April 13, 2019 Globe & Mail (paywall)
TransAlta files management information circular, highlights plan to advance clean energy strategy
April 4, 2019 Cision Marketwire
Maskwacis First Nations fears UCP win will jeopordize solar energy investment
April 4, 2019 CBC News
Canada’s largest municipal rooftop solar system nearly complete in Airdrie
April 4, 2019 Discover Airdrie
Canada’s largest solar farm one step closer in Rocky View County
March 6, 2019 Regina Leader-Post
Carbon tax chronicles: How six Alberta communities spent green money
March 6, 2019 Edmonton Journal
Alberta sets 30% renewables target as it prepares for fourth auction
March 4, 2019 Windpower Monthly
Alberta looking for increased Indigenous participation in green energy
Feb 26, 2019 CityNews
Alberta vows renewable energy will make up 30% of power grid by 2030
Feb 26, 2019 Calgary Herald
MLA Report; Surging ahead on solar development
Feb 21, 2019 Medicine Hat News
Solar surge aims to dispel concern
Feb 21, 2019 Medicine Hat News
Solar energy projects gain momentum in Alberta
Feb 20, 2019 The Chronicle Herald
Innnogy to build 57MW of subsidy-free solar in Canada
Feb 20, 2019 Renewables Now
Rooftops of Calgary a potential solar energy goldmine; study
Feb 18, 2019 PVBuzz
Opinion: In Alberta, solar energy is at a tipping point
Feb 16, 2019 Calgary Herald
Alberta to double solar power capacity; government facilities will be powered by the sun
Feb 15, 2019 Calgary Herald
Three new solar electricity facilities in Alberta contracted at lower cost than natural gas
Feb 15, 2019 CanSIA Press Release
Opinion: Here comes the sun – Alberta’s next chapter on renewable energy
Feb 15, 2019 Calgary Herald
Energy-from-Waste project gets funding to find site
Feb 14, 2019 Rocky Mountain Outlook
‘Extraordinary’: Less than half of Alberta’s electricity was coal-powered in 2018, says province
Feb 13, 2019, Calgary Herald
Electricity sector eyes election as changes jolt Alberta industry
Feb 11, 2019 Calgary Herald
Developers announce new solar farms in Fort Chipewyan and Calgary
Feb 9, 2019 The EnergyMix
New solar farm will replace 25 percent of diesel used in Fort Chipewyan
Feb 9, 2019 CBC News
Largest solar energy project in Western Canada could be built within Calgary city limits
Feb 7, 2019 Global News
Developing Alberta’s energy resources
Feb 5, 2019 Calgary Economic Development
Construction to begin this Spring on new network of EV charging stations
Feb 5, 2019 Lethbridge News Now
Canadian wind market set for 2019 rebound as Alberta lifts off
Jan 25, 2019 CanWEA press release/RECharge News
Canadian feds commit $15.3M to fund innovative solar project in Alberta
Jan 25, 2019 PVBuzz Media
Canadian federal government to support innovative solar energy technology in Alberta
Jan 24, 2019 CanSIA Press Release
Canada’s first geothermal energy plant is being built in Sask, but why hasn’t the industry taken off in Alberta?
Jan 21, 2019 CBC News
Jayman BUILT first large builder in Alberta to install solar on every new home built
Jan 21, 2019 Global News
Renewables program seeks to aid rural projects
Jan 18, 2019 Medicine Hat News
Wind power making gains as competitive source of electricity
Jan 16, 2019 CBC News
Canada joins the International Renewable Energy Agency – IRENA
Jan 15, 2019 PVBuzz
Opinion: It’s time to accept that Alberta’s carbon tax works
Jan 15, 2019 Edmonton Journal
Hydro power project near Hinton inches closer to reality
Jan 11, 2019 Edson Leader
BDC and ERA partnership creates access to another funding avenue for innovators
Jan 9, 2019 Emissions Reductions Alberta
Opinion: Lessons Alberta wind power can learn from oil
Jan 8, 2019 Edmonton Journal
Laid-off oil and gas workers train for alternative energy jobs as winds blow Alberta in a new direction
Dec 22, 2018 CBC News
220 solar panels installed on roof of Lethbridge County Administration Building
Dec 21, 2018
Alberta invests $15 million in solar program for schools
Dec 19, 2018 Journal of Commerce
Alberta procures another 763MW of wind power
Dec 18, 2018 North American Windpower Magazine
Province announces new wind energy projects for Southern Alberta
Dec 17, 2018 Lethbridge News Now
TransAlta announces clean energy initiatives and provides 2019 outlook
Dec 17, 2018 Cision Newswire
Town of Raymond completes seven net-zero solar installations; on track for more in 2019
Dec 10, 2018 Lethbridge News Now
Pincher Creek MPC rejects wind project
Dec 1, 2018 Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge County looks to expand solar power in the community
Nov 30, Global News
Pushing the envelope with a “net-negative” home
Nov 25, 2018 Lethbridge News Now
Albertans take a shine to solar power
Nov 14, 2018 Government of Alberta press release
Alberta increasing solar rebates as the green energy industry grows 500% since 2015
Nov 14, 2018 Global News
CanWEA honors Canada wind power leaders
Oct 31, 2018 North American Windpower
CanWEA: Canada’s wind power industry ‘ready to deliver’
Oct 27, 2018 North American Windpower
Cleanup of wind and solar sites won’t land at Alberta farmers’ feet
Oct 17, 2018 CBC News
More wind power would have warming effect
Oct 12, 2018 Calgary Herald/Associated Press
Anti-carbon tax emperors have no clothes
Oct 12, 2018 Calgary Herald (editorial)
Vital Signs report shows significance of wind power in southwest Alberta
Oct 7, 2018 Global News
U of Alberta researchers move forward cheap, flexible solar commercialization
Oct 5, 2018 JWN Energy News
Canada: Alberta government issues RFP for 135,000MWh of solar
Oct 3, 2018 PV Magazine
Alberta seeks 135,000 MWh of new solar electricty
Oct 2, 2018 Government press release
Albertan municipalities can lead the growth of the clean energy economy
Sept 30, 2018 Pembina Institute
Alberta to fund green upgrades for non-profits
Sept 29, 2018 CBC News
Maskwacis Mall has gone solar
Sept 25, 2018, Red Deer Advocate
Airdrie set to become home to Canada’s largest rooftop solar field
Sept 24, 2018, Calgary Herald
Capital Power places 202MW Vestas order for Alberta wind
Sept 19, 2018, North American Windpower
Whitla Wind Farm construction begins
Sept 15, 2018 Medicine Hat News
Federal government commits $1.4M for Enmax grid modernization project
Aug 29, 2018, Calgary Hearld
Ditch the scarcity mindset: We’re entering a new era of cheap and limitless energy
Aug 22, 2018, Calgargy Herald
Hydro power storage project to be built near Jasper National Park
Aug 16, 2018, CBC News
Turning Point Generation announces the approval of Alberta’s first pumped-hydro energy storage project
Aug 14, 2018, Cision Newswire
TransCanada sheds renewable energy portfolio
Aug 4, 2018, Calgary Herald
Barnes blasted for blurry carbon talk
July 20, 2018 Medicine Hat News
Lethbridge County going solar to power building
July 20, 2018 Lethbridge Herald
Alberta’s TransAlta retiring coal-fired unit
July 20, North American Windpower
Axing carbon tax could mean dead calm: NDP
July 19, 2018 Medicine Hat News
Canada’s largest wind event to blow into Calgary this Fall
July 19, 2018 Canadian Newswire
Mexican beer helping to promote solar power
July 19, 2018 Lethbridge Herald
Sol Beer backs Milk River solar park
July 18, 2018 CTV News (video)
Energy companies partner to educate and inspire in Alberta
July 12, 2018 Calgary Economic Development
Plenty of wind and solar companies looking to take up shop in MD of Taber
July 4, 2018 Taber Times
Alberta increases funding to support renewable energy in Indigenous communities
June 26, 2018 JWN Energy
Wind energy investment is creating new supply chain opportunities in Alberta
June 24, 2018 Canadian Wind Energy Association press
Solar conference moves to Calgary, with hot emerging market in Western Canada
June 21, 2018 Global News
Solar energy investors expected to snub Ontario, look to Alberta in wake of Ford decisions
June 20, 2018 Global News
CanWEA chief sees surge in 2018 Canadian wind installations
May 25, 2018 REcharge News
CPPIB now owns some of the biggest wind turbines in the world
May 24, 2018 Calgary Herald (video)
City of Edmonton looking to cut carbon emissions with ‘accelerated’ plan
May 23, 2018 Edmonton Star
City of Lethbridge launches new energy efficiency pilot project
May 4, 2018 Global News
The coming energy disruption
May 14, 2018 JWN
As renewable energy costs fall, natural gas producers buy in
May 9, 2018 Calgary Herald
Enbridge and Canada Pension Plan sign renewable energy investment deal
May 9, 2018 Calgary Herald
Why Prairie Canada is primed for solar growth
Feb 1, 2018 PV Buzz
Plan would allow homeowners to pay for energy efficiency upgrades on property tax bill
April 13, 2018 Calgary Herald
Saving money while building a clean economy [with P.A.C.E. financing]
April 12, 2018 Government of Alberta press release
Alberta explores ways to soothe landowner angst as wind and solar take off
April 13, 2018 CBC
Oilsands research could be “game-changer” for renewable energy
April 12, 2018 CBC
Canada’s wind energy sector in Calgary for two day forum
April 10, 2018 CanWEA press release
Alberta opens bidding for more renewable power generation
April 4, 2018 Calgary Herald
Province announces $54 million from carbon tax for ‘greening’ cities
March 14, 2018 Edmonton Journal
Local governments can be producers or purchasers of green technology
March 5, 2018 Edmonton Journal
AIMCo partners with Enel on Alberta wind duo
Feb 8, 2018 North American Windpower
Energy Efficiency Alberta saves Albertans $300M in its first year
Jan 7, 2018
Alberta renewable revolution begins with launch of largest solar project in Western Canada
Dec 22, 2017 CBC
Wind power blowing oil & gas workers in new direction
Dec 22, 2017 Globe & Mail
TransAlta fast-tracks green transition, expects up to $50M in carbon credit windfall
Dec 19, 2017 Calgary Herald
Alberta wind power auction ‘blows old renewable energy myths out of the water’
Dec 14, 2017 Calgary Herald
Canada’s oil capital is making the leap towards renewable energy
Dec 14, 2017 Bloomberg
