Alberta’s Renewable Energy News
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
