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368. Helping Municipalities Adapt to the Impacts of Climate Change Imperative Feb 06, 2024

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Record wildfires, crazy amounts of smoke and poor air quality, droughts, and floods - municipalities are experiencing the impacts of climate change in a big way. Cutting emissions is very important to prevent even worse impacts, but what is a small town or municipality to do to adapt to and avoid some of the bigger impacts of climate change? The Municipal Climate Change Action Centre in Alberta knows this so they created a program that has helped fund 26 communities to assess their climate risks and create climate adaptation plans. We head to Pincher Creek, Alberta to see how they are dealing with wildfires, drought and ironically floods as well. GreenEnergyFutures.ca Video GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast Municipalities taking action on climate change series - Part III

367. Energy Managers Help small towns and cities save energy and money Jan 30, 2024

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Many small towns and municipalities want to do energy efficiency projects or install solar and save money, but most have neither the money, expertise or the capacity to figure it all out. The Municipal Climate Change Action Centre in Alberta knows this so they created a program that has helped small towns and municipalities hire 26 energy managers that are doing just what they should. This week we travel to Leduc, Alberta where we will meet up with Nathan Schaper the energy manager there who saved $40,000 in his first weeks of work. Green Energy Futures CKUA.com Podcast Part II in

366B. Municipalities take climate action with a little help from their friends Jan 23, 2024

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This week we head off to three small towns: Pincher Creek, Raymond and Leduc Alberta to learn about what they are doing to take climate action. We find them embracing energy efficiency, solar, electric vehicles and climate adaptation actions and it's all thanks to support from a little-known organization called the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre. GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast

366A. MCCAC Helping municipalities save energy, money and emissions Jan 17, 2024

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You may not have heard of the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre (MCCAC), but you may have seen their work. They have helped more than 150 communities in Alberta complete 878 climate actions including energy efficiency, installing EV chargers, solar, and electric vehicles and even climate risk assessments and resiliency plans for towns. We talk to founder Bob Hawkesworth and the current executive director, Trina Innes of the MCCAC. GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast

365. Deploy Energy Storage, Save $600m, Head for Net-Zero Jan 11, 2024

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How energy storage can be used to get the grid to net-zero using mostly existing infrastructure. For folks who want to preserve the old centralized grid, the sky is falling. However according to James Bererton an expert in low-carbon energy we can get fossil fuel-based grids like Alberta's most of the way to net-zero using current infrastructure, energy storage, microgrids and and existing technology. Oh, and we can save money too! GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast

364. Decentralised Energy Canada at 20 - An interview with Anouk Kendall Jan 03, 2024

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Decentralised Energy Canada is 20 years old. We talk to innovator and founder Anouk Kendall about how her organization went from being an advocate for decentralized energy such as solar that didn't exist then to today when its members represent billions in revenue and are busy building the resilient and affordable decentralized electricity grid of the future. GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast

363. The Year of the Heat Pump Dec 27, 2023

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Heat pumps are the future of heating and cooling. We found them heating and cooling in net-zero homes, in water heaters and clothes dryers and now there are models rated to -35C. The reasons are quite simple: they are incredibly energy efficient, and since they run on electricity it's pretty easy to run them and produce few or no emissions. GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast

362. Bow Valley Green Energy Coop Takes Flight Dec 20, 2023

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The Bow Valley Green Energy Cooperative in Canmore, Alberta has just wrapped up its fourth solar project in just a few years. This is blazing fast progress for green energy cooperatives in Canada that must navigate a network of challenging provincial electrical systems. We talk to Jeff Roberts about the coops success getting started in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta.

361. Full Interview - Richard Allen of United Hydrogen Nov 01, 2023

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FULL INTERVIEW - We sit down with Richard Allen, the chair of United Hydrogen, a conglomerate of 37 hydrogen companies working together to bring to market hydrogen solutions on the road the net-zero. We talk about the role, advantages and challenges of using hydrogen to reduce emissions in transport, buildings and industry. GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast

361A. United Hydrogen Conglomerate Sets Sights on H2 Nov 01, 2023

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United Hydrogen is a conglomerate of 37 hydrogen companies based in Australia that has set it's sights on finding the solutions to help the world get to net-zero. Oh, they also are keen to take advantage of the hydrogen market, expected to reach $201 billion by 2025. We talk to United Hydrogen chair Richard Allen about solutions, challenges and the role of hydrogen. (PART 1) GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast

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