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258. How Kent Rathwell created a zero emissions bird seed company Sep 15, 2020

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Years ago Kent Rathwell CEO of Sun Country Farms said something audacious - "My wife and I bought a birdseed company and I wanted to prove that you could have a zero-emission company in Saskatchewan and still be sustainable" He went on to create the longest Green Highway of electric vehicle chargers in the world. This is his story. GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA Radio Podcast. Also see blog: https://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/how-kent-rathwell-created-a-zero-emissions-birdseed-company-and-the-worlds-longest-green-highway-for-evs

257. HalifACT 2050 - How Halifax adopted a climate plan to get to carbon neutrality Aug 19, 2020

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Richard Zurawski is a meteorologist, TV personality and the architect on City Council that crafted HalifACT 2050 a climate change plan to get to carbon neutrality for Halifax, Nova Scotia. Green Energy Futures CKUA Radio Podcast - Learn more: https://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/halifact-2050-how-halifax-got-its-climate-plan-and-a-goal-of-carbon-neutrality

256. Solar Art: Edmonton's amazing solar skydome Jul 28, 2020

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It's the largest and perhaps the coolest installation of architectural solar in Canada. The sun shines through the translucent solar modules of the Edmonton Shaw Convention Centre – we take a tour with Adam Yereniuk of Kuby Renewable Energy this week on Green Energy Futures CKUA podcast. Learn more http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/solar-as-art-edmontons-solar-skydome?preview=true&_thumbnail_id=7117

255b. Bike Revolution Part II: Why e-bikes will drive mode shift Jul 22, 2020

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Electric bike sales are soaring, as much as 300 per cent higher, all in response to the COVID-19 crisis. It's ironic, but bikes are now seen as a "safe" form of transportation and e-bikes are expanding our concept of what a bicycle can do as a form of transportation. This week on Green Energy Futures CKUA Podcast we talk to an EV columnist and a guy who ditched his car for an e-bike. See blog, photos and video: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/why-i-ditched-my-car-for-an-e-bike-leons-story

255a. Why I ditched my car for an e-bike - Leon's story Jul 15, 2020

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The e-bike revolution is underway! Sales are booming. We go for a ride in Edmonton's beautiful river valley with Leon Milner who swapped his car for an electric bike one year ago. Green Energy Futures CKUA Podcast. www.greenenergyfutures.ca

253. Full interview with Jeremy Baines of Neste - largest renewable fuels producer in the world Jul 15, 2020

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Neste is the largest producer of renewable biodiesel in the world. In this Green Energy Futures full-length interview we talk to Jeremy Baines, President of Neste U.S. about how at 3.4 trillion liters a Finnish oil company became the largest producer of renewable fuels in the world. See blog and CKUA Radion podcast at GreenEnergyFutures.ca

254b. Could Biomass standards and zones unleash a $31 billion industry? Jul 07, 2020

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Jordan Solomon of Ecostrat says new standards and special Bioeconomy Development Zones could unleash a $31 billion biomass industry in Canada. That's this week on Green Energy Futures CKUA Radio Podcast. See blog, photos, and related stories: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/biomass-a-missing-link-in-canadas-future-sustainable-economy

254A. Biomass role in future economy Jul 01, 2020

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PODCAST - This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures we learn there is 120 million tonnes of mostly waste biomass in Canada just waiting to used to produce biofuels, bioenergy and an assortment of other products. We speak with Jordan Soloman, president of Ecostrat, a Canadian biomass company working on the creation of Bioeconomy Development Zones to increase the use of this waste material. Also see blog at www.greenenergyfutures.ca

253. Neste, the largest producer of renewable diesel in the world May 27, 2020

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Neste, the company formerly know as Nest Oil is now the largest producer of renewable diesel in the world. This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures We talk to Jeremy Baines, president of Neste U.S. about how an oil company came to produce 3.4 trillion liters of renewable fuels every year. See blog and our full 30-minute interview: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/253-neste:-how-an-oil-company-became-the-largest-producer-of-renewable-diesel-fuels-in-the-world

352B. Solar by the baker's dozen May 20, 2020

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In part II of our interview with Edmonton solar engineer Faruq Vishram we talk about the more than a dozen solar projects he's working on and why 20 megawatts seems to be the magical scale at which solar is springing up in Canada. That's in this week's episode of CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures. See blog and part I on the solar hospital Faruq built: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/252-former-alberta-coal-guy-is-now-a-solar-guru-sought-after-around-the-world

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