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102. What is a kilowatt-hour anyway? Mar 12, 2015

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Even people who research and write about energy for a living struggle with jargon and making this stuff feel real. This week we explore a couple of commonly used energy terms and try to make them understandable. And the picture? That's a kilowatt-hour's worth of coal.

101. Biochar and soil carbon: The solution to climate change might be under our feet Mar 06, 2015

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Titan Clean Energy Projects is a Saskathewan based company making a very interesting product: biochar. We visit their plant and learn more about this amazing product that has a ton of different uses - including long term sequestration of carbon in the soil. Learn more at http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/biochar

100. Banff’s feed-in tariff a first of its kind in Canada Feb 27, 2015

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Feed-in tariffs have transformed renewable energy markets around the world. Now the mountain town of Banff is the first municipality in Canada to institute this important piece of renewable energy supporting policy.

99. Craik Sakaskatchewan's Eco-Village a beacon of green on the prairies Feb 19, 2015

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The town of Craik, Saskatchewan hatched a plot to increase the population of the slowly dying prairie town. An eco-village on the edge of town where people would build environmentally friendly homes on unserviced lots sold for a dollar. See if it worked and get a tour of this amazing community at http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/craik-eco-village

98. The Top 10 Electric Vehicles in Canada Feb 12, 2015

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We check out one of the rarest electric vehicles in Canada and that spurs us to check on the state of electric vehicles in Canada - http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/electric-vehicle-canada-update

97. Waste biomass to energy just makes sense Feb 05, 2015

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Whitecourt, Alberta has a pulp mill and a saw mill. With all that wood comes wood waste. We look at how one company is turning this wood waste into something useful - green electricity. This is Green Energy Future's CKUA Radio podcast. See video and blog: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/97-whitecourt-biomass-waste-energy

96. Winter Cycling 101 Jan 29, 2015

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David Dodge of Green Energy Futures gets out of his comfort zone and jumps on a bike in the middle of an Edmonton winter. He learns about what kind of gear you need and how to stay warm for this fun, energy efficient mode of transportation. Plus we talk to Edmonton City Councillor Ben Henderson, a four-season cyclist himself.

95. Wind energy storage in action: We visit Cowessess First Nation to see the future Jan 23, 2015

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Energy storage is getting ready to expand across the world. We head to Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan to see a finished project and understand more about this important next wave of energy technology.

94. Why Germany's energy transition matters - we address the myths Jan 20, 2015

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Europe's largest, most successful economy is successfully and aggressively transitioning away from fossil fuels and nuclear. With their success has come a host of myths, we debunk the most persistent ones and get to the bottom of why you should care about Germany's energy transition.

93. Big Biomass - We visit North America’s largest pulp mill to see biomass to energy in action Jan 08, 2015

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The great boreal forest straddles the width of Canada. We visited the largest Kraft pulp mill in North America and found 95 megawatts of green biomass electricity capacity. This huge pulp mill not only produces the vast amount of electrict it requires to operate, it also now produces electricity for Alberta's grid. It's the story of pulp mills as power plants.

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