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92. Our favourite Green Energy Futures stories of 2014 Dec 29, 2014

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We look back at 2014 and pick out our three favourite clean energy stories.

91. Green Energy Futures green gift guide 2014 Dec 11, 2014

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The best gifts for the green energy or energy efficiency nerd in your life.

90. Solar air heating: A simple, effective solar technology for Canada Nov 27, 2014

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Given the simplicity and effectiveness of solar air heating technology and how much we have to spend to keep ourselves warm in the winter solar air heating just makes sense. We build a demonstration model in a backyard and chat with the company behind SolarWall a scaled up version of a solar air heater for industrial and commercial buildings.

89. Wind and solar aren't just cheap they also lower your power bill Nov 21, 2014

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Learn how in Canada's most fossil fuel friendly province it's wind and solar energy that are driving down prices for consumers.

52. Kent Rathwell built the world's longest green highway Nov 19, 2014

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Kent Rathwell is a study in contrasts. He's an ambitious entrepeneur who's spending money bringing electric vehicle infrastructure to a country with around 3500 EVs. Rathwell made his money in bird seed, he is the president of Sun Country Farms, and how he's branched out into electric vehicle chargers. The connection isn't obvious at first but listen to this week's story and the connection between bird seed and the world's longest green highway will be clear. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/52-sun-country-highway

50. Canadian startup Morgan Solar looks to build cheaper solar Nov 19, 2014

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This week we break out the microscope and tell the story of cleantech startup Morgan Solar as an intriguing example of tenacity, smarts and passion. When Morgan Solar got started six years ago their goal was to get their concentrated solar pv modules down to about $1 a watt. Well, in that time the global solar market changed drastically and prices per watt are now around $0.70 a watt. That doesn't mean they folded it up and went home, no Morgan Solar, led by co-founder John Paul Morgan are now aiming to produce solar energy at $0.35 a watt. And they've got believers, they've raised $40 million in the last six years and they're planning to go to market in the summer of 2014. Learn all about their story this week on the CKUA Radio Network broadcast of Green Energy Futures. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/50-morgan-solar

49. Energy storage changes everything - of flywheels and neighbourhood batteries Nov 19, 2014

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Energy storage is the holy grail of a future, decentralized, clean energy grid that uses plenty of solar, wind and other intermittent forms of energy. This week we look at two Canadian startups: Temporal Power a builder of energy storing flywheels and eCamion a company that installs battery storage units in communities to even things out. This is the podcast version of the Green Energy Futures episode that played on the CKUA Radio Network. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/49-energy-storage

48 Bullfrog Power - the story behind the cute little frog Nov 19, 2014

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If you're a renewable energy nerd like us you've no doubt seen Bullfrog Power's ubiquitous green froggie at an event or on a piece of swag. They're darn good at being everywhere, but we wanted to get behind the cute logo and figure out if Bullfrog Power was for real. Learn what this green energy provider is all about in this week's Green Energy Futures CKUA Radio podcast. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/48-bullfrog-power-are-they-real

47. The Rocket Stove - a better burning wood stove Nov 19, 2014

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A rocket stove is a hyper efficient wood burning stove that was originally built for the developing world. It solved two big problems - people were dying from indoor air pollution from cooking on indoor open air fires and all of the wood needed to run these stoves was causing deforestation. Now the rocket stove has come to North America but with a bit of a twist. Instead of cooking with it the rocket stove is being turned into a heater. It's got a cult following among the DIY and permaculture crowd and it's not hard to understand why. It uses far less wood than a conventional wood burning stove, it's cheap to build and you get some built-in furniture out of the deal. Part of what makes the rocket stove so attractive as a heater is that running the heat through thousands of pounds worth of thermal mass you get a heat battery. That thermal mass typically takes the shape of a cob bench. Learn all about rocket stoves and how they work this week on Green Energy Futures. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/47-rocket-stoves

88. Canada's first concentrating solar thermal power plant Nov 14, 2014

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Medicine Hat, Alberta is about flip the switch on the first concentrated solar thermal plant in Canada. The one-megawatt, $9 million solar plant is a first this far north and it's connected to the city's natural gas combined cycle power plant. It's the culmination of the city's award-winning Hat Smart program that involved thousands of residents in energy efficient and renewable energy projects and resulted in this solar project and another 6-megawatt wind project, right inside the city. This week "The Gas City" goes solar. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/88-welcome-canadas-only-concentrated-solar-thermal-plant

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