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Proposed AB strategy could put taxpayers at risk for abandoned oil well cleanup

May 6, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 6, 2025. By Jody MacPherson Critics warn that taxpayers and local communities could be on the hook for cleaning up a growing inventory of abandoned [Read more]

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Inside Blatchford, Edmonton’s gas-free, carbon-neutral community

April 24, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 23, 2025. Full Story: Special to The Energy Mix Author: David Dodge Kassandra Starkell and Martin Martyniak were looking for a well-located home with a few green [Read more]

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Campaign trail: Carney earns praise for clean power plan as TAF spotlights ‘climate red tape’

April 11, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 11, 2025. By Mitchell Beer Liberal leader Mark Carney is receiving limited praise for putting clean electricity at the centre of his plan to make [Read more]

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Alberta is swimming against the tide on clean electricity

April 8, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on April 8, 2025 and was reprinted here with permission. By Jason Wang, senior electricity analyst at the Pembina Institute Last month, the Government of Alberta published [Read more]

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Indigenous joint venture closes in on completing 23.6-MW Alberta solar farm

March 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 7, 2025. By The Energy Mix Staff An Indigenous joint venture is just weeks away from cutting the ribbon on a C$52-million, 23.6-megawatt solar farm [Read more]

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Alberta Ecotrust invests in RE Royalties to accelerate energy transition solutions

March 6, 2025 Energi Staff

Through its Climate Innovation Fund, Alberta Ecotrust Foundation has invested $500,000 in green bonds offered by RE Royalties Ltd., a Vancouver-based leader in renewable energy finance. “RE Royalties specializes in financing renewable energy, energy efficiency and battery [Read more]

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Canada’s crude-by-rail exports hit 8-year low, while total crude exports reach record high

March 5, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on March 5, 2025. Total exports of Canadian crude oil reached record highs in 2024(1). Despite this, Canadian crude oil volumes exported by rail declined by about 10 [Read more]

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77 per cent of Albertans oppose coal mining as Province lifts moratorium

March 4, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 3, 2025. By Gaye Taylor The Alberta government is moving to pursue metallurgical coal extraction in the eastern reaches of the Rocky Mountains, even though [Read more]

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Medicine Hat weighs options for solar park amid Alberta’s pricey renewables rules

February 28, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 27, 2025. By Christopher Bonasia Having secured approval to purchase an urban solar park designed to be North America’s largest, the City of Medicine Hat [Read more]

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Alberta’s oil and gas wells threaten people’s health, but there are disparities in who is most at risk

February 27, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Feb. 26, 2025. By Martin Lavoie, David Risk, Matthew Rygus Around 13 per cent of Albertans live within 1.5 kilometres of an active oil or gas well. [Read more]

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Alberta tax credit fuels bioprocessing industry investment

February 25, 2025 Energi Staff

Canary Biofuels announced it will invest $18 million in a cold press oilseed crushing plant in Lethbridge. According to a press release from the Alberta government, the project will create 40 permanent jobs and 25 [Read more]

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Oil exec takes charge of AER, stoking fears of industry capture

February 25, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 24, 2025. By Jody MacPherson The new chief executive officer of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) lobbied the agency on behalf of his former oil [Read more]

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Alberta builder hits 10-megawatt solar milestone

February 20, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 19, 2025. By Gaye Taylor A homebuilder and a solar installer in Alberta are marking a milestone in sustainable housing: 10 megawatts of solar power [Read more]

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Power purchase agreements stall out in 2024 on Alberta policy uncertainty

February 11, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 11, 2025. By Mitchell Beer New power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy in Canada flattened out from 1,030 megawatts in 2023 to just 52 [Read more]

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Power purchase agreements stall out in 2024 on Alberta policy uncertainty

February 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 6, 2025. By Mitchell Beer New power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy in Canada flattened out from 1,030 megawatts in 2023 to just 52 [Read more]

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Texas moves on renewables while Alberta’s oil ties hold firm

February 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 6, 2025. By Christopher Bonasia Energy storage and renewables are expanding rapidly in Texas’s free-market system, building resilience, lowering costs, and drawing comparisons with Alberta, [Read more]

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Trump’s tariff threats could prompt Canada to break free from oil

January 29, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 29, 2025. By Mitchell Beer While Canada’s fossil fuel lobby and its political allies seize on Donald Trump’s return to tout new pipelines and expand [Read more]

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First Nation demands Alberta halt O’Leary’s $70B data centre project

January 21, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 21, 2025. By Jody MacPherson A First Nation in northern Alberta is telling the provincial government to “cease and desist” with plans for a C$70 [Read more]

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IEA 1, Alberta/Saudi Arabia 0 as OPEC cuts oil demand forecast

January 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 7, 2025. By Mitchell Beer After deriding the last 3½ years of net-zero scenarios from the International Energy Agency, the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries [Read more]

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Major clean power announcements in Canada’s biggest provinces while Alberta slams the brakes

December 13, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 13, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Major clean electricity announcements swept through provinces representing three-quarters of Canada’s population this week, even as the province with by [Read more]

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Alberta needs a Plan B

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Oil finally has a competitor (electricity) Alberta already has a Plan A. It’s called the Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan. To understand how risky it is, you need to understand OPEC’s “Oil and Gas [Read more]

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