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Enabling Increased Intermittent Green Generation via wind energy storage
Today wind power meets less than 5 per cent of Alberta’s power needs. One barrier to adding significant new wind and solar sources to our electricity grid is storage. Wind and solar power is intermittent — turbines and solar panels only produce power when the wind is blowing and the sun is shining. That poses…
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10 MW Enbridge Sun Simba Power Plant – Alberta Solar One
Morgan Solar has partnered with Enbridge to build a 10 megawatt flagship utility-scale solar power plant. The project will use Morgan Solar’s revolutionary high efficiency Sun Simba CPV modules mounted on Savanna dual-axis trackers. Located in Southeast Alberta, the project will take advantage of the best solar resource in the country to produce clean energy…
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Bio-Methanation with Power Generation
This project involved the integration of an energy efficient anaerobic digestion system into the Slave Lake Pulp wastewater treatment system. Waste activated sludge is generated in large quantities at pulp mills and is usually either incinerated, land filled or land applied. With the integration of the new system, the treatment facility can generate a methane…
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Controller systems to utilize up to 50% NG with diesel in vehicles
Hi-Tec Fuel and Auto Ltd. has a long history of innovative fleet solutions, including natural gas conversions, upfitting, maintenance and repair. Hoping to add to their successes, this project demonstrated a dual fuel technology, a conversion technology system, and added it to an existing heavy duty (HD) vehicle diesel engine, enabling the HD diesel engine…
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Large Scale Building Integrated Solar PV Demonstration in Production Housing
The Landmark Group of Builders (“Landmark”), a private company with offices in Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer regions, was founded in 1977 and has grown into a multi-divisional organization that provides high quality housing solutions to all segments of the new home market. As one of the largest homebuilders in Alberta, Landmark produces, on average,…
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Implementation of High Solids Anaerobic Digestion Technology at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre
Waste Management Services provides waste management services for City of Edmonton residents and businesses, keeping in mind the preservation of natural resources, the protection of the environment and the financial capabilities of the city. This renewable energy technology will see the diversion of 40,000 tonnes per year of organic solid wastes to the new High Solids…
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Source Separated Organics and Agricultural Waste Anaerobic Digester
The Perry family has a history of innovation and stewardship that spans four generations of southern Alberta farming. Today, the Perry farm is a diverse operation comprising 4,000 acres of prime irrigated land producing quality potatoes, sunflowers, green peas, seed canola and a range of cereals for clients such as Frito Lay, McCain, Lucerne Foods,…
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300 MW Wind Energy Project – Utility Scale – Largest Wind Energy Project in Canada – Greengate Power Corporation
The Blackspring Ridge Wind Project declared commercial operation in May 2014. The project will provide substantial economic and environmental impact, supplying clean energy to 140,000 homes across Alberta. More than 350 jobs were created during the construction phase with 20 permanent operations and maintenance jobs. The 300 MW Blackspring Ridge I Wind Project has been…
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Lethbridge Biogas/Cogeneration Project
ERA funding helped Lethbridge Biogas develop a full-scale biogas cogeneration project fueled by organics comprised of agricultural manures and food processing wastes in the County of Lethbridge Rave Industrial Park. The facility uses an anaerobic digestion process to produce renewable energy. The anaerobic digestion process captures and uses methane, a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming…
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ENMAX Micro Renewable Energy Program
The ENMAX group of companies provides electricity, natural gas and value-added services to residential, commercial and industrial customers throughout Alberta. This project increased the deployment of rooftop solar PV retrofits across Alberta, built solar installation capacity by contracting with third-party installers and provided financing options for customers to install solar PV without large up-front costs…
