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City of Calgary to Deploy Electric Buses and Rapid-Charging Infrastructure
The City of Calgary is deploying battery-electric public transit buses and associated rapid-charging infrastructure as part of a $13.9 million project supported by $7 million in funding support from ERA. As part of the project, Calgary Transit is conducting operations and maintenance staff training. It is also re-designing and re-scheduling transit routes in a large…
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ENMAX explores carbon capture unit at its Shepard Energy Centre
ENMAX hopes to make the Shepard Energy Centre home to the first commercial-scale natural-gas combined-cycle (NGCC) carbon capture unit in North America. The facility is already used as a performance benchmark for emissions intensity and emissions efficiency in Alberta and across Canada for NGCC facilities. Now, ENMAX Energy Corporation has received over $3 million in…
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New solar project helps supply power to Enbridge pipelines
With 320 days of sunshine a year, Alberta is one of the sunniest provinces in the country with about half of its daytime hours in the sun. To harness this energy source, Enbridge recently installed 36,000 solar panels to build a its first solar generation facility in Canada, approximately four kilometers west of the hamlet…
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Province’s first co-produced geothermal power project a made-in-Alberta solution
Geothermal energy used to be a renewable energy source relegated to the fringes, but a project in Alberta promises to usher in a new era of clean energy that could spur an entirely new industry in the province. Razor Energy, in partnership with FutEra Power, is currently developing the first-of-its-kind geothermal and natural gas hybrid…
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First-of-its-kind geothermal pilot to produce reliable baseload power
Eavor Technologies Inc. has developed the world’s first closed-loop geothermal system. In a demonstration project near Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, the Eavor-Lite facility uses existing oil and gas drilling technology and expertise to facilitate the development of an innovative energy supply. The technology—dubbed the Eavor-Loop™—circulates a proprietary fluid that collects heat from below the earth’s…
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ENMAX to test solar and battery storage at oil and gas plant
ENMAX will demonstrate on-site renewable electricity generation and lithium-ion battery storage at Keyera Corporation’s Rimbey Gas plant. Previous commercial project pictured above. ENMAX is demonstrating the use of solar power and battery storage in industrial operations to offset peak power demand. This is the first large-scale demonstration of solar and battery storage for a midstream…
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Brooks Solar can now power 3,000 homes
The first utility-scale solar project in Western Canada is generating clean power for the Alberta electricity grid and meeting performance expectations almost one year into operations. Brooks Solar spans 68 acres and includes 48,000 panels. At 17 megawatts, the facility can produce enough power for 3,000 homes. Live data on how much electricity Brooks Solar…
