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NEWS Feb 8, 2016

Tech advances aid wind energy... Alberta’s plans for wind energy are a sign the province is becoming part of a larger global movement toward renewables, says the president of Canada (more...)

NEWS Feb 3, 2016

IN DEPTH: The cold-climate market is hotting up... Building wind farms in remote icy regions where temperatures can drop below minus 40°C hardly seems an appealing prospect for developers. Full art (more...)

NEWS Jan 29, 2016

Bats and Wind Turbines: Moving Beyond Dracula... The image of a flying bat may conjure images of vampires and other characters. Bats do not majestically soar the open skies like a golden eagle – if (more...)

NEWS Jan 26, 2016

Let’s Address Some Common Wind Energy Myths... It seems to happen with every new technology. It wasn't so long ago that some people were convinced a photograph could steal your soul. We may read ab (more...)

NEWS Jan 25, 2016

A whirlwind tour of wind energy myths... It seems to happen with every new technology. It wasn’t so long ago that some people were convinced a photograph could steal your soul. We may read (more...)

NEWS Jan 23, 2016

Correcting wind energy errors... I am writing to correct erroneous information reported in the story titled “Wind energy has issues” which ran on Jan. 18. The story included inacc (more...)

NEWS Jan 22, 2016

Canada’s carbon challenge: Turning promises into reality... Provincial premiers boast leadership in the country’s effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but achieving their own lofty ambitions will require p (more...)

NEWS Jan 20, 2016

Denmark sets another wind record: turbines produced 42 per cent of country’s e... COPENHAGEN, Denmark—The small nation of Denmark, which occupies a relatively narrow band of land between the North and Baltic seas, continues to lea (more...)

NEWS Jan 20, 2016

Ontario taking a back seat as the green energy industry shifts to the west... Its oil industry may be in the tank, but Western Canada is taking some of the wind out of Southwestern Ontario’s green energy sails. (more…) (more...)

NEWS Jan 19, 2016

Canada’s huge wind year... Last week, CanWEA, the Canadian Wind Energy Association, announced impressive growth in 2015, with roughly 50 percent capacity additions – and some (more...)

NEWS Jan 18, 2016

Wind farm at Diavik reduces mine’s carbon footprint... It took “unique and inventive thinking” to portage the components of Diavik Diamond Mine’s four 2.3 MW wind turbines to the island job site in t (more...)

NEWS Jan 14, 2016

BluEarth announces Bull Creek Wind Facility is now producing renewable power in ... Calgary, Alberta – January 14, 2016 – BluEarth Renewables Inc. (“BluEarth”) announced that the Bull Creek Wind Facility (“Bull Creek”) is (more...)

NEWS Jan 14, 2016

BluEarth Announces Bull Creek Wind Facility is Now Producing Renewable Power in ... BluEarth Renewables Inc. ("BluEarth") announced that the Bull Creek Wind Facility ("Bull Creek") is now fully operational. Bull Creek is the first of (more...)

NEWS Jan 13, 2016

CanWEA Marks Another Big Year For Wind In Canada... The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) says 2015 was another remarkable year for wind energy in the country: Specifically, says CanWEA, Canada (more...)

NEWS Jan 6, 2016

New wind farm to help Quebec hit target... Plans to build a 200MW wind farm in Quebec have been unveiled. The project is expected to help the Canadian province reach its goal of installing 4 (more...)

NEWS Dec 15, 2015

Climate deal hastens Canada’s fossil fuel transition... Despite its limitations, the global climate accord reached in Paris over the weekend will hasten Canada’s “managed transition” to a cleaner econ (more...)

NEWS Dec 12, 2015

Wind energy can help transition Saskatchewan to a low-carbon economy... The governments of 195 countries have reached an historic agreement in Paris on the need to transition to a low-carbon economy. Saskatchewan Premier B (more...)

NEWS Dec 12, 2015

Viewpoint: Shift to renewables opportunity for Sask.... SaskPower recently announced an ambitious but achievable commitment to significantly increase wind energy’s contribution to Saskatchewan’s electri (more...)

NEWS Oct 20, 2015

Opinion: Cost of wind and solar energy dropping... The Alberta government has made it clear that its new climate change strategy will accelerate the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation and i (more...)

NEWS Oct 13, 2015

reNEWS Canada Special Report 2015... The reNEWS annual reports give a comprehensive analysis of project developments in each market sector.   Download the 2015 reNEWS Canada specia (more...)