solar power

Saskatchewan's biggest city is harnessing the sun to meet its climate goals — and push a fossil fuel-heavy province toward renewable energy.

Almost two-thirds of wind and solar projects built globally last year will be able to generate cheaper electricity than even the world’s cheapest new coal plants, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency.

Vehicle-to-grid initiatives — where electric vehicles store power and feed it back to the electrical grid in times of high demand — could help local utilities better meet people's needs.

Summerside, P.E.I., may be small, but it's made big moves in finding climate change solutions.

Over the last six months, Canada's National Observer has been looking into what's working and what's failing in cities as they rise to the challenge of tackling climate change. In a 13-part series, we will be taking you across the country, province by province, for a look at how cities are meeting the climate emergency with sustainable solutions. We start with this overview.

The federal government is shilling for small modular reactors as a climate change solution, but environmentalists fear nuclear waste makes the risks too great.

New wind and solar power projects in China, Europe and the U.S. spurred a 45 per cent rise in the rate of new renewable energy capacity, according to the International Energy Agency.

The Ontario government has proposed repealing measures that made it easier to build new renewable energy projects. Critics say the changes would be a significant step backwards.

Canada must capitalize on its natural advantages, invest in its homegrown industries and create the regulatory environment needed to become a global leader in electrified transportation powered by renewable electricity.

Amazon has invested in nine more renewable energy projects globally, including one in Alberta, as it aims to cancel out its massive carbon footprint by 2040.

Canada added fewer megawatts of renewable energy capacity in 2020 than any of its G7 counterparts, according to new figures from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). However, there's more to this.

Veteran climate activist Bill McKibben joined Canada's National Observer editor-in-chief Linda Solomon Wood last week to talk about Canada's climate future.

Solar energy has an increasingly important role to play in combatting the global threat of climate change and helping Canada reach its 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target, writes Robert Hornung of the Canadian Renewable Energy Association.

Industry leaders also said the Canadian playing field has become more level after Alberta and Ontario ended government rebates on solar energy upgrades.

Sometimes the features of a wind-and-solar system turn out to be bugs.