Green Energy Futures

Host David Dodge revisits a 2003 conservation canoe trip on the Athabasca River, featuring an interview with hockey legend Ken Dryden.

This episode explores the innovative design and sustainable features of a straw bale dream home built over eight years, focusing on its energy efficiency, solar power systems, and debunking myths about straw bale construction.

Michael Liebreich argues for a pragmatic climate reset.

Host David Dodge explores Michael Liebreich's pragmatic climate reset, which advocates using flexible natural gas plants alongside renewables to approach net zero.

David Dodge interviews Simon Lindley of Trucked Up EVs about whether extended-range electric vehicles can solve range and towing concerns for North American EV trucks.

This episode explores how flexible natural gas power plants can complement renewable energy to achieve 90-95% clean electricity grids cost-effectively, based on Michael Liebreich's pragmatic climate approach and Wärtsilä's scenario analysis.

This episode analyzes the complexities of carbon pricing in Alberta and Canada, focusing on the difference between headline and effective carbon prices in the recent MOU agreement.

This episode discusses how Skyfire Energy, an Alberta-based solar company, is diversifying its markets through acquisitions like Hakai Energy Solutions to thrive despite regulatory challenges halting utility-scale solar projects in Alberta.

This episode explores how Skyfire Energy, an Alberta-based solar company, is diversifying its markets through acquisitions like Hakai Energy Solutions to thrive despite regulatory challenges that have stalled utility-scale solar projects in Alberta.

This episode discusses how Alberta's adverse policies and regulatory uncertainty have led to the cancellation of 15 gigawatts of renewable energy projects since 2024, resulting in billions in lost investment and negative economic impacts.

David Dodge opens with Michael Liebreich's argument that rumors of the energy transition's death have been greatly exaggerated.

David Dodge revisits a 2003 interview with Ken Dryden recorded four days into a Boreal Rendezvous canoe trip on the Athabasca River.

This episode interviews Reza Nasseri, a pioneer in building net-zero homes, discussing his journey from Iran to Canada, his commitment to energy efficiency, and his work on the Blatchford carbon-neutral community.

The host talks with Ed Whittingham about Scrubbing the Sky, the new podcast Whittingham launched after telling Peter McKendrick he would make a podcast if he wrote a book about scrubbing the sky.

Richard Allen proposes producing hydrogen beside filling stations using local water, solar or wind, and an electrolyser.