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   A Climate Change Central Newsletter JANUARY 2009, ISSUE 26  
January 2009

Alberta has reached a crossroads as aging power lines, record-breaking usage, land-use conflicts and environmental concerns force citizens, industry and governments to take a hard look at how to keep the electrons flowing most effectively.

Read ArticleRead the Full Story		 Microgeneration: Small Power with a Big Impact
REGULATORS REMOVE BUREAUCRATIC BARRIERS TO
MICRO-GENERATION

New provincial and municipal micro-generation policies are making it easier for Albertans to generate their own electricity, cut energy costs and do it in an environmentally friendly way.

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Girding for Expanding Alberta's Electricity Grid

GIRDING FOR EXPANDING ALBERTA'S ELECTRICITY GRID

Alberta's electrical transmission system has been stretched close to the breaking point.  How can renewable energy and micro-generation projects resolve a looming electricity shortfall.
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Smart Meters could Help Reduce Electricity

SMART METERS COULD HELP REDUCE ELECTRICITY

Smart meters can provide instant information on electricity consumption to both users and transmission and distribution companies.
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Alberta takes Small Steps toward Micro-Generation

ALBERTA TAKES SMALL STEPS TOWARD MICRO-GENERATION

Micro-generation should appeal to Albertans' sense of themselves as an independent, entrepreneurial breed of Canadian.  A creative, out-of-the-box energy source that's clean and sustainable, small-scale renewable energy projects can provide heat and electricity to Albertans who want to reduce their carbon footprints and take responsibility for their own energy production.
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Solar Showcase Project a Success - Regulations Streamlined

SOLAR SHOWCASE PROJECT A SUCCESS - REGULATIONS STREAMLINED

Twenty Alberta municipalities installed solar photovoltaic systems on everything from village schools to town halls to city buildings.
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Net-Zero Homes Equal Big Gains

THREE NEW HOMES IN ALBERTA PRODUCE MORE ENERGY THAN THEY CONSUME

Imagine a home that saves you more than $2,500 a year in energy bills and emits not a single kilogram of climate change-causing greenhouse gases.  Sound too good to be true?  It's not as farfetched as it sounds.
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Calgary Home Features the Potential for Distributed Generation

CALGARY HOME FEATURES THE POTENTIAL FOR DISTRIBUTED GENERATION

Gary Holden believes he has the first true cogeneration house in Canada and perhaps North America.
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Grande Prairie Micro-Wind Pilot to Reshape Local By-Laws GRANDE PRAIRIE MICRO-WIND PILOT TO RESHAPE LOCAL BY-LAWS
As Alberta's appetite for wine energy increases, urban centres are conteding with more requests from micro-wind turbines.
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