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Bridging Industry and Indigenous Perspectives in Establishing Canada’s Battery Value Chain
A lot was on the line back in May of 2024. A small conference room on Tsuut’ina lands to the west of Calgary was filled with...
The Lab Team
Feb 205 min read
As the World Races to Lower Emissions, Budget 2023 Leans into Keeping Canada’s Energy Sector Competitive
Accelerating Investment in Emerging Net-Zero Aligned Energy Industries a Clear Priority Budget 2023 offered a much-needed response to...
Alison Cretney
Mar 30, 20236 min read
Canada’s advantage in the global battery supply chain: leading the world in energy transition innovation
In the global race to reach net-zero and decarbonize, Canada should be the bookie’s favorite. Long renowned as a nation of both abundant...
Ailsa Popilian
Sep 12, 20227 min read
Impact: Leveraging digital innovation to power Alberta’s energy future
The Energy Futures Lab’s Grid Sandbox Innovation Platform The evolving grid In 2022 it’s easy to take the flip of a light switch for...
The Lab Team
Sep 12, 20228 min read
There’s no energy security without net zero
Canada has the raw materials and commodities that the world is increasingly desperate for today, and the innovation capital to turn them into the future-fit energy that will be in demand for generations to come. ... Nobody ever said the energy transition would be easy, but few likely imagined it would be this chaotic. In retrospect, it was probably tempting to think that the transition to a low-emission economy could be a gentle and gradual affair. Well, so much for that. Wit
Alison Cretney
Aug 11, 20224 min read
From Lithium on Tap to the Battery Metals Association of Canada
The Energy Futures Lab contributes to a growing battery metals industry The EV Revolution Every so often, humans stumble upon a resource...
Alison Cretney
May 30, 202212 min read
What do decision-makers care about when investing in future-fit hydrocarbons?
Alberta’s hydrocarbon sector faced an uncertain future in a world moving towards lower-carbon energy before the pandemic, with existing...
John McNally
Mar 29, 20214 min read
A closer look at “future-fit”
Planning for the future is complicated. We don’t know for sure what the future will look like. That means — and forgive me for being a...
Dale Beugin
Mar 4, 20214 min read
Tech for Tomorrow’s Alberta: ERA’s Technology Roadmap & Future-Fit Hydrocarbons
Around the world, countries, corporations, and people are picking up the call for a net-zero future. This global rallying cry is...
Bob Savage
Feb 23, 20214 min read
Five Big Ideas for Alberta’s Economic Recovery
The outbreak of COVID-19 has triggered a global economic crisis that was unimaginable even two weeks ago, and perhaps nowhere is that...
Alison Cretney
Dec 1, 202011 min read
Reflections on an Interview with the CBC
On Tuesday this week, I was interviewed by host Laura Lynch on CBC Radio One’s Vancouver morning show, the Early Edition, for a segment...
The Lab Team
Dec 6, 20185 min read
Mobility in a Low-Carbon Future
The increasing drive towards a low-carbon future is demanding that we look differently at the way we live, eat, commute, and transport...
Nagwan Al-Guneid
Oct 22, 20182 min read
An Emerging Portfolio of EFL Initiatives
No one ever said the transition to a new energy economy would be easy. From the very beginning, The Natural Step Canada (TNSC) was under...
Chad Park
Oct 18, 20165 min read
Apoorv Sinha: What Does the Future of the Alberta Energy System Look Like?
Reflections from our Energy Futures Lab Fellows “The Albertan Oil Sands, and the province’s economic dependence on them needs to be an...
Aproov Sinha
Jan 28, 20162 min read
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