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 Energy Futures Lab is kicking off a year-long celebration of its 10-year anniversary with the announcement of the tenth cohort of...

Accelerating Investment in Emerging Net-Zero Aligned Energy Industries a Clear Priority Budget 2023 offered a much-needed response to...

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...

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...

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

The Energy Futures Lab contributes to a growing battery metals industry The EV Revolution Every so often, humans stumble upon a resource...

By Guest Contributor Matthew Rygus   Gathered together at the beautiful Ampersand building in downtown Calgary, attendees at the Energy...

Innovators . Entrepreneurial. Ambitious. This is how Albertans have long described themselves, a story often centred around our...

As members of the Energy Futures Policy Collaborative, we spend a lot of time thinking about the future (it’s right in the name!). One...

How the federal and Alberta governments can support investment in low-carbon activities that build on Alberta’s strengths Una Jefferson...

We are surrounded by technical achievements — often near-miraculous, even if they may get taken for granted. The electricity grid that...

This post is part 3 of 3 exploring sustainable finance, bringing together the perspectives of three of our Core Working Group members:...

Transition is a sticky word for a lot of people. Add “net-zero” or “pipeline” to the mix and you might even spark a wave of public passion. But emotions are always anchored in something and those relating to Alberta’s energy transition carry no exception. Sure, through the years we’ve talked about net-zero by 2050 but these conversations have often carried an element of speculation. A nice theory, one might say, but how will we get there? While the answer to this question is

This post is part 2 of 3 exploring sustainable finance, bringing together the perspectives of three of our Core Working Group members:...

This post is part 1 of 3 exploring sustainable finance, bringing together the perspectives of three of our Core Working Group members:...

Alberta’s hydrocarbon sector faced an uncertain future in a world moving towards lower-carbon energy before the pandemic, with existing...

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...

As a second COVID wave hits the province with full force and the impacts of prolonged economic repercussions become clearer, Alberta...

The outbreak of COVID-19 has triggered a global economic crisis that was unimaginable even two weeks ago, and perhaps nowhere is that...