Uniting electricity system leaders and users to create solutions that accelerate the shift to a modern, reliable, and low carbon power grid in Alberta.

Bringing together Western Canada's battery and advanced material industries to establish and expand value chains that support market share growth and create keep more value from Canada's resources at home.

Seizing low-carbon opportunities starts with Alberta’s regional strengths

Empowering Alberta communities to design local solutions that strengthen resilience in the face of energy transition.

Aligning carbon pricing with Canada's competitiveness and climate goals

Collaboratively shaping ideas for a Canadian industrial strategy to drive investment in Canada's economy and low-carbon growth.

Connecting rural leaders to share solutions, build capacity, and turn collaboration into action across Alberta

Creating mechanisms to unlock a shift from debt-based solutions to shared equity, empowering Indigenous communities to obtain meaningful ownership in early-stage energy projects and benefit from sustainable growth.

Bringing together Alberta's subsurface stakeholders to strengthen the economic foundations for carbon sequestration.

Building tools to align and build trust between communities and developers to fast-track energy projects with clarity and confidence.

Empowering Alberta communities to shape development, align priorities, and unlock responsible, value-driven industrial growth.

Bringing together technical and cultural wisdom to shape responsible, high-value subsurface development

Bringing together energy system and community leaders to build the energy system of tomorrow, together.

Creating a framework to assess the gap between decarbonization commitments and actions of Alberta-based oil & gas and power & utility companies.

Connecting visual artists and writers with energy professionals to create artistic works exploring energy transition.

Highlighting collaborative workshops in Pincher Creek where communities explored clean energy opportunities and regional leadership for the future.

Supporting greater understanding of barriers hindering the safe, sustainable and effective deployment of CCUS in Alberta through a research and multi-sector stakeholder engagement process.

Fellows engaging in regular dialogue to develop leadership, expand inner capacities, and foster relationships that support energy system transformation.

Facilitating relationship building and cross-cutural exchange through a series of Green Building and Energy Summits at four Alberta Friendship Centres, as part of a larger project focused on retrofitting the centres to develop demonstration hubs as learning and training projects for applied energy efficiency building retrofits.

Partnering to devise, test and refine an integrated set of tools and a community of practice to help elected official and administrations of Alberta municipalities accelerate the implementation of impactful climate solutions.

Convening a multi-stakeholder cohort of over 30 committed leaders representing utilities, regulatory bodies, technology and data experts, government agencies, entrepreneurs and building specialists to explore wow we might enable the application of digital technology in buildings to accelerate our progress towards net-zero targets.

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Mass timber presents a unique opportunity to support the drive towards net-zero buildings. This Roadmap outlines pathways to get there.

Developing a shared vision, roadmap, and action plan to guide next steps of actors important to the development of a Canadian sustainable aviation fuels value chain.

Developing an online training program and community focused on applying the concept of "tech stewardship" to energy transition technologies and systems-level energy conversations.

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Building a framework for data collection to assess and categorize Alberta electricity users based on their production and/or of electricity to create better grid and electricity usage modelling.

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Providing $50,000 in grant funding to young entrepreneurs and organizations supporting young people's energy and emissions reduction related initiatives

Developing a shared vision, roadmap, and action plan to guide next steps of actors important to the development of a Canadian battery materials value chain.

Co-creating a vision with Indigenous leaders to centre Indigenous Rights and priorities in major energy projects, feeding into federal oversight.

Testing potential pathways to advance equitable energy affordability in Alberta.

Convening eight local governments and municipal districts in NW Alberta to work jointly towards building a regional electric vehicle charging network, including completion of a charging network map and capital funding proposals.

Supporting partnership, refinement and real-world testing of a data collection and modelling platform to simulate future scenarios and corresponding solutions for Alberta's grid.

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Partnering to provide funding for the delivery of wellsite abandonment and reclamation training programs to two cohorts in the Siksika and Piikani Nations in Southern Alberta.

Engaging young Albertans in the energy transition through learning, networking, and contributing their perspectives to inclusive, actionable solutions

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Providing input and insight to the National Partial Upgrading Committee's Technology Roadmap.

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Promoting non-partisan legislative and regulatory change to allow for the safe and responsible repurposing of existing oil and gas infrastructure and sites.

Piloting a blockchain platform designed to verify and aggregate emissions credits from small scale generators.

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Developing a blueprint to guide the Government of Canada's strategy for developing and retraining Canada's existing workforce to reach its goal of net-zero by 2050.

In 2020, the Roadshow headed to Whitecourt to co-create an energy future vision, sparking ideas now shaping the region's economic outlook.

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Exploring five transformative sectors shaping Alberta's economy, featuring speakers on each and launching the 'Big Ideas' series.

EFL and partners put forward 53 shovel-ready, low-emission projects to the Federal government that would create jobs and advance Alberta's clean economy.

Exploring the leadership role that the EFL can play in helping accelerate progress in the context of the urgent need for action and the growing polarization on energy issues in Alberta and Canada with a broad cross-section of the community in a single-day event

Bringing community members together to explore energy transition opportunities, sparking a geothermal project in the region.

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Demonstrating practical geothermal energy uses for community benefit.

Launching BioJet and the WestJet Aviation Biofuel Challenge to showcase how Canada's airlines can lead in low-carbon air travel with made-in-Alberta fuel.

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Analyzing and providing upgrades to ERA's 2018 Technology Roadmap from a systems lens.

Piloting a worker training program through renewable energy installations in a local school.

Talking across divides to co-create an energy futures narrative rooted in diverse perspectives, shared stories, and trust.

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An inspiring half-day public event featuring Mayor Nenshi, Nick Parker, and Andrew Ference, as well as presentations by several EFL Fellows, talking about the initiatives and ideas they developed together.

Collaboratively shaping the transformative, people-powered solutions our energy system requires

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Exploring and retailing the concept of future-fit hydrocarbons (products and activities that build on Canada’s hydrocarbon assets in a way that is compatible with net-zero climate targets) to drive further research, investment and public/private partnerships.

Can advanced technologies like AI can help bridge divides and depolarize energy dialogues for more inclusive, constructive discussions?

Helping energy leaders and innovators to develop five essential capacities for driving the energy transition.

Supporting Indigenous leadership and entrepreneurship in alternative energy through culturally guided learning, business incubation, and a network of entrepreneurs

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Advancing PACE financing in Alberta by scaling the Clean Energy Improvement Program to make energy upgrades more accessible and affordable.

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The initiative shows how aggregating clean power across Alberta, while retaining local ownership, can deliver economic benefits to communities

Promoting energy efficiency across Albertaís systems to reduce costs, cut emissions, and unlock clean-growth opportunities for communities and industry

Helping small businesses in rural Alberta save energy, cut costs, and add capacity through accessible energy efficiency programming

Emerging from the Fellowship, Lithium on Tap connected leaders to shape Albertaís lithium future and support a domestic battery supply chain.

Convening the Lab's network to advance ideas, surface tensions, and build a strong sense of community around the energy transition

Building energy literacy among Albertaís youth to foster the next generation of innovative, entrepreneurial, and responsible energy citizens.

Engaging community members in workshops to explore the energy transition, inspire action, and identify local energy projects.

Leaders and innovators joined the Leadership Bootcamp to develop five essential capacities for driving the energy transition.

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Engaging community members in workshops to explore the energy transition, inspire action, and identify local energy projects.

Envisioning every rural Alberta community generating renewable power competitively, creating local economic and social benefits for itself.

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Participants engaged in hands-on energy transition activities and sessions on building resilient, diversified, and prepared communities.

Shaping policy to unlock investment in future-fit hydrocarbons and support low-emission, climate-aligned energy opportunities.

Supporting Indigenous leadership in alternative energy, fostering collaboration and community-driven development.

Supporting Indigenous-led initiatives that foster true partnership and advance meaningful reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

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