Megan Zimmerman & Barend Dronkers: What is Community Energy?
On February 16th, Calgary Economic Development and the Pembina Institute co-hosted theĀ Alberta Community Energy workshop . More than 80 diverse stakeholders participated, including representatives of academia; rural, municipal and provincial government; industry; utilities; economic development organizations; First Nations groups; NGOs and students. Why? Everyone was keen to understand how Albertans could own a piece of the renewable energy pie as the province starts phasing out coal....