Published: Jun 13, 2008

By: Roger Peters

This renewable energy storage primer, compiled by Roger Peters with Lynda O'Malley, is the second in the series Making Renewable Energy a Priority. This primer focuses on the large-scale storage of electricity in order to bring more renewable power sources onto the grid.

Making Renewable Energy a Priority Series

Primer 2: Storing Renewable Power

Primer 1: Feeding the Grid Renewably

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Published: Mar 19, 2008

By: Cherise Burda

This report, the sixth in a series of Ontario progress reports stresses the need for Ontario to integrate its fairly ambitious climate change targets into planning policy. Ontario has shown leadership in its land use planning policy and its stated commitments to addressing climate change, but problems and shortcomings in its approach may keep Ontario from meeting its own goals.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Published: Mar 10, 2008

By: Roger Peters

Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Published: Feb 29, 2008

By: Roger Peters, Tim Weis

Feed-in tariffs, often called Standard Offer Contracts or Renewable Energy Payments in North America, have been demonstrated to be the most effective policy mechanism that a country can use to foster the rapid development of renewable energy systems. Close to two-thirds of the world's wind energy and half of the solar PV systems have been installed as a result of these innovative polices.

This fact sheet, the first in the Making Renewable Energy a Priority series introduces the reader to the key elements of feed-in tariffs and the ways in which they function to achieve rapid renewable energy deployment.

A primer is also available.

See also Primer 2: Storing Renewable Power

Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Published: Feb 29, 2008

By: Roger Peters, Tim Weis

Feed-in tariffs, often called Standard Offer Contracts or Renewable Energy Payments in North America, have been demonstrated to be the most effective policy mechanism that a country can use to foster the rapid development of renewable energy systems. Close to two-thirds of the world's wind energy and half of the solar PV systems have been installed as a result of these innovative policies.

This primer, the first in the Making Renewable Energy a Priority series, introduces the reader to the key elements of feed-in tariffs and the ways in which they function to achieve rapid renewable energy deployment.

A fact sheet is also available.

See also Primer 2: Storing Renewable Power

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Published: Feb 28, 2008

By: Roger Peters, Tim Weis

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Published: Feb 12, 2008

By: Marlo Raynolds

This letter was submitted to the federal Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty, to urge him to include several key climate change and clean energy measures in the 2008 Budget. The measures include:

• establishing an adequate price on greenhouse gas emissions (carbon pricing) and
• ensuring renewable energy and energy efficiency become a primary focus of Canada's long term energy supply and demand strategy.

Publication Type: Letters & Formal Submissions, Presentations

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Published: Nov 14, 2007

By: Alison Bailie, Matt Horne, Alison Cretney, Ian Picketts, Josha MacNab, Karen Campbell, Rich Wong

To combat climate change, British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell has declared that the province will cut its annual greenhouse gas emissions by 33% or more below current levels by 2020. To date, the details announced in Premier Campbell's proposals will only reduce British Columbia’s emissions by about five million tonnes – 31 million tonnes less than needed to meet the goal. Those 31 million tonnes are the gap.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Published: Nov 12, 2007

By: Green Budget Coalition

This set of recommendations for ambitious environmental action was presented to the federal government in advance of the 2008 federal budget. The Pembina Institute authored several of the recommendations including recommendations for carbon pricing, mining and mineral exploration and development, energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Published: Sep 26, 2007

By: Roger Peters, Cherise Burda

This solutions paper follows the Renewable is Doable report and answers the question: How is it doable? It addresses the misconception that large-scale nuclear or coal generation is required to meet Ontario's base load demand for electricity. It argues that the right technical, regulatory and policy tools can make energy efficiency and renewable power the primary source of power for the future.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Published: Sep 24, 2007

By: Roger Peters

Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy