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Click here to visit the Discussion Forum on today's session, Renewable Energy in NL! Here you will also find a recording of the session, hosted on our YouTube channel.

Join us on March 10th (via Zoom) as we talk to three special guests about NL's rewnewable energies.

Wind, water, solar: what is the real story behind renewable energy sources in NL? How renewable is the current electricity grid in NL? How much will demand for renewable energy increase as the world moves to low-carbon options? What are the barriers to capitalizing on those opportunities? And what can (and should) we do to move forward?

Featuring:

Jennifer Williams , President of NL Hydro

Larry Hughes, Professor of Engineering, Dalhousie

Amy Pellerin, Director, Canadian Development, Natural Forces

Register by clicking here (you'll be sent the Zoom link before the session): http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=nsixiugab&oeidk=a07ej2aqa3dffc991f5

We collected some information on Electric Vehicles in Newfoundland & Labrador: how they work, where charging stations can be found, and what barriers need to be overcome to increase local uptake. Take a look at the brief, below, and for more information visit the websites and read the documents included on the Sources page! To access the PDF, click here.

Could climate change actually help NL's population troubles?

See what the experts say--read our recent ForecastNL brief, below (or click here for the PDF).

Our planet's climate is in crisis.

Governments and corporations need to take some very big steps to slow global warming. But Curb Your Carbon, a documentary from The Nature of Things, shows some of the small, easy things we can all do to fight climate change in a big way.

In this article, Graham Duggan talks to us about the many things we can all do right now to help prevent climate change, and introduces us to a recent documentary called "Curb Your Carbon" that you can watch via CBC Gem.

Read the article here: https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-nature-of-things/5-things-you-can-do-right-now-to-help-save-the-planet-1.6303579

On Nov 30th, we were joined by 3 experts in the local "clean tech" scene to talk to us about the opportunities and challenges facing the industry in the light of climate change.

If you missed the live session, you can watch the recording here, hosted on our YouTube channel:

In her recent article for Saltwire, Barb Sweet interviews our own co-chair, Dr. Brad deYoung, on the impacts of climate change in NL, and what the province--and country--need to do to prepare for the future.

Ocean scientist Brad deYoung likens COP26 to a slight correction in steering the Titanic.

COP26 was the United Nations conference on climate change that recently wrapped up in Glasgow, Scotland.

“We kind of expect from these COPs that we will suddenly get the answer or the answers and that’s not happening. This is a process as much as an action,” said deYoung, an honorary research professor in oceanography at Memorial University,

“There’s a little more agreement in the wheelhouse that there could be icebergs ahead, and there was some nudging of the steering wheel to kind of head us towards warmer water than iceberg waters.”

Read the full article here: https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/business/is-it-time-for-a-drastic-change-of-course-in-newfoundland-and-labrador-before-climate-change-does-it-for-us-100660951/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1637626413

"The world is living through the first major energy crisis of the clean-power transition. It won’t be the last.

The shortages jolting natural gas and electricity markets from the U.K. to China are unfolding just as demand roars back from the pandemic. But the planet has faced volatile energy markets and supply squeezes for decades. What’s different now is that the richest economies are also undergoing one of the most ambitious overhauls of their power systems since the dawn of the electric age — with no easy way to store the energy generated from renewable sources."

Read the full article here, and stay tuned for more information on our upcoming sessions on energy:

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/renewables/global-energy-crisis-is-the-first-of-many-in-the-clean-power-era