A New Hope
Hydrogen has a long, impressive history—it fuelled the first internal combustion engines and launched humankind to the moon—but while the product itself isn’t new, how it’s both created and...
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Reports
Catching the Bus: How smart policy can accelerate electric buses across Canada
Electric buses tick all the boxes. They reduce pollution, improve the air quality and health of our communities, and visibly demonstrate climate action in motion. They offer cost savings over their...
The Fast Lane: Tracking the Energy Revolution 2019
Partnering with Navius Research, Clean Energy Canada delved into Canada’s clean energy sector to better understand its contribution to the economy. This future-looking study follows our historical...
Missing the Bigger Picture: Tracking the Energy Revolution 2019
Partnering with Navius Research, Clean Energy Canada delved into Canada’s clean energy sector to better understand its economic contribution and the number of jobs it provides. The result is an...
Will Canada Miss the Bus? Tracking the Energy Revolution 2019
Buses. They’re the veins of our cities, transporting billions of people around their daily lives. Whether it’s a morning commute, a lift home from school, or a trip to the hockey game, buses have...
Building the Future: How smart public infrastructure decisions can cut pollution, save money, and support a clean economy
The Government of Canada has prioritized increasing infrastructure investment and cutting pollution across the country. The 2016 federal budget saw the launch of the Investing in Canada Plan, the...
Batteries Not Included: Solutions Series
No one can say where the road ahead will take Canada, but here’s a safe bet: it’s going to have a lot more electric cars on it. That’s especially true in B.C., one of Canada’s electric...
Less is More
A win for our economy, consumers, and the climate? It may sound like an elusive unicorn, but energy efficiency checks all of the above. While underreported, measures to help homes, small businesses,...
Energy, Disrupted: Tracking the Energy Revolution 2018
Every year, Clean Energy Canada takes a fresh look at the transition to clean energy, and every year it’s amazing how much has changed—and how quickly. This year is no exception. We identified...
The Power of Procurement: Cutting the federal government’s carbon emissions
The Government of Canada has made tackling climate change a policy priority, most prominently through its Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. In September 2017, we convened a...
Stuck in Neutral: Tracking the Energy Revolution 2017
The global shift to electric cars is well underway, bringing with it big changes for drivers, industries and governments around the world. But as our peers accelerate, Canada is coasting—on both...
What a Clean Fuel Standard Can Do for Canada
Last year, the federal government announced it would develop a policy that aims to cut more carbon pollution than any other in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, by...