Making gasoline from wood pulp

Renewable energy: A Swedish researcher is using a pulp and paper byproduct to power cars

Lund, Sweden | Reuters – Might tree roots, twigs and branches one day be used to power cars? That’s what a Swedish researcher is hoping after developing a pulp byproduct […] Read more


Chris Lee, right, built a passive energy house and Rob McKinlay built an anaerobic digester system on his dairy farm.

Debating rural energy efficiency

Alternative energy users discuss how local solutions can be good for rural economies

Residents of rural Ontario are creating new energy efficient solutions, whether or not government is involved. Farmers, rural residents and planners talked about rural environmental sustainability at the recent Rural […] Read more


Solar panels and windmills proliferated under the Liberal Green Energy Act, but with little local decision-making control.

Ontario axes Green Energy Act, leaving some wondering what’s next

South West Oxford mayor suggests that storage continues to be the biggest stumbling block to allowing the renewable energy sector to continue growing without government support

In a widely anticipated move, the Ontario government has repealed the province’s Green Energy Act. Why it matters: Since the Green Energy Act was introduced in 2009, thousands of Ontario […] Read more


Getting a jump on the power grid

Getting a jump on the power grid

Expensive electricity and inflexible utilities mean more farmers are generating their own power on the farm

Grain drying is a necessary and expensive evil for Ontario farmers. It’s so expensive, in fact, that grain producers are increasingly offsetting their electricity expenses with on-farm, off-grid energy production […] Read more