377A. Summerside the little city with no energy now leads Canada in renewable energy - Part 1

Just over one decade ago Summerside PEI had virtually no electricity generating capacity aside from expensive backup diesel generators. Something had to change. So the little city in Atlantic Canada set up their own utility, built a wind power project right in the city, started installing a smart grid and thermal energy storing furnaces and boom, suddenly they were getting 42% of their electricity from local, sustainable sources. It didn't stop there. In part one of this amazing story we look at the beginnings of the energy revolution in Summerside and how they used off-the-shelf technologies to do what few cities have done.
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Watch for part 2 in this series where Summerside really digs into the revolution and builds an energy-secure, affordable grid with renewable energy.
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[@northernouthouse]

Congratulations Summerside.

[@stickynorth]

These are all amazing projects that I've never even heard of implemented in Canada before. Very cool and a model of how go green town by town and city by city in a way that benefits citizens first and not corporations or wealthy interests. Well done! That's how it should be everywhere!

[@greenenergyfutures]

We agree. This is a story every city and utility should hear. It shines a light on just how accessible energy security, renewable energy and resilience are if you act in the interests of your city and citizens.

[@PotentialExergy2]

No doubt about it Greg can get things done and has a track record to prove it.

[@davidrandall2742]

Awesome.

[@philipvecchio3292]

I think it's the the remote areas that benefit the most economically from Green energy. Battery and Heat pays back a lot quicker when you have to transport fuel to remote areas.