Decarbonizing our energy system is a formidable challenge, with electricity playing a pivotal role. A clear vision for our electricity system is crucial, serving as a guiding beacon amidst uncertainty….

Alberta’s Electricity Future (AEF) is based on the view that players across the electricity system are responding to new factors that fall outside (and sometimes run contrary to) the parameters…

After more than a decade of hard work to unlock and demonstrate the potential for mass timber in Canada, the industry is ready to scale. Canada has excellent wood resources…

As the Energy Futures Lab celebrates nine years of work towards establishing a trusted network of energy leaders and bridging their innovative efforts to accelerate Canada’s energy transition, 2023 saw…

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) is a pivotal avenue to achieving net-zero energy by 2030. However, the effective deployment of CCUS in Alberta and across Canada faces complex challenges….

A first for sustainable aviation fuels in Canada, this roadmap is the result of a collaborative effort between C-SAF, Energy Futures Lab, and Transition Accelerator. Canada has enormous opportunities in…

One of the Energy Futures Lab’s strengths as a social innovation lab is holding the tensions and tradeoffs of the toughest energy challenges in a way that is generative, inclusive…

Demand for electric vehicles is growing at a rate that exceeds even the most robust recent predictions. This roadmap presents a national strategy for Canada to capitalize on its abundant…

This summary report captures the output from a series of workshops co-hosted by the Battery Metals Association of Canada and the Energy Futures Lab, in which participants from sectors along…

Alberta faces the challenge of developing and scaling areas of economic activity that are more competitive in a decarbonizing world. Albertan firms are already exploring opportunities to repurpose assets from the…

This report provides a conceptual framework for the efforts of the Energy Futures Lab’s Policy Collaborative (EFPC) that was launched to explore the role of public policy for attracting investment…

This paper examines factors that could allow for the renewal of the Alberta hydrocarbons cluster so it becomes future-fit, with the goal of identifying catalytic conditions and factors for the…

The Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) retail fund segment has been gaining tremendous interest from sustainable and responsible investors over the last few years. In the investment industry, a variety…

This toolkit is designed to help organizations understand and leverage government policy actions used to shape the behaviour of consumers, markets, producers, investors and competing jurisdictions in ways that will…

This policy brief makes the case that federal and provincial governments need to act to encourage investment in future-fit hydrocarbon industries and presents a framework for how they might do…

This policy brief outlines a set of common assessment criteria that are currently used by decision-makers to assess the future fitness of technologies and projects in the face of uncertain…

The LEAD project aims to clear roadblocks that will allow entrepreneurs to utilize existing oil and gas sites and infrastructure for new development, attract investment to Alberta for these developments,…