The Energy Futures Lab – Solving for net-zero – not polarization

Source: David Dodge | · GREEN ENERGY FUTURES · | December 11, 2024

‍‍The Energy Futures Lab is a very unassuming collaborative effort to solve some of the most contentious energy and political issues in Alberta.

While Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2024 is aptly “polarization,” the Energy Futures Lab pushes beyond the seemingly impenetrable boundaries of polarization to solve for net-zero.

And they do this by bringing all the right people, from all sides of the spectrum together to have difficult discussions and come up with solutions.

“The Energy Futures Lab is a non-profit organization that was formed 10 years ago, to …  depolarize some of the conversations that we’re having around the energy transition,” says Maureen Kolla, project lead for Alberta’s Electricity Future at the Energy Futures Lab.

Each year, the lab recruits 40 fellows to the lab for one-year terms. This is about to change to two-year terms to ensure some continuity.