Stu Campana, A\J Renewable Energy blogger

Stu Campana

Stu Campana is an international environmental consultant, with expertise in water, energy and waste management. He is the Water Team Leader with Ecology Ottawa, has a master’s in Environment and Resource Management and writes the A\J Renewable Energy blog. Follow him on Twitter: @StuCampana.

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Dunkers Flow Balancing system decentralized water management A\J

YOU JUST TOOK A WATER BALLOON TO THE FACE. The good news is that, as a Canadian, you are rarely so pressed to think about the quality and abundance of...

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Muskrat Falls is getting a hydroelectric project.Against the objections of local environmental and Inuit-Metis groups, the Federal Court has given the southern Labrador project a green light.There’s some cognitive dissonance...
Windmills in rural Germany. © elxeneize \ Fotolia.com
The floor of the North Sea is about to be disturbed by a 2 billion Euro high-voltage undersea cable, stretching from Germany to Norway. Like old friends splitting a bar...
concentratedsolarpower
Medicine Hat, Alberta, is branching out. The city has approved a proposal to install the country’s first concentrated solar power (CSP) project.CSP typically employs an array of mirrors to reflect...
nuclear2
1:24 a.m.: “Under intense heat, the core began to break down. Fuel assemblies fragmented, control rod channels warped, steam built up furiously and, finally, steam tubes burst. Tons of steam...
blog08-renewableenergy
 Solar panels, wind turbines and hydroelectric dams are not cheap. Countries can afford them, but national ownership does not tend to foster local pride. Individuals, organizations or corporations can purchase...
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November was an up-and-down month for Ontario’s renewable energy industry. The Minister of Energy released a directive on November 23 to resume accepting applications for the province’s Feed-In Tariff (FIT)...
turbinebirds740
I like birds, on the whole. I can’t identify more than one or two (maybe just chickens and ducks), but I’m happy to listen to some cheerful chirping in the...
blog08-renewableenergy
A British startup has figured out how to produce gasoline from air and water. A British startup has figured out how to produce gasoline from air and water.The initial output...
houseandturbine
The “Not in My Backyard” (NIMBY) problem can put a real lid on wind energy uptake if a sufficient number of backyards are marked as off-limits. And we need those...