The University of Regina has opened the doors to a new lab that aims to help reshape how energy is produced and used across Saskatchewan.

The Microgrid Living Lab, a first-of-its-kind facility in the province, was launched as a hub for clean energy research, development and education in Saskatchewan.

"About six per cent of generated power is lost in transmission. So in microgrids, we don't have that," said Irfan Al-Anbagi, an associate professor in electronic systems engineering and the lab's dir…