Renewable is Doable
Greening the Grid in Alberta
Alberta's
growing demand for electricity can be entirely met by tapping into the
province's vast renewable energy resources. The Pembina analysis of
green electricity scenarios clearly demonstrates Alberta has incredible
potential to become a leader in green power production and energy
efficiency and doesn't have to rely on dirty fuels.
From Brown to Green
The report outlines two scenarios for meeting Alberta's electricity
demand. The more aggressive ‘green scenario,' shows how Alberta could
move from 70 per cent coal to 70 per cent renewable energy in just 20
years.
Read the media release
Download the report
Download the factsheet
Download figures for print
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Renewable Is Doable
Making Renewable Energy a Priority
Renewable energy has the promise to become the energy power house of
the 21st Century: it can create jobs and new industries, and
improve air and water quality, energy security, access to
energy, and community development. Meeting our future power demands is
one of the first opportunities for rapid deployment of renewable
energy. The Pembina Institute has launched a new series of primers and
fact sheets that explain the policies and technologies that can bring
this about. The first two are now available:
Feeding the Grid Renewably — This primer and fact sheet describe what is arguably the best policy in the world for supporting renewable power.
Storing Renewable Power — This primer describes how new power storage technologies allow
variable renewable power sources like solar and wind to supply all our
power needs.
The Pembina Institute has an entire website devoted to renewable energy issues: re.pembina.org.
To find out about the new North American campaign to promote
renewable power using feed in tariffs (called renewable energy payments
in the United States) visit www.allianceforrenewableenergy.org.
Renewable is Doable for Ontario's Electricity Demands
Pembina has joined with leading environmental groups on landmark campaign that shows that Ontario's future electricity demand can be met mostly with clean and renewable sources of energy.
Pembina and its Ontario partners took this message to the Ontario Energy Board as it reviews the Provinces Integrated Power System Plan. [More]
To read about the new Ontario Green Energy Act visit www.greenenergyact.ca.
Canada Keeps Low Profile at International Renewable Energy Conference
From March 3-6, 2008 ministers from around the globe along with 9000 other delegates met in Washington to discuss ways of scaling up renewable energy. At the Washington Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) - the largest renewable energy conference ever held - each country was asked to make major new policy commitments that will support new investment in renewable energy technology. Many countries came through with significant pledges. Canada made no new commitments and continues to lag behind the rest of the world on the use of renewable energy, missing out on what has been called the largest new market of the 21st century. Pembina participated in the conference as a member of the Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance (CanREA).
Read the WIREC conference summary by Pembina’s Roger Peters.
Download the background document describing how far Canada lags behind other countries.
