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1 month ago | 
pembina.org | Will Noel |Jason Wang |Scott MacDougall
Since 2023, Alberta’s renewable energy sector has been faced with an unprecedented level of policy and regulatory uncertainty. The most widely reported example is the sudden moratorium on new renewable project approvals that was in place from August 2023 to February 2024. However, there is now a number of other new policies and contemplated changes that directly affect the sector.
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1 month ago | 
pembina.org | Will Noel |Jason Wang |Scott MacDougall
EDMONTON, AB — Investor confidence in Alberta’s renewables sector is lagging behind peer jurisdictions, according to a new report from the Pembina Institute.
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2 months ago | 
pembina.org | Jason Wang |Scott MacDougall
Alberta’s power grid is essentially an electricity island, isolated from its neighbours except for three small connections. Adding more capacity in cross-border transmission, otherwise known as interties, would dramatically increase the cost-effectiveness, reliability and resilience of the power grid.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
pembina.org | Adam Thorn |Scott MacDougall
TORONTO — Canada’s most populous province has all the elements needed to thrive economically, if its leaders choose to lean into the era of low-carbon economic growth, according to a new report from the Pembina Institute.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
pembina.org | Scott MacDougall |Adam Thorn
Today, Ontario, along with all other governments across Canada, faces a new economic reality. The threat of a significant and prolonged trade dispute with the United States is creating justifiable unease about Canada’s future and the impact on all Canadians, including on their livelihoods and quality of life. Regardless of the extent to which tariffs are ultimately imposed, it is clear that a period of major economic realignment has begun.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
pembina.org | Jason Wang |Scott MacDougall
January 28, 2025 Publication Link copied to clipboard! × The affordability, reliability, and sustainability of Alberta's electricity system depends on becoming sufficiently resilient to meteorological, wildfires, floods, and other weather events that are intensifying and worsening due to anthropogenic climate change.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
pembina.org | Will Noel |Scott MacDougall
December 5, 2024 Publication Link copied to clipboard! × Decreasing costs of wind and solar have driven a wave of renewable energy integration across the globe. Six jurisdictions — California, Texas, Ireland, Germany, South Australia, and Denmark — have surfed the leading edge of this wave and demonstrated how renewables can contribute to a modern grid.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
pembina.org | Scott MacDougall
The Pembina Institute participated on a panel of witnesses for the House of Commons' Standing Committee on Natural Resources (RNNR) as part of its study of Canada's Electricity Grid and Network. This briefing note is a follow up to questions received during the hearing regarding wind and solar electricity development in context with other land uses in Alberta. It shows:Wind and solar power plants are minor users of land in Alberta.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
pembina.org | Will Noel |Scott MacDougall
CALGARY, AB — Fifty-three renewable energy projects have withdrawn applications from Alberta's electricity grid development process in the last 12 months since the provincial government announced a moratorium on renewables development, new analysis from the Pembina Institute has found.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
pembina.org | Will Noel |Jason Wang |Scott MacDougall
The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) forecasts energy supply and demand in the province through its Long-term Outlook (LTO), publishing its results every two years. The LTO sets the basis on which important planning decisions are made, making it an important part of operating and planning for an affordable and reliable electricity system. It also provides industrial consumers, investors and other stakeholders an indication of the trajectory of the electricity system.
