Critics are asking why the Alberta government's proposed regulations on renewable power seem to have ignored the conclusions of its own utilities regulator.Solar panels pictured at the Michichi Solar project near Drumheller, Alta. The Alberta Utilities Commission released a report this week showing renewables pose little threat to agriculture or the environment.
The proposals rule out wind and solar on Alberta's best farmland, impose a 35-kilometre buffer zone around protected areas and so-called "pristine viewscapes," and would require developers to post some kind of financial security for reclamation. Renewables are rarely sited on top-quality farmland, it says. Even if they were, says the report, they would use up less than one per cent of that land by 2041.
She said the United Kingdom, the U.S. and Australia all have some kind of "parameters" around the siting of renewable projects.
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Alberta's renewables industry poses little threat to agriculture and environment, says reportA report by Alberta's utilities regulator states that the province's renewables industry will have minimal impact on agriculture and the environment. The report estimates that less than one percent of agricultural land will be lost by 2041 due to renewable development. It also highlights the relatively low reclamation risks associated with solar and wind facilities compared to other industrial developments. The report is part of the government's inquiry into the growing solar and wind power industry in Alberta.
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Alberta's renewables industry poses little threat to agriculture and environment, says reportA report by Alberta's utilities regulator states that the province's renewables industry will have minimal impact on agriculture and the environment. The report estimates that less than one percent of agricultural land will be lost by 2041 due to renewable development. It also highlights the relatively low reclamation risks associated with solar and wind facilities compared to other industrial developments. The report is part of the government's inquiry into the growing solar and wind power industry in Alberta.
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