Varcoe: Alberta keeps leading Canada in renewable investment, while oil growth continues

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Alberta keeps leading Canada in renewable investment, while oil growth continues Column by ChrisVarcoe

Industry players are also bullish.

It’s the only deregulated market in the country, enabling private developers to build new projects and sell the electricity, along with the associated renewable energy credits, to corporate customers through long-term power purchase agreements . “Alberta’s renewable energy boom is demonstrating that there’s more to this province than oil and gas,” Greengate Power CEO Dan Balaban wrote in aIn a report this month, the Alberta Electric System Operator said the province has 1,179 MW of installed solar capacity, and 3,618 MW of wind projects now operating.

Some industry watchers have wondered how long the trend can continue and the grid’s capacity for more additions.

 

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