| Description |
1 online resource (23 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Executive summary -- About this report -- The lay of the land: How Alberta sources its power -- The main barrier to renewable power in Alberta -- A power system primed for change -- A growing need for power: mind the supply gap -- The risks of business as usual -- One promising path: a renewable energy policy framework -- Methodology -- Scenario 1: Continued fossil reliance -- Scenario 2: Clean power transition -- Scenario 3: Clean power transformation -- Results -- Recommendations -- Appendix -- Effective capacity -- Price modelling -- Greenhouse gas analysis -- Sources |
| Summary |
Within 20 years, Alberta could reduce its heavy reliance on fossil fuel energy and instead supply the province's electricity mostly from clean and renewable energy. In doing so, the province would: Cut air and carbon pollution; Improve air quality, leading to lower public health costs; Reduce exposure to the economic and security risks that come with relying too heavily on a single fuel source and overly centralized power grid; Kick-start a new industry. With effective policy, the province could cut the percentage of grid electricity that is supplied from coal energy from over 60 per cent today to less than four per cent by 2033. It can do this without simply throwing the switch over to natural gas, which is where the power sector is now headed. While natural gas burns cleaner than coal, it is also subject to price spikes and long-term price risks that can hurt customers. A large-scale shift to renewable power would reduce the electricity sector's carbon pollution by 69 per cent relative to the wide-scale switch to natural gas power generation expected under business as usual |
| Notes |
"May 2014." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 22-23) |
| Subject |
Clean energy industries -- Alberta
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Clean energy industries
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Artificial objects.
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Biomass.
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Carbon capture and storage.
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Coal.
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Cofiring.
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Cogeneration.
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Combined cycle.
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Efficient energy use.
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Electrical grid.
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Electricity generation.
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Alberta
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thibault, Benjamin, author
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Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development, issuing body.
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