Last year the Alberta government imposed a seven-month moratorium on new renewable energy projects.
WATCH ABOVE: Renewable projects are top of mind in a new report from the Pembina Institute. The report suggests the Alberta government's pause on renewables created uncertainty for investors in the province. But as Jaclyn Kucey reports, the provincial government says the report does not tell the full story – Aug 4, 2024
“We need to ensure that we’re not sacrificing our future agricultural yields, or tourism dollars, or breathtaking viewscapes to rush renewables developments,” Smith said at the time. A first look at what those grassland and irrigated land restrictions could be was made available when the government asked some municipalities, industry officials, and landowners for input this summer.
Luo, in a report last month, calculated that these new potential restrictions, on top of those announced by Smith earlier this year, could rule out almost 40 per cent of the province for renewable energy.For Luo and the Alberta Wilderness Association, protecting grassland and parks and even irrigated land is a good idea in theory, but she says the government’s restrictions won’t be effective unless applied across the entire energy industry.
“We would especially agree with protecting native Prairie not just from renewable energy, but from all developments… because so much has been lost.” “It feels very elementary to say, but these sectors aren’t being treated in the same way,” Wang said.
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