Alberta is blocking off large sections of the province to renewable power development.
WATCH ABOVE: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has revealed sweeping new restrictions on renewable energy projects. Heather Yourex-West explains why the measures are being implemented, what this means for new wind and solar projects, and why green energy advocates see this as a setback – Feb 28, 2024prohibiting it along a broad stretch of the province’s western edge, assessing its visual impact in five other large areas and restricting it on agricultural land.
The no-go zone, according to a map released late Thursday, includes the entire length of the Rocky Mountains, stretching as far east as Calgary and Highway 2 in the south.The no-go zone, according to a map showing renewable energy buffer zones released late Thursday, includes the entire length of the Rocky Mountains, stretching as far east as Calgary and Highway 2 in the south.
“That area, where these existing projects are, that’s where Alberta’s best wind resources are,” he said. “Those projects are now in the no-go zone.”Canadians facing ‘pervasive motherhood penalty’ at work, report saysA report from the Alberta Utilities Commission on renewables development, requested by the United Conservative government, acknowledged the need to consider the visual impact of solar and wind development. But it said such considerations should be applied equally.
Evan Wilson of the Canadian Renewable Energy Association wonders why the rules only apply to that industry.Within the restricted zones are hundreds of oil and gas facilities. One open-pit coal mine in the Rockies is before the provincial regulator and the expansion of another has already been approved. Much of the area has been extensively logged.
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