Canada’s electrified future is a challenge, but one we can achieve

Canada has the energy resources, engineering know-how, and historical precedent to meet this level of growth.

The significant existing hydro capacity that provides the majority of the country’s electricity today can also act as a battery to facilitate integration of low-cost, but variable, technologies like wind and solar, whose costs have fallen dramatically in the past decade, write Sara Hastings-Simon and Tim Weis. Pixabay photograph by Ed White

Opinion

BY SARA HASTINGS-SIMON, TIM WEIS

March 10, 2021

A recent survey found nearly 70 per cent of Canadians planning to purchase a new car in the next five years are likely ...

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