Ensuring a smooth energy transition by embracing technical, market, and regulatory challenges

Let’s ensure that regardless of what happens to the consumer carbon tax that the industrial carbon tax stays.

Wind and solar power plants can be built out relatively quickly. However, there are some technical, market, and regulatory challenges that must be addressed to minimize volatility, and ensure reliability during this mid-transition period, write Kristina Pearson and Sara Hastings-Simon.Photograph by Kervin Edward Lara, Pexels.com

Opinion

BY KRISTINA PEARSON AND SARA HASTINGS-SIMON

June 3, 2024

Alberta, Canada’s oil and gas heartland, is on the cusp of getting 30 per cent of its total annual electricity from wind and solar power plants. But if the wind doesn’t always blow...

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