The battery that can supercharge Canada’s economic future

Energy storage already ticks every box for national interest: job creation, economic security, emissions reductions, and grid resilience. But so far, it has been left off the priority list. That needs to change.
Canada needs to embrace the opportunity of energy storage—it’s the battery pack that can supercharge our economic future, write Merran Smith and Justin Rangooni.

Canada’s first wave of nation-building projects will give our economy a meaningful boost. But if we want to maximize jobs, investment, and productivity over the long term, we need integrated strategies, not just one-off projects. A national electrification strategy backed ...

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