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2010-2023
Oil & Gas
December 8, 2025
Media Release

Energy transition-aligned industries would provide greater economic benefits to B.C. than LNG

Allocating province’s hydro power to battery supply chains and other emerging sectors would create more jobs and add more GDP
Ian Sanderson Portrait of Will Noel Portrait of Janetta McKenzie
Cover of the Power Struggle report featuring a transmission tower
Oil & Gas
December 8, 2025
Publication

Power Struggle

Exploring the economic and climate trade-offs of LNG electrification in British Columbia
Ian Sanderson Portrait of Will Noel Portrait of Janetta McKenzie
Down But Not Out Update Cover
Electricity
August 21, 2025
Publication

Wind and solar projects in Alberta cancelled at an alarming rate

Nearly 11 gigawatts of clean energy projects cancelled in two years
Portrait of Will Noel
Electricity
August 21, 2025
Media Release

Renewable energy project cancellations in Alberta hit alarming milestone

Cancelled wind, solar and storage projects now exceed province’s average total power demand
Portrait of Will Noel
Amped Up cover
Electricity
June 4, 2025
Publication

Amped Up

Options for growing British Columbia’s electricity supply
Portrait of Will Noel Portrait of Jessica McIlroy David Pickup
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Solar panels on a field at dusk in Innisfail, AB.
Electricity
June 2, 2025
Op-ed

Alberta’s renewables sector is down, but let’s not count it out

Other provinces are making electricity grids that are resilient, flexible and fit for the next century
Portrait of Will Noel Portrait of Jason Wang
The report's front cover, featuring a photo of solar panels in a field at dusk. The picture is of the Innisfail solar project in Alberta.
Electricity
May 28, 2025
Publication

Down But Not Out

A brief status update on Alberta’s renewable energy industry
Portrait of Will Noel Portrait of Jason Wang Portrait of Scott MacDougall
Electricity
May 28, 2025
Media Release

Investor confidence in Alberta’s renewables sector remains dampened

Two years of policy uncertainty have taken their toll, as number of proposed projects in the province declines
Portrait of Will Noel Portrait of Jason Wang Portrait of Scott MacDougall
Cover page of report "I'll Have What They're Having"
Electricity
December 5, 2024
Publication

I'll Have What They're Having

Lessons learned from six jurisdictions leading in wind and solar deployment
Portrait of Will Noel Portrait of Scott MacDougall
Electricity
December 5, 2024
Media Release

Use of solar and wind energy in leading jurisdictions is four times higher than Alberta

Some jurisdictions are already achieving up to 70% renewable energy
Portrait of Will Noel
Aurora borealis lighting up the sky beneath a snow covered mountain range in Canada
Electricity
November 28, 2024
Article

Canada in the Age of Electricity

Regulations will continue to play a critical role in supporting Canada's electricity grid transformation
Portrait of Will Noel Portrait of Scott MacDougall
Cover page of energy market restructuring submission
Electricity
August 9, 2024
Publication

Energy Market Restructuring

Pembina Institute comments and recommendations
Portrait of Jason Wang Portrait of Will Noel
Creating (Un)certainty for Renewable Projects: Review of the impact of Alberta's renewable energy moratorium one year later cover page
Electricity
August 2, 2024
Publication

Creating (Un)certainty for Renewable Projects

Review of the impact of Alberta's renewable energy moratorium one year later
Portrait of Will Noel Portrait of Jason Wang