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Houses with rooftop solar installed in Iqaluit, NU
Remote Communities
November 19, 2025
Article

The Iqaluit Nukkiksautiit Project is transformative for Nunavut

What can we learn from the local leaders behind it?
Portrait of Emily He Lynne Couves
Electricity
November 19, 2025
Media Release

Ontario’s energy plan risks higher hydro bills

Focus on nuclear and gas generation pushes out the most affordable options
David Pickup
Powering ON cover
Electricity
November 19, 2025
Publication

Powering ON

Examining Ontario’s Integrated Energy Plan
David Pickup Gurprasad Gurumurthy various old Pembina Institute logos
Buildings, Carbon Removal, Electricity, Sustainable Workforce, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities, Transportation
November 4, 2025
Media Release

Budget 2025 sets stage for climate-competitive Canada

Actions that grow and support clean sectors most likely to result in lasting economic, security, climate and affordability benefits
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker
Electricity pylons at sunset
Buildings, Carbon Removal, Electricity, Sustainable Workforce, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities, Transportation
October 31, 2025
Op-ed

For Canada to be ‘climate competitive’ we need to stay the course on key industrial policies

Pembina Institute testimony to the House Environment and Sustainable Development Committee
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie
Sheep running in the shade under solar panels on a field in Alberta
Electricity
October 31, 2025
Op-ed

'Would have saved us months'

Pembina Institute releases new guide to renewable energy, battery storage
Portrait of Jason Wang
A farmhouse in a field in rural Alberta, with a cloudy sky
Electricity, Oil & Gas
October 30, 2025
Article

New landowner guides to energy development

Our new resources help Albertans navigate the benefits and risks of hosting energy projects – including oil and gas, and renewables – on their land
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie Portrait of Jason Wang
Electricity
October 30, 2025
Media Release

New guide offers tips to landowners considering clean energy projects

Guide shortens learning curve for landowners and communities wanting to host wind and solar projects
Portrait of Jason Wang
Guide to Renewable Energy and Battery Storage cover
Electricity
October 30, 2025
Publication

Guide to Renewable Energy and Battery Storage Projects

How Alberta landowners can reap the benefits of hosting clean energy
Portrait of Jason Wang
Electricity, Oil & Gas
October 23, 2025
Media Release

Alberta throne speech sets out economic vision fit for the past, not the future

Province out-of-step with necessary push towards building a resilient, prosperous, climate competitive economy
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker
Buildings, Electricity
October 20, 2025
Media Release

Pembina Institute welcomes Alberta's intention to advance demand-side management, electricity interties

Both measures will enable grid reliability and flexibility, lowering costs for utilities and customers
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker
Remote Communities
September 23, 2025
Media Release

Remote communities increasingly turning to renewables for energy security

National report shows positive signs, but to truly advance nation-building, governments must commit to keeping and strengthening policies that deliver results
Arthur Bledsoe
Cover Restoring the Flow
Remote Communities
September 23, 2025
Publication

Restoring the Flow

Policies to support Indigenous-led clean energy in remote communities
Arthur Bledsoe Portrait of Emily He Rosa Brown
Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Janne Wallenius
Remote Communities
September 16, 2025
Op-ed

Local progress on energy, Arctic security must survive federal cuts

If federal programming is stripped down, remote communities will be limited in their pathways to achieve energy security.
Lynne Couves
Buildings, Carbon Removal, Electricity, Sustainable Workforce, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities, Transportation
September 11, 2025
Media Release

First batch of major projects steps toward resilient, diversified Canadian economy

Future projects must be ‘climate competitive,’ accompanied by policies to leverage private clean growth investment
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker