Nagwan Al-GuneidProgram Director, Business Renewables Centre-Canada

Nagwan Al-Guneid was director of the Business Renewables Centre-Canada, the Pembina Institute initiative that helps corporations and institutions learn how to buy renewable energy directly from developers, until 2023.

Nagwan is a leader in the sustainability sector and a proven connector, collaborator and communications professional. Before taking the helm of the BRC, she was manager of policy innovation and government relations and the co-lead of Energy.AI with the Energy Futures Lab. She is a co-founder and board member of Next30, past president and now on the board of Ask Her YYC, and a 2020 Young Women in Energy Award Winner.

She has an M.Sc. in sustainable energy development and a BA in communications studies, both from the University of Calgary.

Nagwan Al-Guneid's Recent Publications

Renewable energy target raised to match corporate purchasing enthusiasm Business Renewables Centre-Canada sets new, ambitious goal

Blog Nov. 24, 2022- By Nagwan Al-Guneid

When the Business Renewables Centre-Canada was founded in 2019, we set what we thought was an ambitious goal of securing two gigawatts worth of corporate renewable energy deals by 2025. That’s enough energy to power 640,000 homes. Companies in Alberta put their backs into it, and in May 2022, they cleared the target – three years ahead of schedule. So this time we’ve set a target five times higher – 10 GW by 2030.