Renewable Power for All
Our goal is simple: 100 per cent affordable, reliable, emissions-free electricity everywhere in Canada by 2035. It’s necessary if Canada is to play its part in tackling the climate crisis. Multiple studies — including our own first-in-Canada research — have shown it can be done.
Renewable electricity sources such as wind and solar are now the cheapest forms of electricity in history. They’re quick to employ, better for our health and build up industries that are here to stay. The renewable energy transition could unlock thousands of good-paying union jobs for people across Canada. And when Indigenous Nations own and develop renewable energy projects, we all reap the benefits.
Renewables are the future, but they won’t get built without a fight. The fossil fuel industry is lobbying hard to put more gas on the grid, and to weaken the clean electricity regulations our community helped win.
We cannot expand fossil fuel infrastructure and meet our climate commitments. Every year of delay in the clean energy transition drives up the price of these decisions for people living in Canada. This is why we need to work together to show support for 100 per cent affordable, reliable, renewable power for all by 2035.
The renewable transition would create tens of thousands of good jobs, a future-proofed economy and more affordable power for communities and businesses. It’s a chance to tackle the climate crisis, show up for workers and support Indigenous communities that are already leaders in renewable electricity. In a time of increased threats to key sectors, an upgraded grid could be built with Canadian steel and aluminum.
Stephen Thomas, Clean Energy Manager, David Suzuki Foundation
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Our ground-breaking research
Shifting Power: Zero-Emissions Electricity Across Canada by 2035
This report details the first-of-its-kind research in Canada to model a pathway to 100 per cent zero-emissions electricity by 2035, ensuring we can meet our increasing electricity demand when and where we need it.
Decarbonizing Electricity and Decolonizing Power: Voices, Insights and Priorities from Indigenous Clean Energy Leaders
This report, authored by Neegan Burnside and Dean Jacobs, draws on interviews with Indigenous clean energy leaders and sets out six principles for upholding Indigenous rights and ensuring communities benefit in the transition to 100 per cent clean electricity in Canada. All existing and future energy projects in Canada are located on unceded Indigenous territories or treaty lands. As such, the clean electricity transition will only succeed with full Indigenous consent and participation that upholds Indigenous rights and title.
Keeping the Lights On: Ensuring energy affordability, equity and access in the transition to clean electricity in Canada
This report focuses on energy poverty in the context of a people-centred transition in Canada. Almost one in 10 Canadian households spends more than 10 per cent of its income on energy bills. Many experience energy poverty, struggling to have a sufficient level of energy services. This can have damaging effects on health, resiliency, social relationships and, in extreme cases, survival. The transition to 100 per cent renewable electricity must be equitable to ensure those made most vulnerable by our current electricity system are the first to benefit from the energy transition.
Zeroing In on Emissions: Charting Canada’s Clean Power Pathways
This report (also available in French) identifies 10 strategies and approaches that experts agree will be essential to fast-track Canada’s decarbonization efforts. This review of decarbonization studies and models is a litmus test for effective climate plans that can reduce emissions to near zero by 2050.
What if we told you a future powered by 100 per cent renewable power was possible?
Imagine turning on the lights at home knowing the electricity you’re using is 100 per cent emissions-free. Guess what? Our modelling shows that we can have affordable, reliable, 100 per cent emissions-free electricity across Canada by 2035. We can make it happen with renewable sources like wind and solar, combined with energy storage, better transmission, and energy efficiency measures.
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