Webinar presented by CanREA and Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors
September 16, 2025, 1-2 p.m. ET
Join the Canadian Renewable Energy Association and Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors for a free, one-hour webinar previewing the new report, Canada’s Renewable Energy Market Outlook 2025: Wind. Solar. Storage. This report provides essential, Canada-specific intelligence on wind, solar and energy storage, covering the latest deployment and policy updates, cost forecasts (CAPEX, OPEX, LCOE and PPA pricing), projected market growth, economic and environmental impacts, and national as well as regional insights across BC, Alberta, Ontario, Québec and Atlantic Canada. With electricity demand rising and policy frameworks evolving, this analysis is a critical resource for industry, investors, utilities and policymakers.
Speakers
Leonard Kula
Vice President of Policy—Eastern Canada and Utility Affairs, CanREA
As CanREA’s Vice President of Policy—Eastern Canada and Utility Affairs, Leonard Kula leads CanREA’s policy development and government relations team in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada, as well as oversees the Operators Program, the Behind-the-Meter (BTM) Program and CanREA’s Utility GRID Program. Leonard was previously the Chief Operating Officer at Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator where he was responsible for real-time market and system operations, power system engineering functions, generation resource procurement, transmission and resource planning, and market development. Leonard holds an MBA (York University), as well as a MASc (University of Waterloo) and a BSc (University of Calgary) in Mechanical Engineering. He is based near Toronto.
Ahmed Hanafy
Partner, Dunsky Energy + Climate
Ahmed Hanafy is a Partner at Dunsky where he supports utilities, power producers, governments and other actors across North America with their efforts to accelerate and navigate the energy transition. Combining deep technical knowledge with strategic foresight, Ahmed has guided numerous clients through the critical intersections of technical, policy, regulatory and strategic issues within the evolving electricity sector. Drawing on expertise in renewable energy, energy storage, Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and other emerging technologies, his work informs and shapes clients’ corporate strategy, system planning, project development and policy/regulatory initiatives. In addition to leading and contributing hundreds of mandates at Dunsky, his expertise is built on prior experiences working on emerging utility business models, renewable energy policy, energy markets and other related issues. Ahmed holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and an MBA from McGill University (Canada) as well as a master’s degree in energy science from ETH Zurich (Switzerland).
