Statement from CanREA on the unveiling of Hydro-Québec’s wind power development strategy
Montreal, May 30, 2024 – The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) has reviewed Hydro-Québec’s wind power development strategy, Charting the Course toward Collective Success, presented today by Michael Sabia, President and CEO of Hydro-Québec.
This strategy comes on the heels of Action Plan 2035, which conclusively proves that the wind industry will be essential to meeting energy needs and achieving carbon neutrality in the coming years. According to Hydro-Québec, 10,000 MW will be needed.
“The Canadian Renewable Energy Association would like to reiterate how important it is to discuss the future of energy with all stakeholders, including the renewable energy sector, municipal governments, First Nations and Inuit, and all Quebecers, in order to develop innovative sustainable development solutions to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050,” said Jean Habel, CanREA’s director for Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
Habel added, “Hydro-Québec’s wind power development strategy is part of a broader discussion that will include an energy bill that is likely to be introduced by the Quebec government in the coming days. This bill will open the floor to discussion and consultation that will inform the government’s decisions about Quebec’s energy transition.”
It bears reminding that CanREA took part in the Quebec government’s consultations on the regulation and development of clean energy and shared its vision of enhancing the role of the Régie de l’énergie, enabling more agile renewable energy use and enshrining the province’s 2050 carbon neutrality target in law.
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“The Canadian Renewable Energy Association would like to reiterate how important it is to discuss the future of energy with all stakeholders, including the renewable energy sector, municipal governments, First Nations and Inuit, and all Quebecers, in order to develop innovative sustainable development solutions to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.”
“Hydro-Québec’s wind power development strategy is part of a broader discussion that will include an energy bill that is likely to be introduced by the Quebec government in the coming days. This bill will open the floor to discussion and consultation that will inform the government’s decisions about Quebec’s energy transition.”
— Jean Habel, Director for Quebec and Atlantic Canada, CanREA
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