Meeting Our Needs with Renewable Energy
Experience from around the world is showing that renewable energy can meet more and more of our energy needs. This is particularly true in the electric power sector where wind and solar power are the fastest growing energy sources, and are being incorporated into the grid at higher and higher levels. Geographic distribution, coordination with hydro power, demand management, and large scale storage of power allow variable sources of power like wind and solar to provide base load and peaking power.
We can now say with confidence that renewable power sources could meet our future power needs just as effectively and maybe at lower cost than other alternatives like nuclear power and coal with carbon capture - and do so sooner.
CanREA has produced two fact sheets and a slide presentation that illustrate why we should have this confidence in a renewable energy future. Download them today and leave a comment on how we can build more support for this future.
The fact sheet Renewable Power in the 21st Century outlines the benefits of renewable power sources and compares them with nuclear power and coal with carbon capture.
The fact sheet Six ways to provide base load power from Wind describes how power storage and other techniques can be used to provide continuous year round power from wind. For more information on power storage, read the Pembina Institute / CanREA primer “Storing Renewable Power”
The slide presentation Meeting our Needs with Renewable Energy covers both these topics and provides global statistics on the renewable energy transition.
A list of Data Sources and References is also available.
To learn more about the policies needed to bring about a transition to renewable power visit The Ontario Green Energy Act Alliance and The North American Alliance for Renewable Energy
