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The Renewable Industries Canada (RICanada) is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1984. In 2016, it changed its name from Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA). The change reinforced the 32 year-old non-profit association's mission to promote the use of value-added products made from renewable resources. [ 1 ]
China produced 32% of global renewable electricity, followed by the United States (11%), Brazil (7.0%), Canada (4.7%) and India (4.3%). [1] Renewable investment reached almost $500 billion globally in 2022, [2] amounting to 83% of new electric capacity that year. [3] The renewable energy industry employs almost 14 million people. [4]
Renewable energy in Canada represented 17.3% of the Total Energy Supply (TES) in 2020, following natural gas at 39.1% and oil at 32.7% of the TES. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2020, Canada produced 435 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity from renewable sources, representing 68% of its total electricity generation .
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER; French: Régie de l’énergie du Canada; REC) is the agency of the Government of Canada under its Natural Resources Canada portfolio, which licenses, supervises, regulates, and enforces all applicable Canadian laws as regards to interprovincial and international oil, gas, and electric utilities.
Canada has access to all main sources of energy including oil and gas, coal, hydropower, biomass, solar, geothermal, wind, marine and nuclear.It is the world's second largest producer of uranium, [2] third largest producer of hydro-electricity, [3] fourth largest natural gas producer, and the fifth largest producer of crude oil. [4]
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International Geothermal Association (IGA), World Wind Energy Association (WWEA), World Bioenergy Association (WBA). (Since June 2009) They represent the hydro, geothermal, solar, and wind power/energy and bioenergy sector. The alliance provides a unified cross-sectoral voice on renewable energy in international and regional energy fora and media.
BluEarth Renewables 2021 [103] [104] [105] Wheatcrest (WCR1) Alberta: Taber: 50 BluEarth Renewables 2023 [106] Youngstown Solar (YNG1) Alberta: Youngstown: 6 PACE Canada LP 2023 [107] [108] Summerside Solar Energy Farm Prince Edward Island: Summerside: 21 Samsung Renewable Energy INC; City of Summerside 2022 [109] Highfield Solar Energy ...