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Factors affecting social acceptance of renewable energy and transmission projects - April 2022

19 May 2022

We also need to ensure citizens and communities have a say about where renewable energy projects and transmission go, the size of projects, and have a chance to partner and profit from projects. [...] In addition to building out local and regional renewable energy supply, we need to use electricity efficiently to keep the cost of living down. [...] To build the social support needed to modernize Canada’s electricity system, we must ensure citizens and communities can contribute to decisions about renewable energy and transmission project location, the size of projects, and have a chance to partner and profit from renewing our electricity system. [...] We also need to ensure citizens and communities have a say about where renewable energy projects and transmission go, the size of projects, and have a chance to partner and profit from projects. [...] So when it comes down to whether or not I support or oppose the development of renewable energy in our community, I'm answering as a question of what does it do to our community? What does it do to the environment around us? What effect does them building those windmills have on the community? And as much as we love to say, yeah, it's positive.

Authors

Louise Anna-Marie Comeau

Pages
46
Published in
Canada