Vittoria Bellissimo will move into the role on October 31, 2022
Ottawa, October 13, 2022—The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) today named Vittoria Bellissimo as its incoming President and CEO, effective October 31, 2022, replacing Robert Hornung who’s retiring from the role.
“I’m delighted to welcome Vittoria as the brand new President and CEO of CanREA,” said Jason Chee-Aloy, Chair of CanREA’s Board of Directors.
“Wind energy and solar energy are Canada’s lowest-cost sources of latest electricity generation and, coupled with energy storage, will probably be critical to Canada’s efforts to attain net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. We’re pleased that Vittoria will proceed CanREA’s work to enable Canada to capitalize on its massive untapped renewable energy potential.”
Vittoria involves CanREA after greater than 10 years of working with electricity customers because the Executive Director of the Industrial Power Consumers Association of Alberta and almost 20 years within the electricity sector. Previously, she worked in renewable energy procurement at each the Ontario Ministry of Energy and the Ontario Power Authority.
“I’m excited to tackle this role at a time when Canada must dramatically increase its use of wind, solar and energy storage to satisfy its climate change commitments,” said Bellissimo.
“CanREA’s 300+ members are leaders in Canada’s energy transition, and I look ahead to advocating on their behalf for the policy, regulatory and market changes required to enable the responsible, sustainable, and accelerated deployment of those technologies.”
Net-zero pathway studies consistently conclude that wind and solar energy should be the first sources of latest electricity generation in Canada. These sources are vital as we move to decarbonize and expand our electricity production to support greenhouse gas emission reductions across the economy in sectors like transportation, buildings, and heavy industry. It is because wind and solar energy are the lowest-cost sources of latest electricity generation, latest developments are scalable and will be rapidly deployed, and Canada has massive untapped wind and solar energy resources.
“In my 19+ years with CanREA and the Canadian Wind Energy Association, wind and solar energy have moved from the margins to the mainstream,” said CanREA’s outgoing President and CEO, Robert Hornung.
“I’m fortunate to have had the chance to play a task on this transformation and assured that Vittoria and the wonderful CanREA team will successfully advocate for Canada to take the steps required to make CanREA’s 2050 Vision a reality.”
CanREA’s 2050 Vision, Powering Canada’s Journey to Net-Zero, demonstrates that Canada might want to increase its installed wind and solar energy capability ten-fold by 2050 to attain its net-zero commitment.
“The CanREA Board would really like to thank Robert Hornung for his a few years of leadership and repair to the industry and his role because the founding President and CEO of CanREA,” said Chee-Aloy. “We wish him the highest in his retirement and future endeavours.” CanREA members, and members of the media, can meet CanREA’s latest CEO, Vittoria Bellissimo, on the Electricity Transformation Canada conference and exhibition in Toronto on October 26 to twenty-eight, 2022.
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“I’m delighted to welcome Vittoria as the brand new President and CEO of CanREA. Wind energy and solar energy are Canada’s lowest cost sources of latest electricity generation and, coupled with energy storage, will probably be critical to Canada’s efforts to attain net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. We’re pleased that Vittoria will proceed CanREA’s work to enable Canada to capitalize on its massive untapped renewable energy potential.”
—Jason Chee-Aloy, Chair of CanREA’s Board of Directors
“I’m excited to tackle this role at a time when Canada must dramatically increase its use of wind, solar and energy storage to satisfy its climate change commitments. CanREA’s 300+ members are leaders in Canada’s energy transition, and I look ahead to advocating on their behalf for the policy, regulatory and market changes required to enable the responsible, sustainable, and accelerated deployment of those technologies.”
—Vittoria Bellissimo, incoming President and CEO, Canadian Renewable Energy Association
“In my 19+ years with CanREA and the Canadian Wind Energy Association, wind and solar energy have moved from the margins to the mainstream. I’m fortunate to have had the chance to play a task on this transformation and assured that Vittoria and the wonderful CanREA team will successfully advocate for Canada to take the steps required to make CanREA’s 2050 Vision a reality.”
—Robert Hornung, outgoing President and CEO, Canadian Renewable Energy Association
“The CanREA Board would really like to thank Robert Hornung for his a few years of leadership and repair to the industry and his role because the founding President and CEO of CanREA. We wish him the highest in his retirement and future endeavours.”
—Jason Chee-Aloy, Chair of CanREA’s Board of Directors
Concerning the Canadian Renewable Energy Association
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