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Alberta — The Government of Canada says it’s taking “meaningful” motion on its Greening Government Strategy commitment to power federal buildings with 100% renewable electricity by 2025 to assist fight climate change and support local renewable electricity projects.
The federal government announced 2 initiatives in Alberta and Saskatchewan, which it says support its commitment to investing in renewable energy and achieving the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.
Within the announcement, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) awarded Capital Power a 23-year contract valued as much as $500 million to power federal buildings in Alberta with green electricity, effective January 1, 2023.
The contract value relies on an estimated 250,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of annual electricity required by federal facilities within the province.
This electricity will probably be attributed to a latest proposed wind energy generation facility in Alberta, expected to be operational by January 1, 2025. Capital Power will secure an equity partnership with local Indigenous organizations related to the project as a part of the agreement.
The federal government also announced that PSPC signed an agreement with Saskatchewan’s essential supplier of electricity, SaskPower, to power federal government operations in Saskatchewan using renewable electricity, which totals about 87,000 MWh of electricity per 12 months.
As much as 25% of the federal government’s electricity consumption will probably be attributed to latest solar projects throughout the province, which began operating in the summertime of 2022.
The remaining 75% will come from a latest Saskatchewan-based wind energy generation project expected to be operational by 2024.
Once these projects in Alberta and Saskatchewan are fully operational, the Government of Canada’s combined emissions in these provinces will probably be reduced by about 166 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (ktCO2e), which is comparable to the annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of greater than 50,800 gas-powered passenger vehicles.
