Southern Alberta Could Help Move Western Canada Away From Coal Dependency
University of Lethbridge Professor and Climate Change researcher Jim Byrne believes Southern Alberta could play a major role in moving Western Canada away from its dependency on coal .
Byrne says opportunities with wind and solar energy make our region a mecca for renewable energy and suggests Alberta can work with other provinces as well.
“[We could] develop partnerships with British Columbia and Manitoba where there’s lots of hydro power and with that we can probably help meet grid news [in Western Canada] and get off coal.”
He adds more research could be done to discover how geothermal energy can be utilized alongside wind and solar.