Solar Revolution Accelerates: Innovations Driving Sustainable Energy Transition
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Art Hunter
Sep 27, 2025, 1:50:44 AM (3 days ago) Sep 27
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Priority Actions for Canada
- Accelerate rooftop and canopy solar deployment
Prioritize solar installation on the built environment—homes, apartments, warehouses, schools, parking lots—to minimize land-use conflicts and transmission needs. - Integrate storage with solar systems
Update interconnection standards, incentives, and market rules to reward flexibility, resilience, and emissions reductions from battery systems paired with solar generation. - Modernize the grid infrastructure
Build east-west interties, expand transmission to high-quality renewable zones, and streamline permitting with transparent, science-based environmental safeguards. - Empower communities and Indigenous leadership
Co-develop projects under rights-based frameworks that share ownership, revenue, and governance, strengthening local economies and energy sovereignty. - Lead on circular economy principles
Establish producer-responsibility standards for solar panels and batteries, fund recycling capacity within Canada, and require robust environmental and social governance in mineral supply chains. - Prioritize efficiency alongside electrification
Pair clean power growth with aggressive building retrofits, heat pump adoption, industrial efficiency measures, and public transit—reducing total energy demand while improving comfort and affordability. - Develop remote and northern microgrids
Replace diesel generators with solar-plus-storage and wind-hydro hybrid systems, enhancing health outcomes, cutting costs, and reducing risks from fuel transport in sensitive environments.
By taking these coordinated actions, Canada can position itself at the forefront of the solar revolution while ensuring the transition delivers maximum benefits for communities, the economy, and the environment.
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