Alberta cracks down on new renewable energy projects and EV drivers
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After the province announced it was lifting the moratorium on new renewable energy projects earlier this week, it brought in sweeping new changes to how any future projects could be built, including a 35 kilometre buffer zone.
After the province announced it was lifting the moratorium on new renewable energy projects earlier this week, it brought in sweeping new changes to how any future projects could be built, including a 35 kilometre buffer zone.
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society released a map of the province that it feels would be in line with provincial restrictions on new renewable energy projects.
It finds that the buffer percentage for all of southern Alberta equates to nearly 76.5 percent of restricted areas, as to where projects could be built.
The 35 kilometre “buffer zone” will apply to new wind projects around protected areas and “pristine viewscapes,” designated by the province.
“That map is absolutely not accurate,” said Premier Danielle Smith on Friday.
“I think that map says a lot more about what Pembina thinks the sterilization zone should be versus us.”
Smith says the province plans to outline its own map as to where projects can be approved moving forward.
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