An advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) plant in Ontario. Image: Hydrostor.
To stay in line with national net zero emissions policy objectives, Canada will need to install somewhere between 8GW and 12GW of energy storage by 2035, according to a new report.
Prepared for trade association Energy Storage Canada by consultancy Power Advisory, the white paper outlines the need for and potential to deploy energy storage in all seven of the country’s provinces.
Canada is targeting net zero emissions by 2050 from all sectors. However according to a government mandate issued in 2021, its electricity sector needs to be 90% non-emitting by 2030 and fully zero emission by 2035.
Power Advisory’s estimated need for storage would be the optimal level to put it on the right track, to achieve those goals, it said.
Ontario, where just a few days ago the government…