{"id":46587,"date":"2026-05-15T13:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/46587\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:29:08","slug":"canada-aims-to-double-its-electric-grid-by-2050-with-clean-energy-and-lower-costs-for-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/46587\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada aims to double its electric grid by 2050 with clean energy and lower costs for users"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian<\/a> Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a clean electricity strategy Thursday he says will help double Canada\u2019s electricity grid by 2050 and lower energy costs for the majority of Canadian households.<\/p>\n

Canada is facing major challenges, including tariffs imposed by the United States,<\/a> higher energy costs resulting from the war with Iran,<\/a> plus the effects of climate change, Carney said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the world fundamentally changes, we must respond with new approaches,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The new strategy includes regulations that will allow natural gas to play a larger role in building the grid. Construction is expected to cost more than $1 trillion Canadian ($730 billon).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe path to affordability is electrification,\u201d Carney told a news conference in Ottawa. \u201cThe path to competitiveness is electrification. The path to net zero is electricity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carney said the plan includes new partnerships with Indigenous people<\/a> and a willingness to use a wide range of energy, including hydro, nuclear, wind, solar, some gas, carbon capture and geothermal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scale is huge, the timeline is short and the task of getting the right mix of power is complex,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can\u2019t simply rely on restrictions and prohibitions. We must do things differently.\u201d<\/p>\n

The government forecasts 130,000 new workers will be needed to double the size of grid.<\/p>\n

The strategy signals a shift from the existing clean electricity regulations presented by the former Liberal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.<\/a> That plan to decarbonize Canada\u2019s grid by 2050 set limits on carbon dioxide pollution from almost all electricity generation units that use fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

Electricity accounts for about 7% of Canada\u2019s total greenhouse emissions, an amount that has fallen substantially in the last 15 years as most provinces reduced or phased out the use of coal power.<\/p>\n

The strategy doesn\u2019t say how much money the government is willing to spend to achieve the goal, although it mentions offering tax credits and bringing back energy-saving retrofits for up to a million households.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Climate Institute, a climate change policy research organization, said the strategy is \u201cpointing in the right direction\u201d but several important issues remain ambiguous or missing.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, the success of the strategy will depend on details of how \u2014 and how swiftly \u2014 the government follows through on expanding clean power generation, transmission and widespread electrification,\u201d Dale Beugin, the institute\u2019s executive vice president, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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