{"id":17400,"date":"2024-10-23T13:31:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T17:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanenergycanada.org\/?p=17400"},"modified":"2024-10-30T14:37:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T18:37:54","slug":"addressing-common-myths-around-renewable-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleanenergycanada.org\/addressing-common-myths-around-renewable-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Addressing common myths around renewable power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rise of wind and solar around the world is unprecedented. The International Energy Agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/world-energy-outlook-2024\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">2024 World Energy Outlook<\/mark><\/a> described renewables expanding at record pace, led by solar, and generating just under half of the world&#8217;s electricity in 2030, ahead of power from fossil fuels. At the same time, demand for fossil fuels is projected to peak by the end of the decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s hydropower-rich grid is 85% non-emitting with wind and solar <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/publications.gc.ca\/site\/eng\/9.506002\/publication.html\">currently<\/a><\/mark> making up 7% of the country\u2019s total electricity generation, however studies indicate that Canadian power demand <a href=\"https:\/\/climateinstitute.ca\/reports\/big-switch\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">could double<\/mark><\/a> between now and 2050. Meanwhile, the Canada Energy Regulator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cer-rec.gc.ca\/en\/data-analysis\/canada-energy-future\/2023\/index.html\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">projects<\/mark><\/a> that the share of wind and solar would rise to between 33% and 37% of electricity generation in a net-zero 2050. To meet this challenge, the federal government has proposed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/services\/environment\/weather\/climatechange\/climate-plan\/clean-electricity-regulation.html\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Clean Electricity Regulations<\/mark><\/a> to help ensure that Canada\u2019s power system remains both clean and affordable in the years ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following breaks down some of the common misconceptions about the use of wind and solar in Canada and around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Myth: Renewables can contribute only a small share of grid electricity because they only work when the wind blows and the sun shines.<\/strong><br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Fact: There are many solutions available to complement wind and solar, which already make up more than 60% of electricity generation in some countries.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It\u2019s true that wind and solar are variable resources that provide most power to the grid when the sun shines or the wind blows. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/managing-seasonal-and-interannual-variability-of-renewables\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">solutions<\/mark><\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/climateinstitute.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CICC-Technical-pathways-to-aligning-Canadian-electricity-systems-with-net-zero-goals-by-Blake-Shaffer-FINAL-1.pdf\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">available<\/mark><\/a> to complement these resources, from grid-scale storage to better interconnections to demand-side measures.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A look at other countries around the world offers <a href=\"https:\/\/ember-climate.org\/data-catalogue\/yearly-electricity-data\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">plenty of examples<\/mark><\/a> of current wind and solar shares that are much higher than Canada\u2019s today, including Denmark (67% in 2023), around 40% in Germany and the Netherlands,&nbsp; 28% in Australia, and the U.K. (34%).<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wind and solar generated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/article\/2024\/jul\/30\/renewables-overtake-fossil-fuels-to-provide-30-of-eu-electricity\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">more power than fossil fuels<\/mark><\/a> in the EU in the first half of 2024, making up about 30% of the bloc\u2019s total generation.&nbsp;<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>South of the border, the <a href=\"https:\/\/ember-climate.org\/data-catalogue\/us-electricity-data\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">U.S.<\/mark><\/a> had a share of 16% in 2022, although with great state-level variation. Over a third of all U.S. states (18) generated more than 20% of electricity from wind and solar in that year. The U.S. states with the highest shares were Iowa (63%) and South Dakota (55%). Others with relatively high shares include major states like California (34%) and Texas (26%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Myth: Renewables are expensive, and the cost of energy storage required to support renewables is prohibitive.<\/strong><br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Fact: Renewables are among the cheapest kinds of power generation available and are cost competitive in Canada even with the costs of storage included.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A Clean Energy Canada report, <a href=\"https:\/\/cleanenergycanada.org\/report\/a-renewables-powerhouse\/\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">A Renewables Powerhouse<\/mark><\/em><\/a>, found that electricity from wind and solar is already cost-competitive with natural gas generation in Ontario and Alberta (the two provinces studied), with even more cost reductions on the horizon.<br>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When Canada\u2019s carbon price is added to the equation, both wind and solar are significantly cheaper than natural gas already today.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Even when the costs of battery storage are included, both wind and solar are cost-competitive in many scenarios in the two provinces studied.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXe9p-s1K7M816FSCTvmKGpBfAj9ujby3TM4VuFi5W_gGq-q1x3TmNUMp7_elWRnB-Iky_glEdwQ7V8I0WUK-7O9azxF6rHsNSBDcuGf7rBqYPiEnd-iwaJAA-Gy2A64CIF3By_zMtvMuW3vqV2Tqh7VftY?key=k-abdHUN9YtShd4aXtGuJw\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXds5tsjJ8tjc5gN1UBNulg2JnlB7ggYsk3iIcod9tGvL7qKcVoIpSJRs70_TuTdXk9FS9JsrP5tTMA1tyBK2jnVxIlYaYejwKe8Cfq6agtaOf72UrjGXpn2h96NraMd3mEOF-JI-pxsoywyGTp2FZDNn6E?key=k-abdHUN9YtShd4aXtGuJw\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Analyses for the U.S. from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lazard.com\/research-insights\/2023-levelized-cost-of-energyplus\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Lazard<\/mark><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/outlooks\/aeo\/electricity_generation.php\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Energy Information Administration<\/mark><\/a> show similar results. Both find wind and solar to be cost-competitive with natural gas-fired electricity in the U.S. even without a carbon price. In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lazard.com\/research-insights\/2023-levelized-cost-of-energyplus\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">estimates show<\/mark><\/a> that wind and solar plus storage can be cost-competitive with natural-gas-fired electricity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Myth: Electricity from renewables is not clean when you consider the resources required to produce solar panels and wind turbines.<\/strong><br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Fact: Wind and solar have much lower life cycle emissions than fossil-fuel-fired generation.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The greenhouse gas emissions of electricity generation from renewables like wind and solar are considerably lower than power from natural gas and coal.<br>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory review showed that total life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from solar, wind, and nuclear (from manufacture to disposal) are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrel.gov\/docs\/fy21osti\/80580.pdf\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">considerably lower and less variable<\/mark><\/a> than those from natural gas and coal. Specifically, the median total life-cycle emissions from natural gas power is almost 40 times that of wind and more than 10 times that of solar.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfJrPT_HDg20zm0cC6HYoMjWRodHGcnfvpkOICe4uTJ-HMeVTXz8kcHFdiC6fXnjtgPHwyZ7pYjPA0oxLkS5NHqB6eg2hxkHBJoy1FFzUwW0SANXr_uLWMdZjUIUxXcZB_bm7wEfkXlaXbzxQCOxNKCvi0F?key=k-abdHUN9YtShd4aXtGuJw\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Myth: Renewables are not clean when you account for the equipment waste they generate at their end of life.<\/strong><br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Fact: Renewables generate significantly less waste than fossil fuels.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41567-023-02230-0\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Research<\/mark><\/a> that specifically looked at waste from solar panels shows that 35 years of global projected cumulative solar panel waste is dwarfed by the waste generated by fossil fuel energy and other common waste streams.<br>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For example, if there was no transition to renewable energy sources, coal ash and oily sludge waste generated from fossil fuel energy would be 300 to 800 times and two to five times larger, respectively, than solar panel waste by 2050.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Although some 85% to 90% of the mass of a <a href=\"https:\/\/renewablesassociation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Recycling-Wind-Turbines-English-Web.pdf\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">wind turbine<\/mark><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/renewablesassociation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Recycling-Solar-Panels-English-Web.pdf\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">solar panel<\/mark><\/a> can be reused or recycled, most is currently directed to landfills or is being stored pending future recycling options, according to a 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/institute.smartprosperity.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/Policy%20Brief%20-%202021%20-%20Solar%20Wind%20-%20October20.pdf\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">report<\/mark><\/a>.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/institute.smartprosperity.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/Working_Paper_Solar_Energy_03.pdf\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">policy tools<\/mark><\/a> are available to minimize waste generation and encourage circularity of materials from renewables equipment. Indeed, some provinces, like <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/releases\/2021ENV0052-001767\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">B.C.<\/mark><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/armaepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ARMA_ePilot_NewsRelease_Sept1-2020.pdf\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Alberta<\/mark><\/a>, have already begun advancing recycling efforts.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rystadenergy.com\/news\/reduce-reuse-solar-pv-recycling-market-to-be-worth-2-7-billion-by-2030\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">expect<\/mark><\/a> rising energy costs, improved recycling technology, and government regulation to increase recycling rates. In fact, the recycling market for solar panels alone is projected to be worth US$2.7 billion globally by 2030, up from only US$170 million last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Myth: Renewables may work elsewhere but are not suited to Canada<\/strong><br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Fact: Canada has some of the best renewable power generation potential in the world<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-021-26355-z\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">study<\/mark><\/a> analyzed the ability of solar and wind to meet electricity demand in over 40 countries and ranked Canada second.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earlier analysis similarly found <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rser.2016.11.061\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">significant potential<\/mark><\/a> for wind and solar across Canada. Highlights include on-shore wind potential in Newfoundland and Labrador and Saskatchewan, off-shore wind potential in B.C. and Ontario, and solar potential in Ontario and the Prairies.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atlantic Canada is home to some of the best wind power resources in the world, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/ppforum.ca\/publications\/wind-energy-atlantic-canada\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">study pointing out<\/mark><\/a> that \u201coffshore wind could be for Atlantic Canada what oil was to Texas or hydro power to Quebec.\u201d&nbsp;<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>According to the federal government, parts of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba have been shown to <a href=\"https:\/\/natural-resources.canada.ca\/our-natural-resources\/energy-sources-distribution\/renewable-energy\/solar-photovoltaic-energy\/tools-solar-photovoltaic-energy\/photovoltaic-potential-and-solar-resource-maps-canada\/18366\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">have high solar power potential<\/mark><\/a>.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In fact, Canada\u2019s hydro-dominated electricity network is well-suited to complement the integration of significant shares of wind and solar. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.energy.2022.123757\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Analysis<\/mark><\/a> from 2022 found that Canada could see wind and solar reach a penetration rate of 54% across the country on average, with even higher rates possible when adding demand-side measures.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additionally, Canada has \u201ctremendous potential for pumped-storage hydropower,\u201d which could store power generated from wind and solar, with more than 8,000 GW identified at almost 1,200 sites, according <a href=\"https:\/\/waterpowercanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/stantec_ps_final_en.pdf\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ac1cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">to WaterPower Canada<\/mark><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cleanenergycanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17400?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print this article<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rise of wind and solar around the world is unprecedented. 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