North America | Right: Chaudiere Falls, Ottawa
Canada’s energy future is powered by water
Canada has a wealth of untapped hydropower potential. Meeting the country’s ambitious climate goals will require collaboration from multiple industries, careful planning, and the gumption and tenacity to get started right away. WaterPower Canada explains how it is helping to lead the way towards a low carbon future
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WATER IS THE LIFEFORCE of humanity. For over 130 years, water has powered Canada from coast to coast – providing clean, renewable, affordable and abundant power for business, homes, technology, electric vehicles, and more. Today there are over 550 hydropower facilities across the country, powering over 60% of Canada’s electricity needs. Energy transition is one of the most urgent and complex challenges on the path to Canada’s resilient economic future. Significant electricity expansion is central to its success. As the country grapples to meet net zero carbon emissions by 2035, hydropower
producers are ready, with the knowledge, projects, and technology to tackle one of the most important issues of our time. Hydropower is an essential player in enabling and fueling Canada’s clean energy transition.
Advocating for water power WaterPower Canada (WPC) is the national non-
profit trade association dedicated to representing the waterpower industry. Its many members span the breadth of the sector, including hydropower producers, manufacturers, developers, engineering firms, and other organisations. WPC represents more than 95% of the waterpower installed capacity in Canada, advocating for the responsible development and use of waterpower to sustainably meet the country’s electricity needs, today and into the future.
Multitude of opportunities In response to the federal government’s commitment
to achieve a net-zero emissions electricity supply by 2035 and a net-zero economy by 2050, WaterPower Canada is commissioning four research projects. These will explore opportunities to support the increase of installed capacity of hydropower in Canada from almost 85,000MW at present to 100,000MW by 2035, and beyond. These include white papers on electricity generation costs by source; grid services of hydropower generation, storage, and transmission
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