| 1.9 - Ensure policies are in place to promote and remove barriers to new investments in renewable energy (that is, wind, biofuels, solar, hydro) production.
1.10 - Invest in the development, demonstration and deployment of renewable and alternative energy technologies targeted to improve Alberta’s overall energy efficiency. This will include support for the application of new technologies and support on-going research and development in partnership with other institutions.
Under Strategy 1.9 and 1.10 in the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) is committed to supporting the use of renewable and alternative energy technologies, and delivering this through several funding programs under Federal-Provincial-Territorial initiatives such as Growing Forward 2 (GF2), currently replaced by the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP, 2018 – 2022). This includes the On-Farm Energy Management Program, the On-Farm Solar Photovoltaics Program, and the Irrigation Efficiency Program. Under GF2 that ended in March, 2018, these programs offered a combined total of approximately $6 million per year for the funding of investments in renewable energy and energy-saving measures on Alberta farms. Upon completion of GF2, the On-Farm Energy Management Program and On-Farm Solar Photovoltaics program will be operated as a provincial program under the Climate Leadership Plan from 2018 onward. The Irrigation Efficiency Program will be supported under both CAP and Climate Leadership Plan. Simultaneously, CAP funds will focus on helping industry understand Green House Gas (GHG) risks and opportunities, with a longer term goal of mitigating livestock, diesel, and soil GHG emissions.
To learn more about AF’s work completed under GF2 in support of this strategy, click here. |
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