Agrivoltaics: Not Just Greenwashing
Am I on the Right Track? I am forever concerned about ensuring that what I do is for the better, not the worse. It took me a long time to embrace solar energy, despite my extensive history in energy and renewables. Grasping the impacts, economic benefits, and energy efficiency figures was a struggle. When I entered the solar industry, it was still heavily dependent on policy and subsidies. This was rapidly changing, and my mental map of the world continued to tick off locations where solar hit grid parity. Canada was slow to get there, but eventually, it hit, and with that, a rush of new opportunities in Alberta emerged. Solar development not seen since the early Feed-in Tariff days in Ontario under the now-cancelled Green Energy Act began to take shape. Just as quickly as the private solar market grew into a gold rush, it hit a wall, much like Ontario. The issue was that the sector became a victim of its own success. Alberta was not ready on various fronts for what came at them. The e...