Quebec's $87B renewable energy push targets 77% clean power by 2050
Energy Minister Bernard Drainville announced a 25-year resource management plan requiring major investment in hydroelectric, wind, solar and bioenergy upgrades.
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Quebec aims to source 77 per cent of its energy from renewables by 2050, up from the current 48 per cent, Energy Minister Bernard Drainville announced Tuesday.
The ambitious target would cut the province's dependence on fossil fuels to 23 per cent from 52 per cent. Achieving it will require $87 billion in investment spread across upgrades to hydroelectric power plants and new wind, solar and bioenergy infrastructure.
Drainville unveiled the commitment as part of the province's 25-year resource management plan, announced in Varennes, northeast of Montreal. The $87 billion figure sits largely apart from the separate $200 billion Hydro-Québec plans to spend by 2035 to boost capacity and service reliability, though officials acknowledged some overlap without specifying the amount.
