Exploiter l'énergie renouvelable non utilisée au Canada

The paper emphasizes that Canada's transition to clean energy depends on expanding electricity transmission, which requires the active inclusion and ownership of Indigenous communities. It highlights the 'triple advantage' of Indigenous ownership—economic, social, and environmental—and provides five pragmatic recommendations for policymakers to support this integration. These include implementing a '5 Cs' framework (capital, clarity, capacity, corruption-free champions, and community champions), integrating traditional knowledge from Elders, and avoiding prescriptive, one-size-fits-all participation models. The authors argue that without such partnerships, the country cannot effectively move renewable energy from remote resource-rich areas to urban centers or eliminate persistent energy poverty in remote communities.

• Indigenous participation in electricity transmission projects grew significantly between 2015 and 2020, with 19 projects undertaken, including major grid-connected works like the Romaine project in Quebec and the Bipôle III line in Manitoba.
• Electricity transmission is a critical but underestimated anchor for climate goals; without adequate interconnections, renewable energy produced in remote areas cannot reach industrial or urban centers.
• Many Indigenous communities in Canada still suffer from 'persistent energy poverty,' relying on expensive, unreliable, and dangerous diesel-generated electricity due to transmission gaps.
• The authors propose a '5 Cs' framework for successful renewable energy deployment: capital, clarity (regulations/policies), capacity (human, technical, financial), champions of the absence of corruption, and community champions.
• Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Keepers and Elders into project lifecycles can provide technical benefits in route selection and improve social acceptance, as seen in the Wuskwatim generating station project.
• Successful models of Indigenous participation include the Wataynikaneyap Power project and Hydro One's commitment to allow Indigenous nations to hold a 50% equity stake in new Ontario transmission lines.
• Policymakers are urged to provide attractive green alternatives to Indigenous nations considering fossil fuel projects, such as the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG facility by the Nisg̱a’a nation, to balance economic autonomy with environmental goals.

APA

Busch, F., Krupa, J., & Hanna, K. (2025). Exploiter l'énergie renouvelable non utilisée au Canada. Canadian Climate Institute. https://institutclimatique.ca/publications/exploiter-energie-renouvelable-non-utilisee-au-canada/

Chicago

Busch, Frank, Joel Krupa, and Kevin Hanna. Exploiter l'énergie renouvelable non utilisée au Canada. Canadian Climate Institute, 2025. https://institutclimatique.ca/publications/exploiter-energie-renouvelable-non-utilisee-au-canada/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{busch2025exploiter, author = {Busch, Frank and Krupa, Joel and Hanna, Kevin}, title = {{Exploiter l'énergie renouvelable non utilisée au Canada}}, institution = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2025}, month = jun, url = {https://institutclimatique.ca/publications/exploiter-energie-renouvelable-non-utilisee-au-canada/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }