ALBERTA : risques et occasions de la transition mondiale vers la carboneutralité

The document analyzes Alberta's position in the global energy transition, highlighting a tension between emerging low-carbon investments and a continued reliance on the oil and gas sector. While the province shows strength in carbon-free electricity and industrial transition technologies, it faces significant risks due to workforce concentration in vulnerable sectors and contradictory political signals that may hinder large-scale decarbonization.

• Alberta has the highest concentration of workers in transition-vulnerable sectors in Canada, at 9%. This vulnerability is most acute in five specific communities: Wood Buffalo (29%), Lloydminster (16%), Cold Lake (16%), Sylvan Lake (14%), and Grande Prairie (9%).
• The oil and gas sector remains a critical economic pillar, representing 14% of GDP in 2020 and generating over five billion dollars in provincial revenue for the 2019-2020 fiscal year.
• Alberta is seeing growth in transition-related businesses, with 130 active companies attracting investment. The most prominent sectors are industrial transition (29%), carbon-free electricity (21%), and agricultural technologies/replacement proteins (20%).
• Significant low-carbon investments are occurring in the province, including the world's first net-zero ethylene and derivatives facility by Dow Chemicals in Fort Saskatchewan and a 1.3 billion dollar net-zero blue hydrogen plant by Air Products in Edmonton.
• Provincial strategic decisions are creating contradictory signals for investors, such as the cancellation of the Alberta Investor Tax Credit and the expansion of metallurgical coal projects. Additionally, public financial support for fossil fuels—approximately 466 million dollars paid to producers in 2020—weakens carbon pricing signals.
• The province faces a risk of 'stranded assets' and disruptive transition due to continued increases in natural gas electricity production, with over 1,000 MW of capacity currently in the proposal or implementation stage representing 1.9 billion dollars in investment.

APA

Canadian Climate Institute (n.d.). ALBERTA : risques et occasions de la transition mondiale vers la carboneutralité. https://institutclimatique.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Alberta-profile-FR.pdf

Chicago

Canadian Climate Institute. ALBERTA : risques et occasions de la transition mondiale vers la carboneutralité. n.d. https://institutclimatique.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Alberta-profile-FR.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{canadianclimateinstitutendalberta, author = {{Canadian Climate Institute}}, title = {{ALBERTA : risques et occasions de la transition mondiale vers la carboneutralité}}, institution = {Canadian Climate Institute}, url = {https://institutclimatique.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Alberta-profile-FR.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }