“Clean energy portfolios offer employment and economic development opportunities that should be paired with training and support programs so Albertans have careers in the rapidly-expanding global clean energy industry,” said Pembina Alberta Director Duncan Kenyon.

“Across Alberta, municipal leaders want to bring the benefits of renewable energy development to their communities,” added Clean Energy Director Binnu Jeyakumar. “This study proves they’re on the right path.”

The study shows the combination of technologies providing “the same services as new gas plants, even in peak demand scenarios,” Pembina writes in a release. “The analysis, which uses modelling provided by the Rocky Mountain Institute, shows that when the lifetime output from portfolios of renewable energy is compared against the energy generated at gas plants, the renewable energy will cost C$9 to $24 less per megawatt hour than energy from gas plants that generate power on a steady basis and those producing it at peak hours.”