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Experts baffled by Alberta's renewable energy pause

A 7-month moratorium on wind and solar development bolsters fossil fuels at the worst possible time.

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Jeremy Appel
Aug 03, 2023
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The sun sets over a wind farm in Pincher Creek, Alta., in October 2022. (Shutterstock/Ramon Cliff)

The Alberta government is pausing approvals for new wind and solar energy projects for the next seven months as it reviews where they can be built, how increased renewable development impacts the province’s power grid and what happens once these installatio…

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