CANADIAN CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF CO-OPERATIVES (CCSC) - A Census of Renewable Energy Co-operatives in Canada

CANADIAN CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF CO-OPERATIVES (CCSC) A Census of Renewable Energy Co-operatives in Canada Author(s): Renata Leonhardt, PhD student, University of Victoria Marc-André Pigeon, Director, Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives and Assistant Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy Martin Boucher, Faculty Lecturer, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Po. [...] Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives 101 Diefenbaker Place University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK Canada S7N 5B8 Phone: (306) 966–8509 / Fax: (306) 966–8517 E-mail: coop.studies@usask.ca Website: Corrections to Leonhardt, Pigeon, and Boucher (2022) In preparation of a paper for academic consideration drawing on the findings of this report, a careful review o. [...] This resulted in a finding that there were 39 RECs involved with only one type of renewable energy technology, while10 RECS were involved with multiple types of renewable energy technology. [...] Figure 7 has been corrected to read that the energy mix of RECs in Canada consisted of 68% solar (58% previously), 24% biofuels (17% previously), and 8% wind (25% previously) for single renewable energy technology. [...] Figure 9 has been altered to focus narrowly on the main area of REC activity, resulting in different estimated weights for the CC2 classification scheme of 86% in generation (72% previously), 10% in distribution (8% previously), and 4% in consultancy activities (unchanged).