Natural Resources committee  The current situation is that the traditional capital markets are functioning very well for larger utility-scale projects that have contracted revenue streams. Typically, they have access to a very low cost of capital and, in combination with the lower capital costs, it means tha

Natural Resources committee  It's certainly an excellent suggestion and not one we have looked at in detail. Certainly, I think you have identified one of the key barriers to unlocking a lot of investment from residences, small businesses and so on. If there were an opportunity for folks to get access to l

Natural Resources committee  I would respond to two central planks. The first one is innovation versus deployment. Do you support the innovation now or do you support the deployment? In my opinion, there's a role for federal and provincial governments, all levels of government, in both right now. In reality,

Natural Resources committee  The comment I would make in response to that statement is that there's an enormous opportunity from clean growth, and with all governments working together, there's an opportunity to benefit from that.

Natural Resources committee  I can speak to solar. Typically, the amortization cycle used is about 25 years. The reason for this is that manufacturers provide a warranty for 25 years.

Natural Resources committee  The numbers can differ, but typically it's to 82% or 83% of performance. After 25 years it would still be producing at 83% of its rated capacity.

Natural Resources committee  To answer that, Mr. Falk, I think I'll build on one of your questions to Mr. Robertson. With very low levels of penetration of wind and solar, the transmission just simply isn't required. Storage isn't a problem, because the demand is there and it soaks it up. When you begin to h

Natural Resources committee  I have nothing further to add to Mr. Robertson's response.

Natural Resources committee  I see a lot of appeal in all scales. They fulfill different functions and different roles. For large-scale generation, you can site it in a location. Solar is very scalable. Whereas, for instance, with a hydro dam you need a suitable river or whatever the case may be, with solar

Natural Resources committee  I don't think I have a substantive comment, Mr. Serré. I apologize.

Natural Resources committee  The first thing I would mention for the members is that SaskPower is currently running a competitive procurement for a 10-megawatt solar farm. That will deliver price discovery for how much solar electricity will cost in Canada. We feel that people will be quite astounded by how

Natural Resources committee  For sure, and I'd be interested to read the article to have the full background. The reality of the situation is that with the modules themselves more than 90% of them are recyclable by weight. The large part is aluminum framing and glass, so in reality the waste stream post-man

Natural Resources committee  Sure.

Natural Resources committee  Let me clarify—

Natural Resources committee  Solar is a very benign technology environmentally. After 20 to 25 years, in many cases.... I would view the land being in stewardship for 20 or 25 years, and the quality is likely better than it was at the time of installation.