OTTOWA: Canada still has lingering questions on whether solar power is viable as a long-term means of supplying electricity, according to a Canadian news website.
Citing a report from the Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSia) entitled Solar Vision 2025, the website said that the uptake of solar power in Canada over the next decade would depend on a large number of variables, from financial support to technology costs and infrastructure needs.
"If everything falls into place, solar could conceivably represent 20 percent of the new electricity supply generated in the next 20 years," CanSia president Elizabeth McDonald was reported as saying.
McDonald warned however that there were "definitely things that needed to be worked out at the federal, provincial and municipal levels to help spark the widespread adoption of solar".
"Canada seems to lag in the area of getting it to all work together. It’s perceived as a battle with oil and gas — but it’s not.”
Source: www.cbc.ca/news
