On Tuesday, May 19, CanSIA and CanWEA jointly announced the new CEO to lead the Canadian Renewable Energy Association, Robert Hornung. As the founding president and CEO of the Canadian Renewable Energy Association, Mr. Hornung will lead the member-based association in stakeholder advocacy and public engagement focused on ensuring that renewable energy and energy storage play a central role in transforming Canada’s energy mix during this period of historical global transformation. For more information on the announcement and the new association, please read our press release.

The Fisher River Cree First Nation Solar Farm is now generating electricity. The solar farm is the first Indigenous-owned, utility scale solar farm in Canada and will sell energy generated from its 3,000 panels to Manitoba Hydro for the next 30 days. 

“Every community should have some sort of solar roof top program. Every community should have its own greenhouse operation. It’s really about getting out of the old CMHC INAC designed communities and really decolonizing our communities through (de-centralization),” said David Isaac, president of W Dusk Energy Group Inc.

White River First Nation has received the green-light to build one of the Yukon's largest solar farms. once complete, the farm will replace approximately 60 per cent of the diesel fuel the community uses and offset 31,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over its lifespan.

For current CanSIA members, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your membership contribution in the 2019-20 membership year, which will end on June 30, 2020. It is now time to renew your association membership and join the Canadian Renewable Energy Association.

We are also excited to welcome new members to the Canadian Renewable Energy Association who are active and interested in the solar energy, wind energy, and energy storage industries across Canada, and who were not previously engaged with CanSIA or CanWEA.

If you are interested in learning more about how the Canadian Renewable Energy Association can help you develop new business opportunities and achieve your company’s strategic objectives, please contact Julie Mair at julie@cansia.ca or 1-866-522-6742.

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Looking for a job in renewable energy? Check out the latest member employment opportunities posted on our site. CanSIA members can post job listings free of charge. To post a job on the CanSIA website, please send your employment opportunity in PDF format to info@cansia.ca.

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