{"id":128866,"key":"Potential_Paths_to_Canada's_Climate_Commitments_Through_Strategic_Solar_Photovoltaic_Deployment","title":"Potential Paths to Canada's Climate Commitments Through Strategic Solar Photovoltaic Deployment","latest":{"id":1186499,"timestamp":"2025-09-18T16:00:14Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{FAST notice}}\n\n[[File:Canadian-PV-flag.png|thumb]]\n\n{{Publication data\n| type = Paper\n| cite-as = Shafquat Rana, Joshua M. Pearce, Potential Paths to Canada's Climate Commitments Through Strategic Solar Photovoltaic Deployment, ''e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy'', 2025, 12, 101001, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prime.2025.101001 [https://www.academia.edu/129154748/Potential_paths_to_Canadas_climate_commitments_through_strategic_solar_photovoltaic_deployment Academia open access]\n}}\n\n Canadian climate policy calling for a transition to renewable energy is not only a response to the increasing frequency and liability of climate-related disasters, but also a strategic move to mitigate fossil-fuel economic volatility. The easiest path to transition is using the lowest-cost source of energy, which is solar photovoltaics (PV). This study brings clarity to Canada’s efforts to achieve the net zero target quantifying growth rates of PV system development required to reach net zero. First, Canada’s net energy goal background and the recent solar PV-specific growth, markets, and policies are reviewed. Next, the methodology for achieving Canada’s climate goal with PV deployment is detailed. The results indicate to meet carbon emissions targets in 2030 (40% and 45% below 2005) and be net-zero by 2050 requires 666, 762, and 1,847 GW of PV, respectively. The latter solar PV required increases to 2,019 GW with the expected 7.5% escalation in primary energy. The 2023 total PV capacity installed in Canada is 4.6 GW and the rate of growth is completely inadequate to achieve Canada’s goals. This study presents different approaches to achieve Canada’s emissions goals using PV and details deployment in terms of energy, investment, and employment pointing towards the need of new policies.\n\n{{Pearce publications notice}}\n\n== Highlights ==\n\n* Canada has 2050 net zero energy goal; can be met with solar photovoltaic (PV) technology\n* By 2050 1,847 GW of PV, needed for net zero.\n* With 7.5% energy escalation 2,019 GW yet in 2023 total PV capacity in Canada is 4.6 GW a\n* Rate of solar growth is completely inadequate to achieve Canada’s climate goals.\n\n== Keywords ==\n\n carbon emissions; greenhouse gas emissions; global catastrophic risk; climate change; energy policy;energy policy; solar photovoltaic; Canada; climate change policy; net zero carbon emissions\n\n== See also ==\n\n{{Pearce-climate-crisis}}\n\n{{Page data\n| title-tag = Potential Paths to Canada's Climate Commitments Through Strategic Solar Photovoltaic Deployment\n| part-of = FAST Completed\n| keywords = carbon emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, global catastrophic risk, climate change, energy policy, solar photovoltaic, Canada, climate change policy, net zero carbon emissions\n| sdg = SDG07 Affordable and clean energy, SDG13 Climate action, SDG10 Reduced inequalities\n| published = 2025\n| organizations = Free Appropriate Sustainable Technology, Western\n| license = CC-BY-SA-4.0\n| language = en\n| authors = User:J.M.Pearce\n}}\n\n[[Category:business]]\n[[Category:climate change]]\n[[Category:global warming]]\n[[Category:energy policy]]\n[[Category:photovoltaics]]\n[[Category:Canada]]\n[[Category:FAST Completed]]"}