Robert Hornung is the founding president and CEO of the Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA), a national industry association with more than 270 members focused on ensuring that wind energy, solar energy and energy storage play a central role in transforming Canada’s energy mix.
He serves on the Advisory Council of Positive Energy, a University of Ottawa research project that seeks to strengthen public confidence in Canadian energy policy.
Canada must capitalize on its natural advantages, invest in its homegrown industries and create the regulatory environment needed to become a global leader in electrified transportation powered by renewable electricity.
Solar energy has an increasingly important role to play in combatting the global threat of climate change and helping Canada reach its 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target, writes Robert Hornung of the Canadian Renewable Energy Association.
