Alberta, a province that produces fourfifths of Canada's petroleum, is anticipated to ban the hosting of sustainable power tasks on prime land under a new raft of rules, according to a report in The Globe and Mail paper on Wednesday.

The changes to guidelines, set to be announced by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Utilities Minister Nathan Neudorf on Wednesday, are the outcome of a provincial restriction on the approval of renewable energy tasks, the paper stated.

In 2015, Alberta stopped such approvals up until March 2024 amidst issues over renewables' reliability and land usage, cooling financial investment in the rapidly growing industry and challenging the federal government's tidy energy ambitions.

Alberta produces the majority of its electrical energy from gas and produces more than 82% of the nation's petroleum.

The province's ban would undermine Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's tidy electricity aspirations, which intend to make Canada's power grid emissions-free on a net basis by 2035, a. objective that Alberta's Smith says is impractical.

Provincial government officials did not right away. react to Reuters request for remark.

The ban statement, expected later on in the day, will likely. discuss concerns with land usage, recovery and the obscuring of. viewscapes, the report said.

Alberta will ban renewable electrical energy jobs on personal. home it deems has great or outstanding irrigation ability,. and land considered fair for hosting some speciality crops.

But, the paper stated, the province will permit exemptions. if a task can demonstrate that crops or animals can. co-exist on the website along with the renewable generation. job.

Buffer zones of a minimum of 35 kilometres will be. introduced around safeguarded areas or what the government. considers pristine viewscapes, and new wind jobs will not be. allowed within those zones, the report said.