The government of the Canadian province of Quebec has announced that it planned to invest C$4bn (US$3.1bn) to cut the consumption of oil products by 40% by 2030 and to boost the share of renewable energies in energy consumption from the current 47% to 61% in 2030.
To offset the planned reduction in oil consumption, Quebec will bet on a greater use of hydropower and on gas consumption, by encouraging local production and promoting imports. As part of its five targets to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, Quebec will seek to end its already limited coal consumption.
The energy programme will be introduced as a bill in the provincial parliament in June 2016. It could be approved into law by the end of the year.
Quebec has already pledged to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 37.5% by 2030 and has entered into a cap-and-trade system with Ontario, Manitoba and California. The province aims to raise its renewable energy production by 25% (+50% for bioenergy) and to improve its energy efficiency by 15% by 2030.
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