Electrification

Powering the electric future

Electricity. Most of us probably take it for granted. Turn on the lights and it’s there. And that makes sense. We’ve had the means to harness and transmit energy via electricity for over a century. But how that electricity is generated – and where it is used – has become enormously important.

As of 2022, more than 80% of global energy needs are met by burning fossil fuels. To stop climate change from accelerating, this number needs to be very close to zero by 2050.

The answer: electricity. We need to clean up the ways we generate electricity (by closing coal power plants, for example, which OPG did in 2014) and we need to transition many things that currently run by burning fossil fuels to run on clean electricity. This is everything from cars, boats, and lawn mowers, to mines, smelters, and cement plants.

Doing this is going to require more clean electricity – a lot more clean electricity. That’s where Ontario Power Generation (OPG) comes in. Our vision is to electrify life in one generation, and we have the people, power, and ideas to do it. It is a big task, but we are up to the challenge.