One path towards a just energy transition for Canada includes creating opportunities for communities to use renewable energy.

Thinking a little deeper about building a concentrating solar power generation plant in Canada leads to several questions that we would need to answer.

• Where is the best sun exposure (highest annual insolation)? (Let's look at Saskatchewan)
• What paths would we expect destructive storms to take which would damage our facility?
• What land use classifications would best support building our facility?
• How far would we want to position our generating plant from the collector array and storage tank?
• What communities would benefit the most from operating our facility?
• Who might be interested in collaborating to operate our facility?

• What kind of relationship structure best suits our facility and its stakeholders?

• What kind of cooling system would we be able to use where we build our facility?
• Where are the migratory bird corridors through the best region for sun exposure?
• What amount of bat activity might we expect and where in the best region for sun exposure?

Referring to Project Drawdown, using concentrated solar power has a potential to help us draw down atmospheric carbon worldwide as one of the more reliable forms of renewable energy.

• avoid emitting 10.9 gigatons of carbon dioxide between 2017 and 2050 (that's 10 900 000 000 000 kg)
• cost the world $ 1 200 000 000 000 USD to build multiple facilities (1.2 trillion dollars, $ 1.2x10^12)
• save the world $ 413 900 000 000 USD between 2017 and 2050 (prevented costs, 413.9 billion dollars, $ 413.9x10^9)
• save the world $ 1 200 000 000 000 USD over the full life cycle of the equipment

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