SERVING CANADA’S DECENTRALISED ENERGY INDUSTRY SINCE 2002.
10,000+
Active Subscribers Worldwide
20+
Years of Experience
111
Members
50%+
of Canada’s Provinces and Territories Served
$32.3B+
Members’ Gross Revenue
WHO WE ARE
Decentralised Energy Canada (DEC) is a national industry association dedicated to the appropriate development of decentralised energy. We provide a network pathway for startups, entrepreneurs, corporations, and market leaders to work together in the most efficient and productive way. DEC is Canada’s market access hub for the decentralised energy sector and provides training for those seeking to develop onsite energy solutions. DEC members include many of Canada’s leading experts in market intelligence and system design.
7 DRIVERS OF DECENTRALISED ENERGY SYSTEMS
By shifting our generation from centralised energy to decentralised energy, the energy sector opens up to a broad array of power source options. Bringing the source of energy production closer to consumption increases transfer efficiency, reduces emissions, and decreases energy costs. By decentralising our energy sources, we accelerate the transition to a diversified, robust and resilient energy system.
1
Global Commitments to Emissions Reduction
197 countries have adopted the Paris Agreement – of those, 179 have solidified their climate proposals with formal approval.
2
Traditional Electrical Grid Challenges
Expensive, limited functionality, and time consuming. Today, >50% of a consumer bill can be delivery charges. Alberta alone has 26,000 km of transmission lines worth USD$88 billion but in rural areas there can be as few as 3 customers/km.
3
Rise of Prosumers
Prosumers generate energy onsite to meet some or all of their own needs. Most DE systems are developed by prosumers. Grid-connected prosumers are becoming more prevalent as more jurisdictions reward electrical energy systems located closer to the consumer, especially if they demonstrate reduced congestion on the grid.
4
Digitalisation of Utilities
Digital transformation could unlock $1.3 trillion of value for the electricity sector. Four high value themes are: asset life cycle management, grid optimisation and aggregation, integrated customer services and beyond the electron.
5
Lower Cost Renewable Energy and Storage
Solar PV module prices down by ~90% since 2009 and wind turbine prices down ~55-60% since 2010. Battery prices down by ~87% since 2010.
6
Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters
Total global economic losses from hurricanes, severe storms, wildfires, floods and other weather events:
2017 USD $330 billion
2018 USD $155 billion
2019 USD $166 billion
2020 USD $210 billion
2021 USD $320 billion
2022 USD $270 billion
Source: Munich RE
7
Electrification of Society
Electricity for data centers, transportation and agriculture. More than 90% of all passenger vehicles in the U.S., Canada, Europe and other rich countries could be electric and autonomous by 2040. An autonomous vehicle uses and generates around 4000 GB of data per day.
Forecasted global DE investments:
2000 USD $30 billion
2012 USD $150 billion
2020 USD $246 billion
2030 Forecast USD $919 billion
Source: General Electric, Rise of Distributed Energy