BESS is the fastest growing energy storage technology in Canada and is also the dominant storage technology in terms of capacity and number of sites. All but four projects proposed to be commissioned by 2030 are battery storage, with two CAES and two PHS projects also. Canada's electricity grid is over 83% emission-free Around 300 Northern and remote (islanded) communities are not connected to the North American electricity grid. ✪ Improve access to funding and provide support for clean energy initiatives in Indigenous, rural and remote. Today, The Honourable Buckley Belanger, Secretary of State (Rural Development), on behalf of the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced over $1. 9 million in federal support for the development of a state-of-the-art smart microgrid serving the communities of La. The installed capacity of energy storage larger than 1 MW—and connected to the grid—in Canada may increase from 552 MW at the end of 2024 to 1,149 MW in 2030, based solely on 12 projects currently under construction 1. Canadian universities and businesses are also actively engaged in microgrid research and commercialization. Clean Fuels and Canada Energy Future: How Biofuels and Hydrogen Could Reshape the Energy.