"We're kind of like a cool case study—not that we're cool—but an interesting case study in folks that cut their teeth on the traditional E&P (exploration and production) side and we're starting to create our own transition to this clean energy future," Mr. Rice said.
Alberta is now facing a reckoning as its oil industry is clobbered by the coronavirus downturn. With tar sands operations shedding jobs, a movement is growing to retrain oil workers for the emerging renewables sector.
Clean energy investment in the United States surged to a fresh record of $55.5 billion last year, despite the government's attempts to roll back supportive policies, a report showed on Thursday.
