{"id":1720,"date":"2025-12-30T03:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T03:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/tl\/albertas-next-energy-mix\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:48:36","slug":"albertas-next-energy-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/ai-technology-and-innovation\/albertas-next-energy-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta&#8217;s Next Energy Mix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div\n\tid=\"tl-fpb-1\"\n\tstyle=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Disruptors-Special-EP-12.30-BLOG-IMAGE1.jpg?quality=80&amp;w=4096);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;min-height:500px\" class=\"tl-featured-post-banner wp-block-rbc-thought-leadership-blocks-featured-post-banner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tl-featured-post-banner__gradient\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;z-index:0;pointer-events:none;\"><\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"tl-featured-post-banner__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\tclass=\"tl-pill tl-pill--banner\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/ai-technology-and-innovation\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tAI, Technology and Innovation\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"tl-featured-post-banner__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"tl-featured-post-banner__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/ai-technology-and-innovation\/albertas-next-energy-mix\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlberta&#8217;s Next Energy Mix\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"tl-featured-post-banner__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\tA bonus episode of Disruptors: In Conversation with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default default wp-block-paragraph\">With industrial power demand rising, can small modular reactors help anchor a cleaner, always\u2011on system that will support the incoming AI Data Centre boom?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this bonus episode of Disruptors, host John Stackhouse speaks with Premier Danielle Smith about the future of power in Alberta. 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