{"id":23846,"date":"2025-12-30T03:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T03:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/?post_type=rbc_tl&#038;p=23846\/building-canada-a-new-generation-takes-charge"},"modified":"2025-12-31T15:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:06:32","slug":"albertas-next-energy-mix","status":"publish","type":"rbc_tl","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/disruptors\/albertas-next-energy-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta&#8217;s Next Energy Mix"},"content":{"rendered":"\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 pad-t-0 mob-pad-t-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default default\">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>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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