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Renewable energy

The City of Vancouver's 2024 capital expenditure budget puts $24.9M into renewable energy, 3.2% of the year; the largest program is “Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) Waste Heat Recovery Expansion”.

Source: City of Vancouver open data, capital budget 2024.

$24.9M
capital expenditure budget, 2024
3.2% of the year · $8.9M new multi-year budget · number 11 of 13 services in 2024

By year, 2021–2026

$27.7M in 2021 · $10.7M in 2026

Click a year to see its amount.

Its programs, 2024

Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) Waste Heat Recovery ExpansionNeighbourhood Energy Utility$6.4M2023-2026 Energy Retrofits for Non-City BuildingsCommunity electrification$4.1MNew peaking capacity for existing networkNeighbourhood Energy Utility$3.7M2019-2022 Deep Emission Building Retrofits programCommunity electrification$3.2M2023-2026 Off-Street Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure for Non-City BuildingsCommunity electrification$2.2M2023-2026 Expansion of Existing Distribution NetworkNeighbourhood Energy Utility$1.4M2023-2026 System Planning & OverheadNeighbourhood Energy Utility$1.2M2023-2026 Maintenance & renewal of Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) assetsNeighbourhood Energy Utility$1.0M
Show 6 more2019-2022 Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) - New Satellite Energy GenerationNeighbourhood Energy Utility$707kNew Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) Service Connections & Energy Transfer StationsNeighbourhood Energy Utility$662kNew low carbon base load capacity for existing network - designNeighbourhood Energy Utility$350k2019-2022 Neighbourhood Charging Strategy PilotsCommunity electrification$75kNeighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) Flood-related repairs/upgradesNeighbourhood Energy Utility$50kRenewable Energy Supply StrategyNeighbourhood Energy Utility$16k

In the 2023–2026 Capital Plan: $53.9M, by sub-category

Neighbourhood Energy Utility10 programs$30.4M
Community electrification3 programs$23.3M
Prior Capital Plan Items1 programs$201k
About these figures

Each program is listed under the service the year’s budget file gives it; a program can move from one service to another between budgets.