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Renewable energy

The City of Vancouver's 2025 capital expenditure budget puts $17.5M into renewable energy, 2.0% of the year; the largest program is “2023-2026 Energy Retrofits for Non-City Buildings”.

Source: City of Vancouver open data, capital budget 2025.

$17.5M
capital expenditure budget, 2025
2.0% of the year · $5.7M new multi-year budget · number 13 of 13 services in 2025

By year, 2021–2026

$27.7M in 2021 · $10.7M in 2026

Click a year to see its amount.

Its programs, 2025

2023-2026 Energy Retrofits for Non-City BuildingsCommunity electrification$5.0MNew peaking capacity for existing networkNeighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU)$3.0M2019-2022 NEU System ExtensionNeighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU)$2.5M2023-2026 Off-Street Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure for Non-City BuildingsCommunity electrification$1.6M2023-2026 Maintenance & renewal of Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) assetsNeighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU)$1.1M2019-2022 Deep Emission Building Retrofits programCommunity electrification$1.0MEmbodied Carbon in Non-City BuildingsCommunity electrification$889k2023-2026 System Planning & OverheadNeighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU)$821k
Show 6 more2023-2026 Expansion of Existing Distribution NetworkNeighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU)$573k2019-2022 NEU - New Satellite Energy GenerationNeighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU)$465kNew low carbon base load capacity for existing network - designNeighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU)$375k2019-2022 Neighbourhood Charging Strategy PilotsCommunity electrification$75kNew NEU Service Connections & Energy Transfer StationsNeighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU)$75kNeighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) Waste Heat Recovery ExpansionNeighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU)$15k

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.