Quebec Aims to Reduce Oil Consumption 40% by 2030

Quebec's Liberal government said on Thursday it wants to reduce the quantity of petroleum products consumed in the Canadian province by 40 percent by 2030 as part of its long-term energy strategy.

 

Renewable energy currently supplies about 47 percent of Quebec's needs, an amount the province intends to boost to 61 percent by 2030, as part of a series of targets to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, Energy Minister Pierre Arcand told journalists in Montreal.