Innovation, market incentives can drive electrification
May 07, 2025
May 07, 2025
In an interview with POWER, Dane Labonte explains why electrification is crucial for the energy transition and reaching our decarbonization goals
The push toward electrification involves new technologies and strategies, including as a way for an enterprise to decarbonize its operations. It also can provide savings for a business, with more energy-efficient processes leading to lower energy costs.
Electrification can be coupled with digitization, which enables solutions to optimize energy usage. Several companies have made electrification part of their portfolios when it comes to serving the energy industry and supporting the transition toward cleaner forms of power generation.
Stantec, a global company involved in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting, is among those groups, with the company focused on ¡°Providing sustainable and reliable energy solutions for our clients and communities, whether through the construction of new facilities or improving the safety and reliability of existing systems.¡±
Dane Labonte, an energy management consultant at Âé¶¹´«Ã½, has more than a decade of experience with addressing sustainability challenges in the energy sector. Labonte advances projects that implement microgrid technologies and deploy clean energy resources to reimagine energy systems. He recently provided?POWER?magazine with insight into electrification, noting how the strategy supports sustainability while controlling energy costs and promoting power reliability.