加拿大阿尔伯塔省联合保守党政府宣布对太阳能板征收14加元每块的回收费，自10月1日起生效1。该费用同时配套禁令，禁止太阳能板进入垃圾填埋场1。政府将此举定位为环保措施，但商业可再生能源中心加拿大分公司主任Jorden Dye表示，虽然支持回收费本身的概念，但不支持"远超任何其他司法管辖区的惩罚性税收"1。该费用比全球其他地区高出139%至3500%1。
根据政府预测，到2045年，阿尔伯塔省现有太阳能板中超过95%将达到使用寿命，产生约72,700吨材料需要回收处理1。太阳能板的实际使用寿命通常为25至35年1。新费用实施后，电力成本预期每年增加460加元1。阿尔伯塔省政府此前在2023年出台的禁令和相关措施已导致约330亿美元的可再生能源项目离开该省1。
Alberta's United Conservative Party government has announced a CAD $14 per-panel recycling fee on solar panels, set to take effect on October 1st 1. The measure also prohibits solar panels from entering landfills 1. While provincial officials frame the policy as an environmental initiative, the Business Council for Sustainable Energy Canada has criticized the fee as a "punitive tax" that far exceeds recycling charges elsewhere 1.
According to the Business Council, the recycling fee is 139 to 3,500 percent higher than equivalent charges in other jurisdictions worldwide 1. Jorden Dye, director of the organization's Canadian division, stated that while supporting recycling fees in principle, the council opposes "punitive taxation that far exceeds any other jurisdiction" 1. The province anticipates that by 2045, more than 95 percent of existing solar panels in Alberta will reach the end of their typical 25 to 35-year lifespan, generating approximately 72,700 tonnes of material requiring disposal 1.
The fee is expected to increase electricity costs by CAD $460 annually for consumers 1. This latest measure follows earlier government policies that critics say have deterred renewable energy investment; prior 2023 restrictions and related measures are estimated to have prompted approximately CAD $33 billion in renewable energy projects to leave the province 1.
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