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Canada tests credit trading exchange
. There is no legal ceiling on CO2 yet and no guarantee that Canada's federal government will recognise any ... is given only for actions that are additional to business-as-usual. Otherwise, "Canada's no better off ...
A big green stride for Canada -- Government on the move
largest single purchase of green power ever in Canada," says Ralph Goodale, Canada's minister of natural ... , these three provinces have the most carbon intensive electricity supply in Canada. Purchases may soon expand ... also promises financial incentives for renewable technologies. "At long last, Canada is starting ...
Handouts instead of market push -- Canada budget misses the point
Canada's year 2000 budget is getting mixed reviews from the country's wind power industry, which ... , worth C$3 to C$5 billion per year," he says. In the fall, Canada's Low-Impact Renewable Energy ... to develop environmental and sustainable development indicators to allow Canada to measure its progress ...
Germany trades wind credits with Canada -- Utility deal hailed as start of huge Kyoto-driven market
now in the works, the others being in the US and in Canada (Windpower Monthly, May 2000). The Hamburg ...
Active and willing
that TransAlta of Canada has clinched a deal for the carbon offsets from wind plants owned by Hannover Electric ... of Canada has clinched a deal for the carbon offsets from wind plants owned by Hannover Electric in Germany ... emissions credits to a brother in Canada, the political questions raised become frighteningly complex. Do TransAlta's Hannover carbon dioxide credits accrue to Canada instead of Germany? Or does TransAlta simply ...
Landmark emissions trade for wind -- Government pays up
Canada's Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Trading (GERT) program has registered the country ... . It sells the electricity to customers and the credits to Environment Canada and Natural Resources Canada ... emissions reductions using site or project specific baselines (Windpower Monthly, February 2000). Canada ...
Shell buys wind power from Cowley Ridge in Alberta
Shell Canada Limited has signed a three-year agreement with Calgary-based Canadian Hydro Developers ... a green power customer is an opportunity to learn more, says Tim Faithfull, Shell Canada's president ... of renewable investment opportunities in Canada." Canadian Hydro president John Keating praised Shell, Canada ...
Seeking a way to ten thousand megawatt
Canada's wind lobby launched a call for 10,000 MW by 2010 at its annual conference. The "10x10 ... days contemplating how to get to "10x10," the message was clear. Canada needs a clear, consistent set ... technology of the future that can only ever supply a small portion of Canada's energy needs. The assumption ...
Lobbying hard for policy change
Canada is putting its economy at risk by continuing to rely on non-renewable, carbon ... partners have begun the shift to renewable electricity supply by investing in wind power. But Canada ... , the report says. It estimates that as much as 30% of Canada's electrical supply could be generated by wind ...
Yukon resource assessment
The Yukon government is providing $150,000 to a wind resource assessment program designed to identify potential sites for small-scale and commercial wind installations in Canada's far northwest. Yukon Energy Corp's John Maissan says the funding will allow the utility monitor at least five sites suggested ...
The spread of trade
of political will to make it happen in the future. Meantime Canada has taken the concept a step further with a ...
Canadian wind group sets 10,000 MW goal
recent government report offering a consensus of expert opinion on how Canada might reach the emission ... contrast to Gallagher's vision of 10,000 MW in ten years, Canada has only 127 MW of installed capacity ...
BC utility wind feasibility study
British Columbia's provincial electric utility, BC Hydro, has identified 19 "priority" locations along Canada's west coast for the installation of wind turbines. "It's very challenging," says Andrea ... access and steep topography all conspire to slow the progress to capture some of Canada's strongest wind ...
Government agency backs renewables -- New strategies advised
Canada's federal government should develop "new strategies and approaches" to encourage investment ... of energy and at other times it was to achieve specific policy objectives," the study says. Given Canada ... 's report echoes many of the arguments put forward by Canada's renewable energy industry. Fred Gallagher ...
Computer program helps value greenhouse gas emissions
Natural Resources Canada released the latest version of its RETScreen wind project analysis software at the conference. The upgrade links users to the National Aeronautic and Space Administration's global satellite weather database and incorporates a wind speed database compiled from 1000 ground ...
Emissions credit market assessment
any emissions deal -- yet. Vision Quest in Canada recently completed its first trade (Windpower ...
A "major score" for renewables -- Report calls for action now
Canada should institute a production credit to help make low impact renewable technologies like ... table," one of 16 panels examining Canada's greenhouse gas reduction options, made the recommendation ... of the most effective options available to begin building a market for renewable power in Canada, the report ...
Ecologo power defined
Wind power producers are pleased with the final draft of Canada's green power certification ... to have large-scale hydro, which accounts for 60% of Canada's electricity, included. Ken Adams, who heads ... that effectively precludes from certification the one renewable in significant quantity in Canada, hydro ...
BC Hydro prospecting for wind in British Columbia
BC Hydro is boosting its wind prospecting efforts in Canada's western province of British Columbia. The utility recently installed three wind monitoring towers, one on the province's north coast and two on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and plans to erect ten more at strategic locations around the province ...
Call to Canadian voters
The first day of CanWEA's conference coincided with the start of Canada's federal election campaign. The election call caused environment minister David Anderson to cancel his keynote address. But it also gave association president Fred Gallagher and Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki a chance to urge voters to put ...
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