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Britain, Canada and offshore Scandinavia
of Defence to try and work around its objections to wind stations (photo and pages 57-59). In Canada ...
The beginning of a Canada boom
Political and utility interest in seeing wind power succeed in Canada has never been stronger ... during October 16-19 looking for a piece of the action -- view that promise as considerable. Canada ... anything, is a signal that wind energy is a serious part of Canada's electricity sector going forward ...
US tower supplier DMI Industries expands to Canada
operations into southern Ontario, saying it is attracted by Canada's long term commitment to renewable energy. "There is strong support for wind energy development from the governments of Canada and Ontario ... , provides the company with access not only to markets in Canada, but also the US northeast. DMI currently ...
Canada dominated by just two suppliers -- Record year already
construction in Quebec are boosting Canada's installed capacity by 28% to just over 570 MW. All three projects ... , will be Canada's largest. Vestas turbines are also going up next door in Manitoba, where the province's first ... . Not all Vestas Vestas, however, does not have a complete hold on Canada's wind market for 2005. Three ...
Getting down to details in Canada -- Even better things to come
Canada's wind industry installed a record 123.43 MW last year, but perhaps even more important than ... another 1965 MW. "We're at the start of the wave," says Hornung, while acknowledging that Canada ... manufacturing opportunities," he adds The province of Alberta, Canada's only deregulated electricity ...
Record wind growth in Canada but weather delays projects under construction
With 146 MW of new wind capacity already online, the Canadian Wind Energy Association is predicting the country's wind market could see growth of 70% this year. Some projects are facing weather delays...
Wind energy mapping software unveiled at CanWEA conference
Canada's environment minister, St phane Dion, used the annual Canadian wind conference to unveil new wind energy mapping software developed by federal scientists. It will allow users to assess ... was possible up until now, said Dion, helping to "accelerate the rate of wind farm development in Canada." ...
Canadian provinces trucking
No less than six provincial governments in Canada are specifying purchases of up to several thousand megawatts of wind power. Last month alone, Quebec released details of its call for 2000 MW ... , delegates attending Canada's annual wind conference were warned (pages 47-50). ...
HSBC's unique cross-border deal with US to buy renewables certificates
Canada will buy 11,000 MWh of RECs from 3 Phases Energy Services, enough to offset 100 ... at greening operations on both sides of the US/Canada border. "We are increasingly talking to companies ... impact and they realize they have operations in Canada. So we hope they will choose to make commitments ...
Federal support for Gaspé region's first small turbine manufacturing facility
Canada's federal government has awarded Quebec-based Energie PGE a repayable contribution of C$375,000 to start up the Gasp region's first small wind turbine manufacturing facility. The SADC de Rocher-Perce, a ... for export to developing countries. "The wind energy sector is at the heart of Canada Economic Development ...
National poll reveals 87% of Canadians support green power
% and nuclear power at 5%. At the bottom of the list was coal-fired power. "It's time for Canada's federal ... renewables should supply 25% of Canada's electricity by 2025 and 50% over the long term. The margin of error ...
Major gas company Gaz Métro enters wind business
Another of Canada's major natural gas distribution companies is entering the wind business. Montreal-based Gaz M tro has teamed up with S minaire de Qu bec and Boralex, a Quebec company that operates ... in Canada and the US, Gaz M tro is Canada's third largest gas distribution company. TransCanada Corporation ...
Major petroleum player Enbridge Inc enters wind
A major player in Canada's petroleum industry is increasing its presence in the country's wind ... of Calgary, which operates the world's longest crude oil pipeline system and Canada's largest natural gas distribution company, has become an equal partner with Suncor Energy and EHN Wind Power Canada, a subsidiary ...
Selling offsets and unlocking potential
gas emission reductions to Canada's federal government for C$8/tonne. The C$1 million contract is part of Environment Canada's Pilot Emission Removals, Reductions and Learnings (PERRL) Initiative, a competitive ... unutilised along the rugged and windy west coast of Canada." ...
Vast potential in thinking small -- Remote areas targeted
Canada's market for wind systems in the 300 Watt to 300 kW range is very small, but the right ... Canada. The Canadian wind industry is now hoping to help kick start that growth with a proposal for a C ... , says Marbek's Sean Whittaker. The total installed capacity of small wind in Canada is about 4.5 MW ...
Calgary builds 80 MW citizens project
will be the only city in Canada to draw three quarters of its electricity from green power." The deal has been ... Lake Wind Farm and operates the most successful green power marketing program in Canada. "This is a ...
Predictions for jobs boom in Canadian wind sector
Canada's wind energy industry is currently a C$400 million a year business -- and a recent survey of companies in the sector predicts expenditure in the sector will increase dramatically over the next several ... found that increasing Canada's currently installed capacity nearly ten-fold to 5600 MW would create ...
Federal government releases Kyoto implementation plan
Canada's federal government has unveiled its long awaited Kyoto implementation plan, which anticipates that renewable energy will contribute 15 mega tonnes of annual reductions to the country's 270 ... toward the exploitation of Canada's massive wind energy potential," says Robert Hornung, president ...
Wind plants have become commercially viable says new study
. The study, US/Canada Wind Power Markets and Strategies, 2004-2010, predicts record growth in 2005 ... and Hydro-Quebec in Canada, will be joined by a "long list of utilities" that need to fulfil renewable ... 21,700 MW by 2010. Canada will experience faster growth, it says, from about 500 MW in 2004 to nearly ...
Atlantic province issues first request
The government-owned utility of Newfoundland and Labrador is looking to put the province on Canada ... , located on the Atlantic coast, is one of only two in Canada without any utility-scale wind generation ... the winter when demand is greatest. Winter is also when wind production in Canada is at its highest. Right ...
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