Why Wind for EnergyWind Farm Development, Design, Operation and Maintenance

Don McKay, ORTECH Power

Outline

• Advantages

- economic

- social

- environmental

• Canada’s Present Energy Situation• Global Wind Energy Situation• Canada’s Wind Energy Potential

Economic Advantages

• Revitalize Rural Economies• Fewer subsidies• Free Fuel• Price Stability• Promotes Cost-Effective Energy Production• Creates Jobs

Social Advantages

• National Security/Energy Independence• Supports Agriculture• Local Ownership

Environmental Advantages

• Clean Air• Clean Water• Mining and Transportation• Land Preservation

Canada’s Present Energy Production Situation

• Coal fired power plants

• Gas fired power plants

• Hydro

• Nuclear

• Renewable

Global Wind Energy Situation

• Global cumulative wind power capacity• Global annual wind power capacity• Wind power development vs nuclear

development

Canada’s Wind Energy Potential

• Present situation

• Projection to 2016

2006 - a Record Setting Year : Year534 MW Installed (600+ by Year End)

Source: CanWEA

Wind Energy in Canada Presently 2369 MW

Source: CanWEA

Future Prospects for Wind Energy in Canada

• While Canada does not have a national wind energy target, several provincial governments have established initial targets, including:– Ontario 4,600 MW by 2020– Quebec 4,500 MW by 2016– Alberta (seeking approval for new transmission investments for a few

thousand MW of wind energy)– British Columbia (approx. 3,000 MW of new renewables by 2016)

• Taken together, these targets add up to a minimum of 12,000 MW of wind energy by 2016:– Producing enough electricity to meet 4% of Canadian electricity

demand in 2016– Representing 20-25% of the electricity produced from all new

generating facilities projected to be built in Canada between 2006 and 2016

Source CanWEA

Wind Energy in Canada in 2016: 12,000 MW

• Provincial objectives now represent a minimum of 12,000 MW by 2016, including:

– Ontario : 4,600 MW by 2020– Quebec : 4,500 MW by 2016– Alberta : Transmission options for 2,000 – 3,000 MW– Manitoba : 1,000 MW by 2017– Maritime Provinces : more than 800 MW by 2015– BC, Newfoundland & Labrador : large untapped

potential

Source: CanWEA

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