Blog Posts by Robert Hornung

President of the Canadian Wind Energy Association

Ontario heading for a troubling investor-confidence tipping point... Recent actions are making Ontario a less attractive destination for investment in renewable generation If you asked people to name a recent energy “tipping p (more...)

Already lowest cost, wind energy costs trimmed a further five per cent, accord... Wind energy hits lowest cost point among both non-renewable and renewable new electricity generation options The sustained downward progression in the cost of (more...)

Wind energy destined to become immune to partisan politics... Four major trends are boosting support for more wind energy in Canada Despite differing policy approaches to renewable energy in Canada, I believe that wind en (more...)

Wind Energy: A Reliable Part of Today’s Energy Mix... As demand for clean electricity ramps up, Canada will increase its reliance on wind energy as a key technology that contributes low-cost power and flexibility t (more...)

New Lazard analysis shows that wind energy costs have dropped 69 per cent sinc... Building and operating new wind energy can cost less than continuing to operate fully-depreciated conventional generation facilities Wind energy has solidified (more...)

Alberta’s abundant wind resource is putting a whole new spin on energy d... The following editorial was originally published online by the Canadian Business Quarterly magazine, as part of the CBQ Spring 2018 edition and is being repost (more...)

CanWEA chief sees surge in 2018 Canadian wind installations... The following editorial was originally published online by the renewable energy magazine Recharge and is being reposted with permission. After a below-average (more...)

Robert Hornung: “wind energy can provide more services to the grid than just... 2018 started off as the year that wind energy took the pole position on lowest cost when it comes to Canada’s electricity generation options. With so much pro (more...)

Technology advances spurring ever-lower wind energy costs... Note: this blog has been updated from a version that was published on June 22, 2017. Why is it that wind energy costs keep declining while mainstream electri (more...)

New Lazard study: wind costs down, competitiveness up... A November 2017 report by U.S. investment firm Lazard shows that wind energy costs continue to track lower across the globe. Since 2009, the unsubsidized leveli (more...)

BLOG Apr 11, 2017

Shaping Canada’s electricity future with wind... When more than 120 wind energy leaders recently gathered in the National Capital Region for the Canadian Wind Energy Association’s (CanWEA) annual Spring Foru (more...)

BLOG Mar 3, 2017

Wind energy largest source of new electricity generation for over a decade... There is an interesting statistic out there that I never tire of repeating, because for me it illustrates both the progress wind energy has made in Canada and t (more...)

BLOG Jun 23, 2016

Canada ahead of U.S. on long-term sustainable climate action... Wind energy to help clean electricity grids and reduce emissions I recently attended the American Wind Energy Association’s 2016 annual conference in New O (more...)

BLOG May 3, 2016

It’s Time to Capitalize on Canada’s Renewable Energy Advantage... Wind energy is central to any credible climate change plan Earth Day marked another milestone for the Paris Agreement, with nearly 160 nations inking a commi (more...)

BLOG Nov 27, 2015

SaskPower Capitalizes on Wind Energy’s Cost-Competitiveness... SaskPower’s plan for a ten-fold increase in installed wind energy capacity is an exciting step forward in more ways than one. Under the new plan announced (more...)

BLOG Nov 25, 2015

Alberta government makes strong commitment to use new clean, reliable, and cos... When the Alberta government unveiled its new climate strategy earlier this week, it set an ambitious goal. It pledged to replace two-thirds of the electricity c (more...)

BLOG Oct 28, 2015

Cost-competitive renewable energy part of the solution to Alberta’s clim... When the new Alberta government talks about accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation and adding more renewable energy to the province’s (more...)

BLOG Sep 9, 2015

GHG emission trends in AB and SK – wind energy can bend the curve... Climate change is the single most important global environmental challenge facing the world today. This fall, the new Alberta Government is preparing its climat (more...)

BLOG Jun 29, 2015

Les chiffres le confirment : l’énergie éolienne est maintenant la source d... Certains détracteurs de l’éolien aiment le souligner : bien que l’énergie éolienne se taille rapidement une place de plus en plus enviable parmi les au (more...)

BLOG Jun 10, 2015

L’industrie éolienne mondiale établit un nouveau record de mises en servic... Le Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) a récemment publié son rapport annuel sur l’industrie éolienne à l’échelle mondiale. Tout comme le Canada, l’ (more...)

BLOG Jun 8, 2015

The Data Is In: Wind Energy Has Become the Leading Choice for New Electricity ... Some critics of wind energy love to point out that while wind energy is making a significant and rapidly growing contribution to electricity generation in Canad (more...)

BLOG Apr 14, 2015

Global wind industry sets record for new wind energy in 2014... The Global Wind Energy Council, more commonly known as GWEC, recently released its annual Wind Energy Market report. Just as we did in Canada, the global win (more...)