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BLOG May 4, 2018

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...)

BLOG Apr 25, 2018

Billions in investment and new jobs for the West from Wind Energy... Western Canada has broken new ground for renewable energy with landmark procurement projects for wind in Alberta this past year. This has the potential to funda (more...)

BLOG Apr 18, 2018

IESO conference tackles role of clean power like wind energy in market renewal... Wind energy is more than clean – it is also reliable and can contribute to lower overall system costs In 2030, system operators will be operating the grid qu (more...)

BLOG Mar 19, 2018

Low-cost wind energy can provide innovative solutions for reliable, flexible, ... Wind industry encouraged to participate in IESO Request for Information about how non-emitting resources can participate in current and future markets Ontari (more...)

BLOG Mar 16, 2018

Safeguards for landowners at the end of a wind project’s life... Revenue certainty, life-cycle development plans and legally-binding lease agreements reduce risks for wind energy landowners Many Albertans have heard about (more...)

BLOG Mar 9, 2018

Wind Energy – A Climate-Fighting Crowd Favourite... Around the world and within Canada, governments, utilities, and companies are increasingly turning to clean, reliable, and cost-competitive wind energy to get t (more...)

BLOG Mar 8, 2018

Take-aways from the 2018 AWEA O&M and Safety Conference... Many thanks to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) for putting on another excellent Wind Project O&M and Safety Conference. With almost 1,000 wind i (more...)

BLOG Mar 5, 2018

Opportunities in wind energy the theme of ongoing consultation with rural muni... Municipal leaders, constituents interested in wind farms, lease payments, decommissioning, tax revenues and regulations In January I participated on a panel (more...)

BLOG Feb 27, 2018

Three Wind Energy Themes Emerge from 2018 O&M Summit... For the fourth year in a row the Canadian wind energy industry gathered in Toronto at the CanWEA Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Summit. The event took pla (more...)

BLOG Feb 27, 2018

Working together to implement Ontario’s LTEP... Following the October 2017 release of Ontario’s updated Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP), Delivering Fairness and Choice, the focus is now on implementation. Cana (more...)