New smarter wind turbines to boost Canada’s renewable energy portfolio

[JeanieJeanie]

Interesting article: "The Canadian Wind Energy Association predicts that Canada can achieve 55,000 megawatts (MW) of domestic wind power capacity by 2025..."

[rurallib]

1. what does 55,000 MW mean in practical terms

would that run a town of say 10,000?

[Posteritatis]

2. 55GW is a little under half of Canada's current electrical generation. (nt)

[rurallib]

3. thank you!

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. umm - nope not even close - 503.4 Twh is our consumption, 592.32 Twh is our generation

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Wind power now only supplies a little bit over 1% of Canada's electrical generation.

Interesting chart here

http://www.electricity.ca/media/Industry%20Data%20and%20Electricity%20101%20May%202012/KeyCanadianElectricityStatistics_2012.pdf

CC

[Posteritatis]

5. Watt-hour != watt (nt)