Wind Power
Light, power and completely harmless
Present advantages
Cost competitive green energy
Limitless renewable energy
Easy to build and harness
Canada's Wind Power Capacity (as of June 2015) by Province
- ON: 3,927 MW
- QC: 2,883 MW
- AB: 1,471 MW
- BC: 489 MW
- NS: 392 MW
- NB: 294 MW
- MB: 258 MW
- SK: 221 MW
- PE: 204 MW
- NL: 55 MW
- NT: 9.2 MW
- YT: 0.9 MW
Goals
Future Growth
As Canada faces finite fossil fuel, expensive solar technology and a shortage of unemployed hydroelectricity supplies we must turn to a new source of energy. The current up and coming source of green energy, wind power, is the fastest growing source of new electricity in the world. The global capacity of wind energy increased by nineteen percent in 2012 and the cost of which decreased by over eighty percent since 1980.
Canada, a country that has the longest coastline in the world and the second largest landmass has enormous potential when it comes to wind energy. The excess energy produced by the turbines can be easily harvested and exported in order to strengthen our currency.
An investment in wind energy will not only contribute to the nation’s GDP but also the economic development of rural areas by creating numerous high quality, full time jobs.