SaskPower’s plan to add 1,900 MW of wind energy to the province’s power grid by 2030 promises more than long-term opportunity for the wind energy industry. It will also bring significant economic and ...

At this moment, hundreds of wind turbines across the world are raising the bar on performance thanks in part to Dr. Francis Pelletier – one of the most skilled, knowledgeable, and accomplished Canadia ...

Wind energy plays to Alberta’s strengths. The province has excellent wind resources and is well supplied with the workforce skills and training capacities needed to harness them. Wind energy has the p ...

With more than 12,000 MW of clean, renewable energy capacity in place at wind farms across the country, Canadians are becoming more and more familiar with wind energy and the environmental and economi ...

Over the past year, CanWEA has been actively working to promote wind energy from Quebec* and the Maritime provinces in response to opportunities to export to northeastern U.S. markets. This vision was ...

CanWEA is responding with a new Public Affairs Advisor to support policy advancement and communications in the region. If you’ve been reading our blog over the past year, you will know that western Ca ...

In August, I had the opportunity to attend CanWEA’s sold-out golf tournament south of Calgary. It was a fabulous day, not a cloud in the sky and excitement buzzing from the moment registration opened. ...

Here at the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), we recently became an Advocate for The Leadership Accord on Gender Diversity in the Canadian electricity industry, an initiative of Electricity H ...

As we’ve mentioned here before, the Renewable Energy Program (REP) has positioned Alberta to be Canada’s largest market for new wind energy investment for the next decade. The REP ensures this by prov ...

I am very happy to announce that the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) will be adding two new awards to its existing line-up of sought after achievements. The growth and maturation in the oper ...