Politics are on the minds of many people these days.  With municipal elections and the leadership race for the United Conservative Party just behind us, and another leadership contest ahead of us, pol ...

CanWEA unveils the winners of its 2017 Power of Wind contest For the past seven years, I’ve had the enviable task of managing the Canadian Wind Energy Association’s (CanWEA’s) Power of Wind contest, a ...

The world has seen unprecedented growth in wind energy over the past few years. More than 80 countries can now boast about having their own wind energy industry (GWEC, 2016). From deserts to the tropi ...

On April 7, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Pierre Arcand and ministers Dominique Anglade, David Heurtel and Geoffrey Kelly unveiled the Quebec government’s ...

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 commitment to pursue a path that would limit glo ...

CanWEA has a new Regional Director located in Calgary If you’ve been reading our blog you’ll know we are a passionate bunch at CanWEA, always working hard to keep clean, carbon-free and cost-effective ...

It’s June 15 and that means it’s Global Wind Day! A global, annual day dedicated to discovering the power of wind energy and the possibilities it holds to change our world. What does this mean? This i ...

Wind energy to help clean electricity grids and reduce emissions I recently attended the American Wind Energy Association’s 2016 annual conference in New Orleans and it served to highlight how the fut ...

We’ve been talking climate! It wasn’t too long ago that Canada’s federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Catherine McKenna attended our Spring Forum event and encouraged the ...

Canada can get a lot more electricity from wind without compromising reliability, needed transmission has a short payback period, back-up generation a small fraction of new wind In early July CanWEA r ...