It’s a new year, and a pivotal one for the Ontario government as it updates its Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP). At the end of 2016, I blogged about CanWEA’s December 19 LTEP submission to the province. ...

In the lead-up to the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) O&M Summit I’m beginning to turn my attention from the event program that we have been pouring over for the last few months to what ...

In planning Ontario’s future electricity system, we must never lose sight of a paramount objective – providing customers with the best possible value. That’s the focus of one of CanWEA’s recommendatio ...

Attendees take part in Wednesday, Feb. 1’s health and safety panel during CanWEA’s 2017 Operations and Maintenance Summit in Toronto, Ontario. The panel consisted of, from left, Vestas America’s Sr. D ...

The global wind energy sector has matured into an affordable electricity supply option helping to reduce both air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, leading many electricity systems to consider t ...

This is always an exciting time at the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), because the start of a new year gives us a chance to reflect on the progress of Canada’s wind energy industry over the ...

In this blog I want to discuss the final recommendation of our submission to Ontario’s process for updating its Long Term Energy Plan (LTEP). This recommendation encourages the provincial government t ...

There is an interesting statistic out there that I never tire of repeating, because for me it illustrates both the progress wind energy has made in Canada and the tremendous possibilities that still l ...

February got off to an interesting start for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) looking to build on Saskatchewan’s growing wind energy industry. Late last month, SaskPower released the details of thei ...

Helping landowners navigate the tricky road of renewable energy leases is the purpose of a new publication of the Alberta government. Released in February, Negotiating Renewable Energy Leases is a gui ...