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Related: About this forumNew smarter wind turbines to boost Canada’s renewable energy portfolio
Interesting article: "The Canadian Wind Energy Association predicts that Canada can achieve 55,000 megawatts (MW) of domestic wind power capacity by 2025..."
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New smarter wind turbines to boost Canada’s renewable energy portfolio (Original Post)
JeanieJeanie
Aug 2013
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55GW is a little under half of Canada's current electrical generation. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2013
#2
umm - nope not even close - 503.4 Twh is our consumption, 592.32 Twh is our generation
ConcernedCanuk
Sep 2013
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rurallib
(62,406 posts)1. what does 55,000 MW mean in practical terms
would that run a town of say 10,000?
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)2. 55GW is a little under half of Canada's current electrical generation. (nt)
rurallib
(62,406 posts)3. thank you!
ConcernedCanuk
(13,509 posts)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
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Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)5. Watt-hour != watt (nt)