What is the potential for wind energy production in Canada?
Current information shows that Canada has a significant wind energy resource. For example Northern Quebec (Nunavik) alone has enough wind resource to produce 40% of Canada’s electricity needs. Besides wind resource, you also need to consider how much wind energy can be effectively integrated into our electricity grid and at what cost. Based on the experience of other countries it is possible for Canada to achieve 20% of its electricity needs from wind energy, which would be 50,000 MW of wind energy capacity.
