20th February 2018
EP Desk

   News about record-low costs tops the 2017 year-end review of wind energy in Canada. In December, a competitive electricity-supply auction in Alberta yielded the lowest-ever price paid for wind energy in Canada (weighted average of $37 / MWh) and also made wind energy the lowest-cost option for new electricity generation in the country.

 

This came on the heels of a major U.S. study which found that wind power costs had plunged 67 percent between 2009 and 2017.

 

As of the end of 2017, Canada had 12,239 MW of total installed wind capacity, producing enough electricity to supply six per cent of Canada’s electricity demand and power 3.2 million homes.

 

In terms of new development in 2017, utilities and developers energized 10 new wind energy projects in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia, collectively bringing enough new clean electricity online to meet the needs of more than 90,000 homes.

 

Over the last five years, Canada's installed wind energy capacity has grown by an average of 15 per cent annually – reaffirming wind energy's leading role in Canada's ongoing efforts to fight climate change by providing clean, cost-competitive electricity.

 


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