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Journal articles on the topic "Wind power – Canada"

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Dong, Cong, Guohe (Gordon) Huang, and Guanhui Cheng. "Offshore wind can power Canada." Energy 236 (December 2021): 121422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121422.

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Guha, Souvik, Hany M. Soloumah, and Narayan C. Kar. "Status of and Prospect for Wind Power Generation in Canada." Wind Engineering 29, no. 3 (May 2005): 253–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/030952405774354912.

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Increasing environmental concerns and decreasing stocks of fossil fuels encourage wind power generation worldwide. In Canada, being consistent with the world wide growth, wind power is growing at an impressive rate as a potential energy source. This paper investigates the status and prospects of wind power development in Canada. Currently, Canada has an installed wind power capacity of 444 MW and the target is to reach the 4,000 MW mark by 2010 to meet the Canadian Government's commitment to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Federal and provincial governments are encouraging the application of wind power by implementing different policies and programs. Some of these policies are discussed in this paper. In this article, a few key issues which the country has to overcome in order to utilize the significant untapped wind energy available have been discussed along with their possible solutions.
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Luo, Yilan, Deniz Sezer, David Wood, Mingkuan Wu, and Hamid Zareipour. "Estimation of the Daily Variability of Aggregate Wind Power Generation in Alberta, Canada." Energies 12, no. 10 (May 24, 2019): 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12101998.

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This paper describes a hierarchy of increasingly complex statistical models for wind power generation in Alberta applied to wind power production data that are publicly available. The models are based on combining spatial and temporal correlations. We apply the method of Gaussian random fields to analyze the wind power time series of the 19 existing wind farms in Alberta. Following the work of Gneiting et al., three space-time models are used: Stationary, Separability, and Full Symmetry. We build several spatio-temporal covariance function estimates with increasing complexity: separable, non-separable and symmetric, and non-separable and non-symmetric. We compare the performance of the models using kriging predictions and prediction intervals for both the existing wind farms and a new farm in Alberta. It is shown that the spatial correlation in the models captures the predominantly westerly prevailing wind direction. We use the selected model to forecast the mean and the standard deviation of the future aggregate wind power generation of Alberta and investigate new wind farm siting on the basis of reducing aggregate variability.
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Jameson, Joel W., and Craig K. R. Willis. "Bat Mortality at a Wind Power Facility in Central Canada." Northwestern Naturalist 93, no. 3 (December 2012): 194–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1898/12-03.1.

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Leclerc, Christophe, and Christian Masson. "Abnormally High Power Output of Wind Turbine in Cold Weather: A Preliminary Study." International Journal of Rotating Machinery 9, no. 1 (2003): 23–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/s1023621x03000034.

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According to popular belief, air temperature effects on wind turbine power output are produced solely by air density variations, and power is proportional to air density. However, some cases have been reported, all involving stall-controlled wind turbines, in which unexpected high power output was observed at very low temperatures.As a preliminary study, this article intends to quantify the influence of air temperature on the power production of the Tacke TW600 wind turbine installed in Tiverton, Ontario, Canada. Increases in power output due to air temperature variation are stratified by wind velocity, showing that these increases are below the theoretical limits of air density variations during operation in low winds and are comparable to and beyond those theoretical limits at higher wind velocities. At – 9°C and 0°C, narrow bands of power at distinct levels are observed in the stall regime of the turbine; they are typical of many stall phenomena observed on stall-controlled rotors, but these levels have been found to be independent of any parameters recorded.
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Daines, Jeffrey T., Adam H. Monahan, and Charles L. Curry. "Model-Based Projections and Uncertainties of Near-Surface Wind Climate in Western Canada." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 55, no. 10 (October 2016): 2229–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jamc-d-16-0091.1.

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AbstractNear-surface wind is important in forestry, agriculture, air pollution, building energy use, and wind power generation. In western Canada it presently plays a minor role in power generation, but ongoing reductions in the cost of wind power infrastructure and the increasing costs of conventional power generation (including environmental costs) motivate the assessment of the projected future wind climate and uncertainties in this projection. Multiple realizations of the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM) at 45-km resolution were driven by two global climate models over the periods 1971–2000 (using historical greenhouse gas concentrations) and 2031–60 (using the SRES-A2 concentration scenario). Hourly wind speeds from 30 stations were analyzed over 1971–2000 and used to calibrate downscaled ensembles of projected wind speed distributions over 2031–60. At most station locations modest increases in mean wind speed were found for a majority of the projections, but with an ensemble spread of the same order of magnitude as the increases. Relative changes in mean wind speeds at station locations were found to be insensitive to the station observations and calibration technique. In view of this result, projected relative changes in future wind climate over the entire CRCM domain were estimated using uncalibrated pairs of past-period and future-period wind speed distributions. The relative changes are robust, in the sense that their ensemble mean relative change is greater than their standard deviation, but are not very substantial, in the sense that their ensemble mean change is generally less than the standard deviation of their annual means.
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Hassan, Quazi K., Ahad Ali, Navdeep S. Sekhon, and Xin Wang. "Analysis of wind power potentials at selected airport locations in Canada." International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering 9, no. 2 (2011): 150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijise.2011.042832.

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Mortezazadeh, Mohammad, Jiwei Zou, Mirata Hosseini, Senwen Yang, and Liangzhu Wang. "Estimating Urban Wind Speeds and Wind Power Potentials Based on Machine Learning with City Fast Fluid Dynamics Training Data." Atmosphere 13, no. 2 (January 28, 2022): 214. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos13020214.

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Wind power is known as a major renewable and eco-friendly power generation source. As a clean and cost-effective energy source, wind power utilization has grown rapidly worldwide. A roof-mounted wind turbine is a wind power system that lowers energy transmission costs and benefits from wind power potential in urban areas. However, predicting wind power potential is a complex problem because of unpredictable wind patterns, particularly in urban areas. In this study, by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and the concept of nondimensionality, with the help of machine learning techniques, we demonstrate a new method for predicting the wind power potential of a cluster of roof-mounted wind turbines over an actual urban area in Montreal, Canada. CFD simulations are achieved using city fast fluid dynamics (CityFFD), developed for urban microclimate simulations. The random forest model trains data generated by CityFFD for wind prediction. The accuracy of CityFFD is investigated by modeling an actual urban area and comparing the numerical data with measured data from a local weather station. The proposed technique is demonstrated by estimating the wind power potential in the downtown area with more than 250 buildings for a long-term period (2020–2049).
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Howland, Michael F., Sanjiva K. Lele, and John O. Dabiri. "Wind farm power optimization through wake steering." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 29 (July 1, 2019): 14495–500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1903680116.

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Global power production increasingly relies on wind farms to supply low-carbon energy. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report predicted that renewable energy production must leap from 20% of the global energy mix in 2018 to 67% by 2050 to keep global temperatures from rising 1.5°C above preindustrial levels. This increase requires reliable, low-cost energy production. However, wind turbines are often placed in close proximity within wind farms due to land and transmission line constraints, which results in wind farm efficiency degradation of up to 40% for wind directions aligned with columns of turbines. To increase wind farm power production, we developed a wake steering control scheme. This approach maximizes the power of a wind farm through yaw misalignment that deflects wakes away from downstream turbines. Optimization was performed with site-specific analytic gradient ascent relying on historical operational data. The protocol was tested in an operational wind farm in Alberta, Canada, resulting in statistically significant (P<0.05) power increases of 7–13% for wind speeds near the site average and wind directions which occur during less than 10% of nocturnal operation and 28–47% for low wind speeds in the same wind directions. Wake steering also decreased the variability in the power production of the wind farm by up to 72%. Although the resulting gains in annual energy production were insignificant at this farm, these statistically significant wake steering results demonstrate the potential to increase the efficiency and predictability of power production through the reduction of wake losses.
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Weis, Timothy M., Adrian Ilinca, and Jean-Paul Pinard. "Stakeholders’ perspectives on barriers to remote wind–diesel power plants in Canada." Energy Policy 36, no. 5 (May 2008): 1611–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2008.01.004.

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Rouillard, Justin. "Can the province of Québec (Canada) learn from Sweden in the field of wind power energy?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-184692.

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For several years now it has been indicated by the scientific research that human activity has a definite impact on the temperature of the Earth. There are different ways of reducing anthropogenic climate change, to consume less energy for instance, but also to use renewable sources of energy. Since the wind power market is growing rapidly lately, it seemed interesting to compare how different countries have developed wind power energy and how they intend to do it in the future. Sweden has developed wind power energy for a long time and since Québec, a Canadian province, is similar to the Scandinavian country in many aspects; it was interesting to determine if the province of Québec in Canada can learn from Sweden in the field of wind power energy. When looking to stimulate wind power on their respective territories, it seems that Sweden and Québec have very different approaches to the development of that energy. In Québec, the governmental policy is criticised because it gives too much latitude to private companies when it is almost the opposite in Sweden, where the government is charged to have introduced too many restrictions and environmental policies that hinder the development of wind power. The conclusion is that Québec can learn from Sweden and from Sweden’s mistakes in the wind energy sector, but also from more successful countries like Denmark and Germany. First, Québec could benefit from having a more decentralised development strategy i.e. giving more power to local authorities and local populations. Second, Québec needs stronger economic incentives providing a stable market for developers.
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Bolouri, Afshar Banafsheh. "Wind power forecasting using artificial neural networks with numerical prediction : a case study for mountainous Canada." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/58978.

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Wind is a free and easily available source of energy. Several countries, including Canada, have already incorporated wind power into their electricity supply system. Forecasting wind power production is quite challenging because the wind is variable and depends on weather conditions, terrain factors and turbine height. In addition to traditional physical and statistical methods, some advanced methods based on artificial intelligence have been investigated in recent years to achieve more reliable wind-power forecasts. The aim of this work is to exploit the ability of artificial neural network (ANN) models to find the most effective parameters to estimate generated power from predicted wind speed at a wind farm in mountainous Canada. The historical data of both observations and forecasts of weather characteristics along with turbine availabilities and the reported power production are used for this purpose. Experiments are done first with the observations (perfect-prog technique) to find the optimum architecture for the artificial neural network. Next to obtain a day-ahead forecast of the wind power, weather forecasts from a numerical weather prediction model was input to the optimum ANN as the predictors (model output statistics method). The results from ANN models are compared to linear-model fits in order to show the ability of ANN models to capture the nonlinearity effects. Also, another comparison is made between the results from artificial neural network models and the current approach used operationally by a utility company. The selected architecture is a three-layered feed-forward back-propagation ANN model with 8 hidden neurons. Verification results using an independent dataset show that the ANN method improves the day-ahead wind-power forecasts by up to 56% compared to the current operational approach.
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Moularé, Éboua Yves Éric Didier. "The Influence of Stakeholders on the Sustainable Development of the Wind Power Industry in Canada: The Firm’s Perspective." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/33456.

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We propose making an empirical application of the temporal view of stakeholder management theory by applying it in the particular context of the Canadian wind industry. The temporal view builds on insights from the resource-based view (RBV), institutional theory, and stakeholder salience theory. We argue that both early stage competitive advantage and late stage sustained competitive advantage could be dependent on the use of salient stakeholders as a special network of resources. We contribute to the literature in various ways. First we determine an empirical list of five salient stakeholders specific to the wind industry. Second, we show that, at early stages, the moderating effects of firm size and market conditions determines stakeholder support or rejection. Lastly, we show that, at late stages, the sustainability equation must take into account the introduction of new salient stakeholders. Also, we make practical recommendations for industry players and policy makers. We reached theory refinement by adopting an exploratory qualitative methodology based on interviews with seven cases of large and small wind firms operating in different electricity market types and provinces across Canada.
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Senteles, Athanasios. "A GIS-Based Multicriteria Decision Analysis Approach on Wind Power Development: the Case Study of Nova Scotia, Canada." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-366797.

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The growing need for reducing the negative impacts of climate change and ensuring a constant and environmentally friendly energy supply, led the way to the exploitation of renewable energy sources. Canada has already acknowledged this trend by incorporating more power from renewables on its energy mix. Similarly, Nova Scotia has started an ambitious energy program in which the substitution of most of the fossil fuels by wind energy, will play a significant factor. The purpose of this research is to investigate all suitable locations for wind energy development in the province of Nova Scotia, under the scope of minimizing environmental impacts, increasing social acceptance and maximizing energy production. This spatial analysis is performed through the combination of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and a Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). The analysis of the province was based on the preferences of wind experts and administration authorities, which formed the weights assigned on eight (8) evaluation criteria. The extract of the relative weights was succeeded by using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), while their spatial dimensions were expressed by GIS software. The above procedure was possible through the application of a methodology where exclusion areas were found on the first place and the remaining areas were assessed on their level of suitability. The implementation of the GIS-MCDA methodological framework indicates that, despite the exclusion of a significant part of the province, there is still enough space to develop wind energy. The applied methodology and relevant results could be used as a Decision-Making tool by planning authorities, wind developers, and stakeholders.
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Pisetta, de Oliveira Maria. "Integrating batteries with large-scale wind power: a Canadian case-study." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278074.

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Canada is a country with a mostly fossil free electricity generation mix, with more than 80% of electricity being produced from hydropower, nuclear and other renewables. The province of Alberta, on the other hand, still has a long way to go in making its electricity less fossil-fuel based, and for that, it aims to invest in renewables in the coming years. This increased deployment of renewables, an intermittent energy source, could mean a good investment opportunity for batteries in the province as well. This thesis investigates the different revenue possibilities of a battery operating in Alberta’s real-time electricity market, reserve market and in a combination of both markets. To understand how wind energy would influence such an operation, these strategies are then analyzed taking into account the wind generation’s annual variability for the charging of the battery. All of these strategies were fixed, meaning the battery had a fixed operation schedule for every day of the year. Lastly, this thesis analyzed an optimal battery operation, with access to perfect information and possibility to optimize revenues between the aforementioned markets.
Kanada är ett land med en hög andel fossilfri elproduktion då 80 % av elektricitetenkommer från vattenkraft, kärnkraft eller förnybara källor. Delstaten Alberta har dock entill största delen fossilbaserad elproduktion och kommer därför investera i förnybarelproduktion de kommande åren. Den ökade mängden förnybar variabel elproduktionkan innebära en bra investeringsmöjlighet för batterier för energilagring. I dennauppsats undersöks inkomsterna för ett batteri som används på Albertas elmarknad,antingen på den vanliga marknaden som körs i realtid, reglermarknaden eller enkombination av båda marknaderna. För att förstå hur vindkraft skulle påverka driftenav batteriet analyseras sedan dessa strategier under förutsättningen att batterietladdas med den variabla produktionen från en vindkraftpark. För alla dessa strategiervar schemat för laddningen av batteriet bestämt i förväg. Som jämförelse analyserasden optimala driften av batteriet under förutsättningen att man har tillgång till perfektinformation och möjlighet att optimera driften mellan de nämnda marknaderna.
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Van, Vliet Laura. "Twenty-first century wind and solar energy potential in northern Canada." Thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/13324.

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Northern regions of Canada are of special interest for renewable energy investment due to the high cost of traditional energy generation in remote communities (Das & Canizares 2016b). However, climate variability and change have a substantial impact on renewable energy yield and system vulnerability (e.g., Ravestein et al. 2018; van der Wiel et al. 2019), and the North will experience more dramatic impacts due to climate change compared with other parts of Canada (Serreze 2015). Using the Canadian Regional Climate Model Version 4 (CanRCM4) large ensemble driven by Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5, current and future wind and solar energy potential, variability and covariability in northern Canada were assessed. Eight focal communities were additionally selected for in-depth analysis based on the work of Das & Canizares (2016b). Robust increases in annual average wind power potential (WPP) are projected across the northernmost part of the study area by 2070-2099 (up to 30%), with changes most pronounced in cold seasons. Decreases in WPP are projected for southern areas. Solar power potential (SPP) is projected to decrease across the study area, with robust changes emerging by as early as 2010-2039. For the focal communities, WPP stability (as measured through inter- and intra-annual variability) is projected to increase, while SPP stability is projected to decrease. The changes in WPP variability are associated with a dampening of the seasonal cycle of WPP in the north. Monthly mean WPP and SPP are negatively correlated, with approximately oppositely-phased seasonal cycles. Combined wind/solar installations therefore show reduced sub-annual variability, stabilizing power supplies relative to installations of solely wind or solar power. Drivers of change in WPP and SPP are complex, but changes in sea ice across the 21st century will play an important role for both WPP and SPP. Over the northern ocean regions, the influence of sea ice loss on roughness length is found to be more important than impacts on surface layer stability. Changes in storm winds also play a role, but impacts due to synoptic storm activity are difficult to distinguish from shifts in the wind speed distribution. Decreases in SPP can be attributed to projected reductions in downwelling shortwave radiation, which in turn are closely associated with changes in cloud characteristics (e.g., optical depth), as measured through CanRCM4 column liquid/ice water content. Clear-sky changes in shortwave radiation were not directly assessed, but are potentially impacted by robust increases in column water vapour. Overall, northern regions of Canada and the focal communities show high potential for renewable energy generation across the 21st century. Projected increases in wind power resources and wind power stability in the focal communities could enhance the cost-savings and emissions reductions predicted based on current climate assessments (e.g., Das & Canizares 2016b). With ever improving technologies and declining costs, the viability of renewable power in the north is likely to become even more certain in years to come.
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Daines, Jeffrey Thomas. "Present and Future Wind Energy Resources in Western Canada." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6703.

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Wind power presently plays a minor role in Western Canada as compared to hydroelectric power in British Columbia and coal and natural gas thermal power generation in Alberta. However, ongoing reductions in the cost of wind power generation facilities and the increasing costs of conventional power generation, particularly if the cost to the environment is included, suggest that assessment of the present and future wind field in Western Canada is of some importance. To assess present wind power, raw hourly wind speeds and homogenized monthly mean wind speeds from 30 stations in Western Canada were analyzed over the period 1971-2000 (past). The hourly data were adjusted using the homogenized monthly means to attempt to compensate for differences in anemometer height from the standard height of 10m and changes in observing equipment at stations. A regional reanalysis product, the North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR), and simulations conducted with the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM) driven with global reanalysis boundary forcing, were compared to the adjusted station wind-speed time-series and probability distributions. The NARR had a better temporal correlation with the observations, than the CRCM. We posit this is due to the NARR assimilating regional observations, whereas the CRCM did not. The NARR was generally worse than the CRCM in reproducing the observed speed distribution, possibly due to the crude representation of the regional topography in NARR. While the CRCM was run at both standard (45 km) and fine (15 km) resolution, the fine grid spacing does not always provide better results: the character of the surrounding topography appears to be an important factor for determining the level of agreement. Multiple simulations of the CRCM at the 45 km resolution were also driven by two global climate models (GCMs) over the periods 1971-2000 (using only historic emissions) and 2031-2060 (using the A2 emissions scenario). In light of the CRCM biases relative to the observations, these simulations were calibrated using quantile-quantile matching to the adjusted station observations to obtain ensembles of 9 and 25 projected wind speed distributions for the 2031-2060 period (future) at the station locations. Both bias correction and change factor techniques were used for calibration. At most station locations modest increases in mean wind speed were found for most of the projected distributions, but with a large variance. Estimates of wind power density for the projected speed distributions were made using a relationship between wind speed and power from a CRCM simulation for both time periods using the 15km grid. As would be expected from the wind speed results and the proportionality of wind power to the cube of wind speed, wind power at the station locations is more likely than not to increase in the 2031-2060 period from the 1971-2000 period. Relative changes in mean wind speeds at station locations were found to be insensitive to the station observations and choice of calibration technique, suggesting that we estimate relative change at all 45km grid points using all pairs of past/future mean wind speeds from the CRCM simulations. Overall, our results suggest that wind energy resources in Western Canada are reasonably likely to increase at least modestly in the future.
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CHEN, QIAOJIE. "ANALYSIS OF FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DEVELOPMENT OF WIND POWER IN ATLANTIC CANADA: APPLICATION OF DISCRETE REGRESSION MODELLING." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/21869.

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Widespread development of wind energy in Canada can not only increase energy savings to consumers, but also help reduce the negative environmental impacts of generating electricity from non-renewable sources. Although the general public tends to prefer “green” electricity generated using wind systems, there are also reported “not-in-my-backyard” concerns with the siting of wind turbines. This study investigated public attitudes and perceptions about “green” energy generated from renewable energy sources. The study focused on wind power, and is based on a sample of respondents from NB, NS, and PEI. The findings suggest that residents highly support electricity generated from wind power, but were also concerned with turbine effects on bird fatality. Important determinants of consumer acceptance of wind power technologies and development included level of education, proximity of dwelling to wind turbine installations, perceptions of the planet as a self-cleaning biological system, and concerns with visual intrusion.
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Kerrigan, Brett William. "The techno-economic impacts of using wind power and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles for greenhouse gas mitigation in Canada." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3140.

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The negative consequences of rising global energy use have led governments and businesses to pursue methods of reducing reliance on fossil fuels. Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) and wind power represent two practical methods for mitigating some of these negative consequences. PHEVs use large onboard batteries to displace gasoline with electricity obtained from the grid, while wind power generates clean, renewable power that has the potential to displace fossil-fuel power generation. The emissions reductions realized by these technologies will be highly dependent on the energy system into which they are integrated, and also how they are integrated. This research aims to assess to cost of reducing emissions through the integration of PHEVs and wind power in three Canadian jurisdictions, namely British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta. An Optimal Power Flow (OPF) model is used to assess the changes in generation dispatch resulting from the integration of wind power and PHEVs into the local electricity network. This network model captures the geographic distribution of load and generation in each jurisdiction, while simulating local transmission constraints. A linear optimization model is developed in the MATLAB environment and is solved using the ILOG CPLEX Optimization package. The model solves a 168-hour generation scheduling period for both summer and winter conditions. Simulation results provide the costs and emissions from power generation when various levels of PHEVs and/or wind power are added to the electricity system. The costs and emissions from PHEV purchase and gasoline displacement are then added to the OPF results and an overall GHG reduction cost is calculated. Results indicate that wind power is an expensive method of GHG abatement in British Columbia and Ontario. This is due to the limited environmental benefit of wind over the nuclear and hydro baseload mixtures. The large premium paid for displacing hydro or nuclear power with wind power does little to reduce emissions, and thus CO2e costs are high. PHEVs are a cheaper method of GHG abatement in British Columbia and Ontario, since the GHG reductions resulting from the substitution of gasoline for hydro or nuclear power are significant. In Alberta, wind power is the cheaper method of GHG abatement because wind power is closer in price to the coal and natural gas dominated Alberta mixture, while offering significant environmental benefits. PHEVs represent a more expensive method of GHG abatement in Alberta, since substituting gasoline for expensive, GHG-intense electricity in a vehicle does less to reduce overall emissions. Results also indicate that PHEV charging should take place during off-peak hours, to take advantage of surplus baseload generation. PHEV adoption helps wind power in Ontario and British Columbia, as overnight charging reduces the amount of cheap, clean baseload power displaced by wind during these hours. In Alberta, wind power helps PHEVs by cleaning up the generation mixture and providing more environmental benefit from the substitution of gasoline with electricity.
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Correia, Maria Manuela Caldas Canedo Regadas. "Symington family estates : how to mitigate buyers’ bargaining power?" Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/23510.

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Port wine is a traditional Portuguese beverage that can only be produced in Douro Demarcated Region. The Portuguese consumption has been increasing while the exports have been decreasing. In terms of value the market as sustained its position due to an increase of sales in the special categories. This dissertation aims to assess the challenges SFE, one of the biggest Port producers, has been facing in its relationship with large retailers – super and hyper markets. The latter impose some pressures to the former, mainly through their bargaining power, resultant from a dependency on retailers. Price is the main variable of dependency, with implications on SFE’s profitability and economic performance. In order to mitigate such pressures and to ensure the future sustainability of SFE, the analysis here conducted will attempt on provide and summarize the drivers of this unbalanced power amongst the players, as well as, some solutions to mitigate them.
O vinho do Porto é um vinho tradicional Português que apenas pode ser produzido na região demarcada do Douro. O consumo Portuguêstem aumentado ao mesmo tempo que as exportações diminuem. Em termos de valor o mercado ten«m conseguido manter a sua posição devido ao aumento de vendas de vinhos do Porto de categoria especial. Esta dissertação propõe-se a avaliar os desafios enfrentados pela SFE, um dos maiores produtores Portugueses de vinho do Porto, devido à grade distribuição – super e hipermercados. A grande distribuição, através do seu poder negocial, impõe certas pressões à SFE, nomeadamente de preço que têm implicações na performance e rentabilidade da empresa. No sentido de mitigar as pressões mencionadas e, para garantir a futura sustentabilidade da SFE, a análise aqui conduzida tenta evidenciar as principais causas deste poder desequilibrado, assim como, possíveis soluções.
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Books on the topic "Wind power – Canada"

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Chappell, M. S. Wind energy research and development at the National Research Council Canada, 1975-1985. [Ottawa]: National Research Council of Canada, 1986.

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Wind, Energy Symposium (7th 1984 Toronto Ont ). 7th Annual Wind Energy Symposium: Proceedings : December 10th and 11th, 1984, Harbour Castle Hilton, Toronto, Canada. [Ottawa?]: Published under contract by DynamoGenesis on behalf of the National Research Council of Canada, 1985.

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International Conference on Wind Engineering (8th 1991 London, Ont.). Progress in wind engineering: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Wind Engineering held under the auspices of the International Association for Wind Engineering, London, Ont., Canada, July 8-12, 1991. Edited by Davenport A. G and International Association for Wind Engineering. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1992.

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Valentine, Scott. Wind Power Politics and Policy. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199862726.001.0001.

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The wind power development policy community faces a conundrum. On the one hand, as the most commercially viable form of utility-scale renewable energy, the wind power industry has experienced in excess of ten-fold growth in total installed capacity over the past decade. On the other hand, installed wind power capacity still accounts for less than 2% of global electricity-generation capacity, despite the prevalence of studies indicating that, in certain situations, wind power can be a cheaper form of electricity than most fossil fuel alternatives. Accordingly, the most puzzling aspect of wind power development policy can be summed up in the following manner: given the global imperative to facilitate an expedient transition away from CO2-intensive energy technologies and the commercial viability of wind power, what is stopping the wind power industry from capturing higher market shares around the world? In Wind Power Politics and Policy, Scott Valentine examines this question from two angles. First, it presents an analysis of social, technical, economic and political (STEP) barriers which research shows tends to stymie wind power development. Case studies which examine phlegmatic wind power development in Japan, Taiwan, Australia and Canada are presented in order to demonstrate to the reader how these barriers manifest themselves in practice. Second, the book presents an analysis of STEP catalysts which have been linked to successful growth of wind power capacity in select nations. Four more case studies that examine the successful development of wind power in Denmark, Germany, the USA and China are put forth as practical examples of how supportive factors conflate to produce conditions that are conducive to growth of wind power markets. By examining its impediments and catalysts, the book will provide policymakers with insight into the types of factors that must be effectively managed in order to maximize wind power development.
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Micro power connect: Connecting micropower to the grid : a status and review of micropower interconnection issues and related codes, standards and guidelines in Canada. [Ottawa]: Natural Resources Canada = Ressources naturelles Canada, 2001.

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Bues, Andrea. Social Movements Against Wind Power in Canada and Germany: Energy Policy and Contention. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

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Bues, Andrea. Social Movements Against Wind Power in Canada and Germany: Energy Policy and Contention. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

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Bues, Andrea. Social Movements Against Wind Power in Canada and Germany: Energy Policy and Contention. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

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Bues, Andrea. Social Movements Against Wind Power in Canada and Germany: Energy Policy and Contention. Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

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Bues, Andrea. Social Movements Against Wind Power in Canada and Germany: Energy Policy and Contention. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

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Book chapters on the topic "Wind power – Canada"

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Valentine, Scott. "Wind Power in Canada." In Wind Power Politics and Policy. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199862726.003.0010.

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In August 2007, the ice sheets choking off Canada’s Northwest Passage receded, permitting passage without the aid of an icebreaker for the first time in Canada’s 150-year history. Although this development presents economic opportunities, it also exposes enormous ecological threats that, 50 years ago, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau professed Canada should strive to avoid. Lamentably, Canada has played a role in this environmentally invidious development due to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions it has produced in prolific quantities over the course of its comparatively short history. This chapter highlights the barriers to developing a cohesive national energy strategy in a federal system where the states—or in Canada’s case, the provinces—enjoy constitutional sovereignty over electricity generation. More than any other case study covered in this book, this study on Canada demonstrates how political institutions can produce conditions that make it difficult to fully exploit wind power potential, despite public support for such an outcome. As of the end of 2012, Canada boasts the ninth highest amount of installed wind power capacity in the world. Based on this statistic alone, it is tempting to conclude that Canada’s wind power development policies merit recognition for being comparatively successful. However, in order to equitably assess performance in stimulating wind power development, one must also take into consideration the contextual factors which influence wind power development potential. When one does so, it becomes apparent that when it comes to wind power, Canada is a Ferrari in a world dominated by Fords. Three factors, in particular, bestow Canada with an astonishing high degree of realizable wind power potential. First, although geographically Canada is the world’s second-largest nation, it enjoys one of the lowest population density ratios in the world demand. The strategic benefit of Canada’s sheer size is that wind farms could be geographically dispersed to significantly attenuate the threats posed by wind intermittency. Wind conditions are impacted by disparate atmospheric conditions as one traverses the nearly 6,000 km from Canada’s east coast to west coast.
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"Challenges and Opportunities for Energy Paradigm Shifting in Ontario, Canada." In Wind Power for the World, 293–312. Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b15764-14.

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Valentine, Scott. "Strategic Control Over Wind Power Development Policy." In Wind Power Politics and Policy. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199862726.003.0012.

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Chapter 3 introduced a three-step framework that could be applied to case study analysis in order to extract insights for refining wind power development policy. The first step of the framework entailed the analysis of a sufficient number of national case studies to identify prominent commonalities that influence wind power development. In this book Germany, Denmark, China, the United States, Japan, and Canada were chosen as nations for analysis. Germany and Denmark—two nations that have laudable and sustained successes in wind power development—were selected in order to provide insight into successful wind power development policies. China and the United States, which have both experienced boom and bust periods of wind power development, were picked to provide insight into factors that cause such oscillations in development. Japan and Canada, which are two nations that have underperformed in regard to wind power development, were selected to provide insight into barriers to wind power diffusion. Although only six nations were included in this study, additional wind power policy analysis undertaken by the author in Australia and Taiwan provide general confirmation of the external validity of the findings that will be summarized in this chapter. In this chapter the social, technological, economic, and political (STEP) factors that emerged as influential for either supporting or impeding wind power development in the six case study nations will be summarized. The intention of this compendium is to provide policymakers and interested stakeholders with greater clarity regarding the factors that must be strategically managed in order to enhance the scale scope and pace of wind power diffusion. The factors introduced in this chapter should not be misconstrued as constituting a best practice list for optimizing wind power policy success. As was pointed out in the introductory chapter, energy policy is designed and implemented within a contextually unique environment that involves a seamless web of dynamically evolving forces. Consequently, the notion that it might be feasible to construct a universally applicable manual of best policy practice is a fool’s errand.
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Bues, Andrea. "Contentious wind energy and context." In Social Movements against Wind Power in Canada and Germany, 14–43. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003006701-2.

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Araújo, Kathleen. "Danish Wind Power: Alternating Currents." In Low Carbon Energy Transitions. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199362554.003.0010.

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According to Michael Zarin, Director of Government Relations with Vestas Wind Systems, there is nothing “alternative” about wind power anymore (Biello, 2010). After all, wind generation is the most cost-effective option for new grid-connected power in markets like Mexico, South Africa, New Zealand, China, Turkey, Canada, and the United States (Renewable Energy Policy Network [REN21], 2016). At 433 GW of cumulatively installed capacity in 2015 worldwide, more than half was added in the past 5 years (REN21, 2016). This technology may be used by individuals, communities, and utilities. It can be grid-connected or off- grid, and be used onshore or offshore. This chapter examines the influences and evolution of the Danish wind transition, highlighting how ingenuity and often less-obvious incremental advances produced a world-class industry. It reveals how citizens can be important catalysts of energy system change. The case also indicates that innovations can emerge in practices and policy, not just technology, science or industry. Denmark is a cultural and traditional technology leader for modern wind power. This country of roughly 5.6 million people and GDP of approximately $65 billion in 2016 (ppp) (Central Intelligence Agency [CIA], n.d.) is where today’s dominant, wind turbine design was established and where state-of-the art wind technology testing centers are based. It is also the site of the first, commercial-scale offshore wind farm, built in 1991. Denmark has a world-class hub for wind energy technology (Megavind, 2013; State of Green, 2015; Renewable Energy World, 2016). Top-ranked companies like Vestas, LM Wind Power, Siemens Wind Power, A2SEA, and MHI Vestas Offshore Wind are among those that base core parts of their global operations in Denmark. A close network of wind engineers and their professional affiliates drives the industry, which includes ancillary services and subcomponent supplies. Wind energy technology also represents one of Denmark’s top-ranked exports (United Nations Comtrade, n.d.). Currently, Denmark has more wind power capacity per person than does any other country in the world (REN21, 2017). This Northern European nation is on track to derive 50% of its electricity from wind power by 2020.
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Bues, Andrea. "Renewable energy policy and politics in Canada and Germany." In Social Movements against Wind Power in Canada and Germany, 44–87. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003006701-3.

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Valentine, Scott. "Applied Policymaking." In Wind Power Politics and Policy. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199862726.003.0013.

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Chapter 10 summarized nine social factors, seven technological factors, seven economic factors, and nine political factors that have influenced the fortunes of wind power development in the six case study nations covered in this book. The premise underpinning the previous chapter is that successful wind power development policy depends on strategic management of forces of change within four contextual areas depicted in Figure 11.1. There are three basic tenets underpinning this model. First, the environment in which wind power policy is formulated and implemented can be better understood by comprehensive analysis of conditions within four contextual areas: the sociocultural context, the economic context, the technological context, and the political context. Within each of these four areas there are dominant forces (variables) that have proven to be influential in hindering or helping wind power development. The trouble is that for each nation, the relative importance of each influential variable differs because energy policy in each nation is influenced by a unique conflation of sociocultural, technological, economic, and political conditions. For example, a high degree of information asymmetry is evident in both Japan and China. Citizens of both nations lack adequate information about the pros and cons of energy technologies to make informed decisions. In Japan, information asymmetry helps explain why there is so little support for wind power and why the government has been able to continue its advocacy of nuclear power. In China citizens are also kept largely in the dark about energy sector developments, but this is not a problem for wind power development because the government is committed to supporting wind power whether the public consents or not. In short, information asymmetry is a barrier to wind power development in Japan, but in China, it is not. Second, the analysis of STEP forces is complicated because variables within each of these four contextual areas interact in unpredictable ways due to the complexity of variable interrelations. Cause-and-effect links are extensive which means that numerous positive and negative feedbacks catalyze chaotic systemic evolution. For example Canada possesses a wealth of hydropower capacity that suggests a high degree of grid resilience.
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Bues, Andrea. "Introduction." In Social Movements against Wind Power in Canada and Germany, 1–13. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003006701-1.

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Bues, Andrea. "Larger setbacks, saving the forests." In Social Movements against Wind Power in Canada and Germany, 88–120. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003006701-4.

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Bues, Andrea. "Preserving health, curbing costs." In Social Movements against Wind Power in Canada and Germany, 121–56. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003006701-5.

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Conference papers on the topic "Wind power – Canada"

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Abbey, C., F. Katiraei, C. Brothers, L. Dignard-Bailey, and G. Joos. "Integration of distributed generation and wind energy in Canada." In 2006 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting. IEEE, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pes.2006.1709430.

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Campbell, P. R. J. "Short-Term Wind Energy Forecasting." In 2007 IEEE Canada Electrical Power Conference (EPC 2007). IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/epc.2007.4520354.

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Albadi, M. H., and E. F. El-Saadany. "Wind Power in Ontario: An Economical Valuation." In 2007 IEEE Canada Electrical Power Conference (EPC 2007). IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/epc.2007.4520382.

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Ullah, Nayeem Rahmat, Kankar Bhattacharya, and Torbjorn Thiringer. "Reactive Power Ancillary Service from Wind Farms." In 2007 IEEE Canada Electrical Power Conference (EPC 2007). IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/epc.2007.4520393.

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Kongnam, Chanapan, and Somboon Nuchprayoon. "Development of Investment Strategies for Wind Power Generation." In 2007 IEEE Canada Electrical Power Conference (EPC 2007). IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/epc.2007.4520348.

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Kang, Jinsong, Zhiwen Zhang, and Yongqiang Lang. "Development and Trend of Wind Power in China." In 2007 IEEE Canada Electrical Power Conference (EPC 2007). IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/epc.2007.4520352.

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Neyestanak, A. A. Lotfi. "Wind Energy Developments in Manjil and Roodbar (Iran)." In 2007 IEEE Canada Electrical Power Conference (EPC 2007). IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/epc.2007.4520353.

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Sharaf, A. M., A. S. Aljankawey, and I. H. Altas. "Dynamic Voltage Stabilization of Stand-Alone Wind Energy Schemes." In 2007 IEEE Canada Electrical Power Conference (EPC 2007). IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/epc.2007.4520299.

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Abedini, A., and A. Nasiri. "PMSG Wind Turbine Performance Analysis During Short Circuit Faults." In 2007 IEEE Canada Electrical Power Conference (EPC 2007). IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/epc.2007.4520323.

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Morneau, Jean, Chad Abbey, and Geza Joos. "Effect of Low Voltage Ride Through Technologies on Wind Farm." In 2007 IEEE Canada Electrical Power Conference (EPC 2007). IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/epc.2007.4520306.

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