Wind power in Canada

Throughout the late 1990s and early years of the 21st Century every Canadian province has pursued wind power to supplement their provincial energy grids.

[9] Continuing 2018's growth, Canada finished 2019 with 13,413 MW of wind energy capacity - enough to power approximately 3.4 million homes.

Canadian examples are the community of Ramea, Newfoundland and Labrador that initially used a Wind-Diesel system and is now being converted to Wind-Hydrogen technology,[10] and a 10MW / 20MWh battery at the 66 MW Summerview II wind farm in Alberta.

[11] Canadian industry had initially started to supply major components for Wind Tower projects, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Canada, Ltd. being one example.

[17] Despite this general support for the concept of wind power in the public at large, local opposition often exists, primarily from residents concerned about visual and light pollution, noise or reduced property values.

Some rural communities want Alberta to grant companies the right to develop wind farms on leased Crown land.

If achieved, CanWEA's target would make the country a major player in the wind power sector and would create around CDN$79 billion of investment.

[24][25] The LRP program, part of the Green Energy Act (GEA), was cancelled by the government of Doug Ford,[26] who had campaigned on terminating it.