Ontario to study wind-energy potential
So, in my May 7th post I raised the question of how much wind is too much for Ontario, and I urged the authorities in the province to follow California by launching a study to answer this very question. Somebody must have been listening. The Ontario Power Authority hired GE Energy this month to, according to a press statement, “determine the maximum amount of wind power that could be added to the Ontario bulk power system with minimal impact on system operation.” The study, expected to be complete by the end of this summer, will analyse wind integration scenarios where wind represents up to 35 per cent of the total power mix.
Tyler Hamilton is editor-in-chief of Corporate Knights magazine and a business columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the clean technology and green energy market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper.
June 25th, 2006 at 11:28 am
Congratulations on your influence, Tyler. Let’s hope they keep listening to you.
Folks who are interested in how wind is used by the utility system can find a wealth of information at the Utility Wind Integration Group site.
Regards,
Tom Gray
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