Surge in new Canada wind installations seen through 2016

Canada will achieve record wind energy development in 2013 with at least 1.5GW in new capacity and is on track to reach 12GW in total installations by 2016, according to the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA).

It anticipates that Canada will have about 6.5GW of capacity installed at the end of this month including 1.2GW placed in commercial operation this year. Projects commissioned this year are located in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Nova Scotia, and the Northwest Territories.

As of Tuesday, Canada had 159 wind farms comprising 3,526 turbines supply enough power for almost two million Canadian homes. The country ranks ninth for total installed wind capacity, according to the industry group.

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