Following up on my “Top Wind Power Countries In The World Per Capita” rankings and article, below are “Top Wind Power Countries In The World Per GDP” rankings for total installed wind power at the end of 2012 as well as newly installed wind power during the year 2012. Top … [continued]
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) recently published its final update of 2012 global wind power installation numbers. As such, I am now able to update my “Top Wind Power Countries” lists. If you’ve been a CleanTechnica reader for awhile, you know that I’m all about looking at relative rankings … [continued]
Canada’s first off-shore wind farm is taking shape, which is set to boost British Columbia’s renewable energy image.
Canada’s wind industry has added a lot more clean power to the nation’s power supply this year. At a recent conference in Toronto put on by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), it was announced that the industry expects an increase of 20% of new wind power, or 1,200 megawatts … [continued]
Global wind energy company Vestas has secured a 10-year service agreement with International Power Canda which covers 276 wind turbines at 8 power plants across Canada. The service agreement totals 533 megawatts (MW), made up of 335 MW in existing power plants located in New Brunswick, Ontario and Prince Edward … [continued]
Canadian Atlantic province Nova Scotia has recently given the green light on three commercial wind projects. Announced on August 2nd by the Nova Scotia Power Advisory, the province’s renewable energy body, the three projects announced include: A 78-megawatt (MW) South Canoe wind project in between Chester and Windsor Nova … [continued]
Quebec has put out a call to add another 700 megawatts (MW) of wind power in a bid to reach the Canadian province’s target of installing 4,000 MW of wind energy by 2015. According to a recent Montreal Gazette article, all wind energy developers will be able to bid for the … [continued]
Closing out this series (I think), below are the top countries in the world* for wind power capacity relative to electricity production**. In other words, these are the countries that have the most wind power compared to their electricity production. This post follows posts on top wind power countries … [continued]
Following up on my post yesterday presenting the top countries in the world for total installed wind power (end of 2011) and newly installed wind power (2011) per capita, below are charts and lists on the top countries* in the world for total installed wind power per GDP and … [continued]
What are the top countries in the world for wind power, per capita? Take a look below! I’ve been meaning to get to this for awhile, but hopefully that means the data have just gotten better since I first intended to put this together. The Global Wind Energy Council … [continued]
