OUR GREAT MINDS

    by Tina Olivero

    Wind Energy in Canada’s future energy mix

    Vaisala is a global leader in environmental industrial measurement that offers dedicated renewable energy consulting and information services.

    The company has unmatched expertise in supporting large-scale integration studies, and is a recognized industry leader in applying weather simulation modeling to accurately predict wind power production over large geographic areas and long-term climatological windows. 

    The largest variable impacting electricity generation, transmission, and demand is weather and Vaisala has developed wind production profiles based on wind speed data provided by Environment Canada, allowing the project team to build and model a number of different wind penetration scenarios.

    Wind Energy

    Summary of System Load and Generation by Province for Study Scenarios.

    Pan-Canadian Wind Integration Study

    Vaisala released detailed findings from the groundbreaking Pan-Canadian Wind Integration Study (PCWIS) which was co-funded by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).

    Robert Hornung, CanWEA President says “With an already strong base of operational wind farms that place Canada seventh in the world for installed capacity, Canada’s outstanding wind resources provide an opportunity to significantly multiply its wind power output over the next 15 years, Wind energy can play a significant role in a shift towards a low carbon economy that will reduce Canada’s dependence on fossil fuels in a number of sectors, including energy and transportation.”

    CanWEA’s study is the first of its kind to cover the whole of Canada and makes use of Vaisala’s wind modeling expertise to investigate and quantify the operational impact of integrating large quantities of wind energy into the grid. The study analyzed 20% and 35% system total scenarios and ultimately found that Canada can integrate large amounts of wind energy both reliably and cost-effectively.

    Wind Energy

    Locations of wind plants in study scenario’s across Canada.

     Wind Forecasting

    The study identified the influences of wind energy on system operations and evaluate options, such as advanced wind forecasting and more flexible dispatching of other generation resources, to mitigate any challenges to reliability. The study analyzed 20% and 35% system total scenarios and ultimately found that Canada can integrate large amounts of wind energy both reliably and cost-effectively.

    “North America has excellent wind resources, and wind energy’s installed cost is becoming increasingly competitive,” added Hornung. “What is crucial is to ensure reliable grid operation as large amounts of wind energy are brought online. Efficiently and reliably making the transition to wind energy requires identifying how infrastructure and markets must adapt to accommodate its generation on a grand scale. The PWCIS provides a deeper understanding of the management of wind resource variability from a national and cross-border perspective.” 

    “For a study of this complexity, we were pleased to work with CanWEA and Vaisala, both recognized leaders in the global wind energy industry,” said Bahman Daryanian, the study’s technical director and project manager, and also Technical Director for GE’s Energy Consulting business. “By combining the expertise of Vaisala with CanWEA’s knowledge of wind power and Canadian energy markets, this study paves the way to a greater understanding of the role wind energy can play in Canada’s future energy mix.

    _____________________________________________________________________

    Tina Olivero

    Tina Olivero

    Strategic content is the future. Are you ready for the digital business development era?

    Fill out this request for a consult on bridging the gap between your marketing and sales.

      Name (required)

      Email (required)

      Phone (required)

      Tina Olivero

      30 years ago, Tina Olivero looked into the future and saw an opportunity to make a difference for her province and people. That difference came in the form of the oil and gas sector. Six years before there was even a drop of oil brought to the shores of Newfoundland, she founded The Oil and Gas Magazine (THE OGM) from a back room in her home on Signal Hill Road, in St. John’s, Newfoundland. A single mother, no financing, no previous journalism or oil and gas experience, she forged ahead, with a creative vision and one heck of a heaping dose of sheer determination. With her pioneering spirit, Ms. Olivero developed a magazine that would educate, inspire, motivate and entertain oil and gas readers around the world — She prides herself in marketing and promoting our province and resources in unprecedented ways. The OGM is a magazine that focuses on our projects, our people, our opportunities and ultimately becomes the bridge to new energy outcomes and a sustainable new energy world. Now diversifying into the communications realms, a natural progression from the Magazine, The OGM now offers an entirely new division - Oil & Gas Media. Today, The Oil and Gas Magazine is a global phenomenon that operates not only in Newfoundland, but also in Calgary and is read by oil and gas enthusiasts in Norway, Aberdeen, across the US and as far reaching as Abu Dhabi, in the Middle East. Believing that Energy is everyone’s business, Ms. Olivero has combined energy + culture to embrace the worlds commitment to a balance of work and home life as well as fostering a foundation for health and well being. In this era of growth and development business and lifestyle are an eloquent mix, there is no beginning or end. Partnering with over 90 oil and gas exhibitions and conferences around the world, Ms. Olivero's role as a Global Visionary is to embrace communication in a way that fosters oil and gas business and industry growth in new and creative ways.

        Would you like to know more about this story?

        Let us know who you are and how we can assist you.

        First Name *required

        Last Name

        Company

        Website

        Email *required

        Mobile required

        What are you interested In?

        Learning more about this story?Contacting the company in this story?Marketing for your company?Business Development for your company?

        I am interested in...


        Did you enjoy this article?

        Get Media Kit


        OGM - Our Great Minds