Wind Energy and Hydropower

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Wind Energy and Hydropower

• Robert Hornung, CanWEA
• Forum on Hydropower 2004

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439 MW Capacity Oct. 2004
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Wind Energy Rapid Growth

• Canadas Total Installed Wind Energy Capacity
  1999 2004

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But Canada Still Far Behind

• Total Installed Capacity Canada 439 MW
• Germany 15,600 MW, Spain 7,049 MW, USA 6,371 MW,
  Denmark 3,121 MW, Netherlands 1,002 MW
• Annual Installed Capacity Canada 117 MW in 2004
• Germany (50 MW / week in 2003)
• Spain (22 MW / week in 2004)
• Contribution to Electricity Canada (0.3)
• Denmark 16 (2003)
• Germany 6 (2003)
• Spain 5 (2003)

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Comparative Advantage

• Canada has an outstanding wind resource
  distributed across the country (www.windatlas.ca)
• Canadas extensive hydropower resources are
  potentially an ideal complement to wind energy
  that can increase wind energy penetration

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How Hydro Helps Wind

• Wind energy production is variable (producing
  65-85 of the time capacity factors of 30 -
  40) variability is lessened dramatically by
  broad geographic distribution
• Reservoir hydro can address variability by
• - storing energy (allowing reservoirs to build)
  when the wind is blowing
• - producing energy when the wind is not blowing

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How Wind Helps Hydro

• Wind production is strongest in winter when
  demand is greatest and hydro inflows are lowest
• The wind energy resource is less variable than
  the hydro resource on a year-to-year basis
• Wind energy production can help in the strategic
  management of hydro resources to maximize high
  revenue uses (i.e., exports)

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Wind and Electricity Demand
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Hydro and Electricity Demand
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Government Responses

• Federal commitment quadruple Wind Power
  Production Incentive 4,000 MW
• Provincial
• RFPs (Quebec, Saskatchewan)
• Quebec 990 MW of contracts, 1,000 MW RFP in
  January 2005
• RPSs / RFPs (Ontario, Alta, NB, NS)
• Targets (PEI, Manitoba)
• Manitoba 600 MW target aiming for 1,000 MW
• - Initial Projects (BC, NFLD)

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Provincial Initiatives 2012
25 MW
600 MW
50 MW
100 MW
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Wind-Hydro Policy Work

• Wind-Hydro Integration Possibilities and Issues
• Comprehensive Assessment of Joint Wind-Hydro
  Potential
• Federal / Provincial Renewable Energy Policy
  Coordination
• Smart Regulation
• Public Education / Outreach
• GHG Emissions Trading