Canada Eyes Record Year for Wind in 2008

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http://www.renewableaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=51425

Canada's total installed wind energy capacity grew to 1,846 megawatts (MW) with the addition of 386 MW of new wind energy projects in 2007, its second best year ever. Canada currently ranks as the world's 11th largest nation in terms of installed wind energy capacity.

With an anticipated minimum installation of another 700 MW in 2008, representing more than $1.5 billion in investment, the country is poised to set a new record for annual installed wind energy capacity. These 2008 installations have already begun with the commissioning of Sky Generation's 10 MW Ravenswood project in January, the first to be constructed under Ontario's Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program.

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