Electric Wind power Generation Canada.

[Durgan]

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?Windpower 23 June 2009 Electric Wind power Generation Canada.

The total installed electric generating capacity of Canada is 111000 Megawatts. Hydroelectric 58%, nuclear 12%, natural gas 6%, fuel oil and coal 3%. This is 98% of the total. The other two percent is generated by a combination of biomass, solar energy, and windmills.

The windmills operate about 18% of the time, and will never be a factor in the big picture. The windmills are on the Canada side of Lake Erie, and when touring most blades were not turning due to lack of wind. At best they are a very expensive sop ( mostly subsidized by the taxpayer) to the green faction, and serve little practical purpose. The statistics speak for themselves.

I got much of this information touring the Canadian side of Lake Erie.

[MomToTwoBoys]

I think they could probably put them in a place that's more well-known for wind power, which would likely be the Praries. I can't begin to count how many days this year alone that it has been extremely windy, even on the sunny days. There is a lot of open land here as well (open meaning not being utilized by the farmers) but I imagine a lot of people wouldn't appreciate having a large wind turbine blocking their view of the open land.