Present and Future Wind Energy Resources in Western Canada

Present and Future Wind Energy Resources in Western Canada

Wind power presently plays a minor role in Western Canada as compared to hydroelectric power in British Columbia and coal and natural gas thermal power generation in Alberta. However, ongoing reductions in the cost of wind power generation facilities and the increasing costs of conventional power...

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Main Author: Daines, Jeffrey Thomas
Other Authors: Monahan, Adam Hugh
Language:English
en
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Dynamical downscaling
global climate model
NARR
North American Regional Reanalysis
Canadian Regional Climate Model
CRCM
ECHAM5
CGCM3
Western Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
bias correction
change factor
wind energy resources
electrical power generation
quantile-quantile matching
calibration
wind speeds
airport weather stations
GCM
RCM
simulation
wind power density
relative change
A2 emissions scenario
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6703

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