| Canada Building A Green Economy | 26 January 09 |
 The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CANWEA) is calling for a plan that would see 20 percent of electricity generated in Canada from wind by 2025. The industry association is advising the federal government to include wind energy as a tool to boost the economy in the early federal budget being released in the last week of January 2009.Wind Vision 2025 - Powering Canada's Future, released by CANWEA, states there will be close to $1-trillion by 2020 in global investments for new wind energy projects. Canada will need to implement bold measures to accommodate wind project developers. CanWEA is pushing for government to put a price on carbon emissions that will stimulate a demand for wind energy. CANWEA wants Canada to become a clean energy superpower by building wind-friendly transmission infrastructure, stimulating wind power equipment manufacturing, and streamlining permitting and approval processes for wind projects. View October 2008 CANWEA report, Wind Vision 2025 - Powering Canada's Future (PDF)View January 12, 2008 The Hill Times article View January 21, 2008 CBC article View November 5, 2008 Manitoba Wildlands article Sources: CanWEA, The Hill Times, CBC, Manitoba Wildlands |
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