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Wikipedia Page Proposal “Wind Power in Canada”

ID:0878443

Instructor: Dr. Tombari

Due: February 14 2017

Introduction

The Wikipedia page titled “Wind Power in Canada” outlines the current state as well as the nation of Canada’s goal to meet 20% of the nation's energy needs by 2025.  In order to achieve this goal the country is further broken down by province, outlining the current amount of wind energy produced by the provinces in 2015 and the amount of devices that must be installed to meet these expectations.  The article also includes public opinion, wind power industries, future strategies and current support schemes.

The article is significant to this class because structuring a plan for renewable energy, in this case wind, has received growing support from Canadians and also is now being seen as an economically competitive way of acquiring energy to sell the masses.  This allows for an economic framing of the issue which carries more power on the political platform than framing a need for wind power as an environmental issue.

Informational Gaps

The article is notable for its insert on public opinion in Canada regarding the transition to sustainable energy use.  The article articulates a growing wave of public support towards wind power and more vaguely, renewable energy.  The growth in public support may in part be due to the framing of the issue which will be addressed under this heading.  It is important to accurately portray public opinion and just as important to explain the underlying causes resulting in this issue coming to the political platfrom, which in this case is due to the way in which it has been framed.

The article is slightly outdated in this area due to the fact information is two years old and public opinion on this issue has most definitely changed.  From the recent sources found their will be a more accurate and informative article in regards to public opinion and current 2017 political framing of the issue.  This will allow for a timeline of current public opinion as well as the way in which renewable energy has been framed/marketed in Canada which will further enhance the reader's understanding of the subject as it pertains to Canada.

The wind power industry lacks a great degree of information under the subsection “Proposed Future Strategies”.  The information cited in this area has broken links as well as outdated information.  Over the past two years, Harper as well as Trudeau have provided a large degree of information at the provincial level that has not been noted in this article.  Additionally, the recent development of the oil sands in British Columbia can also be addressed as this development demonstrates that renewable energy is but only wedge of the energy pie. This area of the article can also be used to expand on Canada’s large companies and actors that would be responsible for the behind the scenes development of this initiative.

Although, the article is focused on wind power in Canada it would also be effective to take a look at countries leading the wind power industry as it would be ideal to include the most economically proficient ideas that will be guiding Canada’s approach to the increasing of a wind based energy source.  A country such as Denmark, produces nearly 4 times the amount of wind power per person than Canad.  Denmark and a handful of other countries such as China that are at the peak of performance in wind energy will receive their own heading in the article.

https://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/20/top-wind-power-countries-in-the-world-per-capita-per-gdp-in-total/

Potential Sources

The federal and provincial government are the best sources to utilize in to provide accurate and reliable information because they are ultimately in charge of this initiative as well as regulating and contracting companies to provide wind power for the nation.

In addition to the Canadian government, other governments can provide information and further help guide policy and structure to the Canadian government.  Denmark’s wind power generates 39% of the country's energy and has large amounts of information released that can be used to ensure Canadian development of wind power gets off to a quick and strong start. (Clean Technica 2017)

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Bibliography

Sproule-Jones, M., Hessing, M., & Howlett, M. (1998). Canadian Natural Resource and Environmental Policy: Political Economy and Public Policy. Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, 24(4), 531.

Lemming, J. (1994). New and important initiatives promoting the wind energy development in Denmark. Renewable Energy, 5(1-4), 551-555. doi:10.1016/0960-1481(94)90433-2

Ashtine, M., Bello, R., & Higuchi, K. (2016). Feasibility of Small Wind Turbines in Ontario: Integrating Power Curves with Wind Trends. Resources, 5(4), 44. doi:10.3390/resources5040044

Albadi, M., & El-Saadany, E. (2007). Wind Power in Ontario: An Economical Valuation. 2007 IEEE Canada Electrical Power Conference. doi:10.1109/epc.2007.4520382

Gough, I. and Meadowcroft, J. (2011). “Decarbonizing the welfare state,” in J. Dryzek, R.B. Norgaard, and D. Schlosberg (Eds.). Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society, pp. 490-503. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hajer, M. (1997). The politics of environmental discourse. Chapter 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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