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The plan, Wind Vision 2025, could create over 50,000 jobs and represent around CDN$165 million annual revenue. If achieved, CanWEA's target would make the country a major player in the wind power sector and would create around CDN$79 billion of investment. It would also save an estimated 17 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually. [2]
China alone had over 40% of the world's capacity in 2023. [3] Wind power is used on a commercial basis in more than half of all the countries of the world. [4] Denmark produced 58% of its electricity from wind in 2023, a larger share than any other country. Latvia's wind capacity grew by 75%, the largest percent increase in 2022. [3]
Below are listed 200 entries of the past 90 days of Canadian current events featured in the main page of the Canada portal. January 21, 2025 – Much of Canada and the contiguous United States are impacted by a cold wave , killing one person near Milwaukee , Wisconsin .
Google Calendar confirms it has removed Black History Month, Pride Month and other cultural events from its service, saying the holidays were "not sustainable" for Google's new business model which is rolling back an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). (The Guardian) Sports. 2025 Asian Winter Games. South Korea at the 2025 Asian ...
Non-renewable power stations are those that run on coal, fuel oils, nuclear, natural gas, oil shale and peat, while renewable power stations run on fuel sources such as biomass, geothermal heat, hydro, solar energy, solar heat, tides, waves and wind. As of 2023 the largest power generating facility is the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in ...
Coal is the primary source of energy followed by natural gas, hydro, and then wind power. Net-metering policies are in place. Initiatives are being implemented to add more wind farms to the current list of 5; Saskatchewan is hoping double wind power generation by 2017. Plans are being generated to develop Solar energy projects.
2025 German federal election. Germans vote to elect the 630 members of the 21st Bundestag in Germany's fourth snap election since World War II, with the highest turnout since German reunification. The election was initially scheduled for September 28 but was moved earlier due to the 2024 German government crisis. (The Economist)
An exceptional Santa Ana wind event reaching hurricane-force in some locations in southern California, United States, cause multiple power outages and wildfire outbreaks, including a rapidly-spreading >2,900 acre wildfire in Los Angeles County which causes several burn injuries and forces 30,000 people to evacuate. 2025 Tibet earthquake