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Ontario's environment industry (2400 companies, 62,000 employees, 40% of Canada's environment industry revenues) has a well-deserved reputation for innovative technologies and services across a broad range of sub-sectors including:
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A Strategic Location to Serve the North American Wind Energy Sector
Waterloo Region is ideally positioned to become a North American engineering and manufacturing centre for the emerging wind energy sector. Located close to major wind energy sites along the windy shorelines of the Great Lakes on both sides of the Canada-US border and major population centres, the Region is destined to become a major wind energy cluster.There's a substantial home market for wind energy. Ontario’s installed wind energy capacity grew from 15 MW in 2003 to more than 500 MW in 2007. An additional 1,344 MW is under construction or has been awarded in Power Purchase Agreements. The Ontario Power Authority’s Integrated Power Systems Plan calls for 4,600 MW of wind energy by 2020.
The Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE, University of Waterloo) is a leader in promoting innovation through research in the development of advanced sustainable energy systems. Waterloo’s leadership in alternative energy was recognized by its selection for the Ontario Research Chair in Environmental Policy and Renewable Energy. Researchers have facilities on- and off-campus for designing and evaluating turbines and components that allow large-scale indoor tests with controlled wind speeds to study wind turbine aerodynamics, blade stall, noise generation, power production prediction and rotor/nacelle interaction. Graduate programs (MASc and PhD) for wind energy specifically are heavily subscribed and students graduating with advanced degrees are readily placed in industry.
Conestoga’s School of Engineering and Information Technology has highly regarded programs in fields such as civil engineering, electrical engineering, manufacturing, programming and software engineering, which are in high demand by today’s wind energy industry.
Support Resources
Ontario Ministry of the EnvironmentOntario Environment Business Directory
Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology
Ontario Environment industry Association
Conestoga College
University of Waterloo - Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE)
University of Waterloo - Wind Energy Group
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