For the first time, a guide has been produced that helps landowners, companies and government understand and explain wind energy in Alberta. Whether you are a landowner negotiating with a wind power developer or a regional government looking at economic development, this guide can help you understand and get involved with the wind energy industry. The guide was written by Pembina renewable energy experts Tim Weis, Kristi Anderson and Alex Doukas and special guest author Gordon Howell.

• Understand wind energy and how it works
• Learn about royalties and how to get the best deal for the use of your land
• Discover the development process and what questions to ask wind developers
• Learn to separate facts from myths on wildlife, sound and other impacts
• Includes a special section by Gordon Howell on the Alberta Micro-generator Regulation that allows farm-scale operations to hook up to the grid

Alberta has a great wind resource - discover the opportunities to get involved.

The perfect guide for: landowners, agricultural groups, wind power developers, municipal governments, provincial wildlife, environment, energy and agricultural departments, oil companies, first nations, power co-operatives and rural electrification associations, environmental groups.

Order print versions today!

Download the order form to order a print copy, or call Dana at 403-269-3344 ext 117.

• Corporate use: $50 per copy (bulk discounts available)
• Individual or non-profit use: $35 per copy

(plus shipping & handling and GST)

Electronic version also available!

Download the free PDF.

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Other renewable energy resources

Greening the Grid in Alberta

Alberta's growing demand for electricity can be entirely met by tapping into the province's vast renewable energy resources.

Pembina's analysis of green electricity scenarios clearly demonstrates Alberta has incredible potential to become a leader in green power production and energy efficiency and doesn't have to rely on dirty fuels.

Greening the Grid outlines two scenarios for meeting Alberta's electricity demand. The more aggressive "green scenario" shows how Alberta could move from 70 per cent coal to 70 per cent renewable energy in just 20 years.

Report | Fact Sheet | Media Release | Figures for Print

Pembina's Tim Weis, author of Greening the Grid, provides insight into how Alberta can become a leader in green power production and energy efficiency.

Making Renewable Energy a Priority

Renewable energy has the promise to become the energy power house of the 21st Century.

Renewable energy can create jobs and new industries, and improve air and water quality, energy security, access to energy, and community development. Meeting our future power demands is one of the first opportunities for rapid deployment of renewable energy.

The Pembina Institute has launched a series of primers and fact sheets that explain the policies and technologies that can bring this about. The first two are now available:

• Feeding the Grid Renewably: Highlighting feed-in tariffs as a best practice for supporting renewable power. Primer | Fact Sheet
  

• Storing Renewable Power: Describing how new power storage technologies allow variable renewable power sources like solar and wind to supply all our power needs. Primer