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In Canada, <strong>the</strong> federal government is in change of inter-provincial <strong>and</strong> internationaltrade <strong>and</strong> commerce issues related to renewable energy. The provincial <strong>and</strong>territorial governments are responsible <strong>for</strong> making <strong>and</strong> implementing <strong>the</strong>ir ownrenewable energy supporting policies.Since 2001, wind energy has been witnessing rapid development. In <strong>the</strong> firstdecades of <strong>the</strong> 21 st century, Canada’s total wind installed capacity grew from 198MW to 4,009 MW (see Table 3).Table 3. Total wind installed capacity in CanadaYear 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010MW 198 236 322 444 684 1,460 1,846 2,372 3,319 4,009Source: Canada Wind <strong>Energy</strong> AssociationThe top three provinces in terms of installed wind capacity are Ontario, Alberta <strong>and</strong>Quebec (see Figure 1). Toge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>y are home <strong>for</strong> over two thirds of <strong>the</strong> installedwind capacity in Canada.Figure 1. Canadian’s installed wind capacity – by April 2011Source: Canadian Wind <strong>Energy</strong> AssociationOntario’s neighbouring province Quebec has had a local-procurement program <strong>for</strong>years <strong>for</strong> its energy development, <strong>the</strong>y note, including rules that <strong>for</strong>ce powerproducers to buy equipment from specific regions inside <strong>the</strong> province. The Quebecstarted large utility tendering <strong>for</strong> wind power investment as early in 2003 <strong>and</strong> itspractice of supporting <strong>the</strong> development of local wind turbine manufacturing capacityin <strong>the</strong> tendering requirements was once hailed as a good model of combiningrenewable energy development <strong>and</strong> local manufacturing capacity building 3 . In fact,LCR requirements have been included in <strong>the</strong> renewable energy policies of multiplecountries. Table 4 illustrates <strong>the</strong> LCR requirements in <strong>the</strong> renewable energy policiesof selected countries.3 Supporting Localization of Wind Technology Manufacturing through Large Utility Tenders in Québec:Lessons <strong>for</strong> China, Joanna I. Lewis, Ryan H. Wiser Prepared by <strong>the</strong> Center <strong>for</strong> Resource Solutions <strong>for</strong><strong>the</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> Foundation’s China Sustainable <strong>Energy</strong> Program, June 8, 2006.Risø International <strong>Energy</strong> Conference 2011 Proceedings Page 91

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