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Appendix B: The Process for Identifying Gaps and Action Items
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Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- The Vision
- Strengthen the Policy Framework
- Inform and Engage Canadians
- Expand the Role of Canadian Industry
- Create Centres of Excellence
- Accelerate Development of Small Wind
- Support Innovative Demonstration Projects
- Additional Information
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Wind Energy Sector Snapshot
- Appendix B: The Process for Identifying Gaps and Action Items
Wind energy represents a substantial opportunity for Canada to meet electricity needs and generate significant economic gains in an environmentally sustainable manner. In order to enable Canada to achieve its full potential in this area, the Government of Canada has provided support for an industry-led effort to create a technology roadmap for wind energy.
The objective of the creation of the Wind Technology Roadmap (WindTRM) was for technology developers, adopters, and users, to identify wind energy innovation priorities. The WindTRM identified the key technology and policy needs of the wind energy industry to succeed in the future and documented the actions required. Ultimately, the objective is to identify key investments and actions so as to increase Canadian innovation and social and economic outcomes.
This WindTRM process was led by a team of industry leaders who form the Industry Steering Committee (ISC). In recognition of the diverse challenges and needs for the wind energy industry, the ISC determined that four working groups (two of which were further divided into two subgroups each) should be created. The structure of the working groups is summarized as follows:
- Working Group 1 (WG1): Market and Economics: Focus on market, economic and human resources concerns for wind developers in Canada as well as issues faced by Canadian wind energy companies in the global market context.
- Working Group 2 (WG2): Wind Energy Resource: Focus on where Canadian technologies, expertise and market leadership can be developed in the area of wind resource assessment and wind engineering for both onshore and offshore projects.
- Working Group 3 (WG3a and WG3b): Wind Energy Systems: Focus on where opportunities can be found or created with respect to Canadian technologies, expertise and market leadership in the area of wind turbine manufacturing, procurement, installation, and use. This working group will have a large wind subgroup (3a) and a small wind sub-group (3b).
- Working Group 4 (WG4a and WG4b): Wind Energy Integration: Focus on the regional challenges in integrating wind energy into the Canadian energy supply as well as some possible technical solutions to them. This working group will have a planning sub-group (4a) and an operations sub-group (4b).
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) was engaged to:
- Administer the WindTRM process. This involved working with Industry Canada (IC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and the ISC to develop the format and agenda of ISC meetings, workshops and working group breakout meetings;
- Facilitate the ISC meetings and workshops;
- Synthesize information and feedback after each phase and develop, draft, and write the WindTRM Report, and deliver a PowerPoint presentation to federal representatives and the ISC.
PwC's role was limited to facilitating the process: all content, including barriers, recommendations, cost estimates and other information was based on input from participants throughout the process.
The following Figure 9 illustrates the phases and timeline for the development of the WindTRM.
Notes
This document is an abridged version of the "Wind Energy Sector Overview" prepared by the CANMET Energy Technology Centre (now CanmetENERGY) in August, 2008. 66
This document is not intended to provide specific advice and should not be relied on as such. No action or decisions should be taken without independent research and professional advice. NRCan does not represent or warrant the accurateness, timeliness or completeness of the information contained in this document. NRCan is not liable whatsoever for any loss or damage caused by or resulting from any inaccuracies, errors or omissions in this document. This document does not necessarily reflect the views of NRCan or constitute an endorsement of any commercial product or person.
66 CanmetENERGY, Wind Energy Sector Overview, August 2008. (Return to text.)
