Ontario getting more from wind, but still relies on nuclear
Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator said wind-powered electricity generation doubled last year, and the province will get more power from wind in the year to come.
The overseer of Ontario's electricity market said more wind power is scheduled to come online this year to boost the province's supply.
But Ontario residents are still relying heavily on nuclear generation, with more than half of the province's supply coming from such facilities.
Some 18 percent of the province's electricity supply came from coal-fired generation, which was up slightly from 2006.
Although the province is pushing energy conservation, residents used slightly more electricity last year than they did in 2006.
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WINNIPEG - The federal government announced funding for the Birtle Transmission Line Monday morning.
The project will help Manitoba Hydro build a transmission line from Birtle South Station in the Municipality of Prairie View to the Manitoba–Saskatchewan border 46 kilometres northwest. Once completed, the new line will allow up to 215 megawatts of hydroelectricity to flow from the Manitoba Hydro power grid to the SaskPower power grid.
The government said the transmission line would create a more stable energy supply, keep energy rates affordable and help Saskatchewan's efforts to reduce cumulative greenhouse-gas emissions in that province.
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