Ontario, Canada’s leader in wind energy and the country’s most populous province, plans to add a province-wide wind energy forecasting service by 2010. The service will be delivered by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) group to help make wind power a more reliable energy source in the province. The new service dovetails nicely with the group’s wind tracker tool that shows the current output in Megawatts of the Province’s various wind farms.

The Canadian Wind Energy Atlas is produced by Environment Canada. It includes information about dynamics across Canada as well as a map server that displays the information. Methodology for collecting the information is outlined and links together with updated news are also available.