CANADA’S HIGH WINDS AND DEEP HEAT RICHES

Geothermal: new/old news around the ring of fire
Derrick Penner, September 16, 2011 (Vancouver Sun)

"…The upshot of a new report from the Geological Survey of Canada is that drilling deep into the ground to tap the heat of the earth’s core could supply all of Canada’s electricity needs with just 100 separate plants, and the country’s best potential to exploit it lies in huge pools beneath British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories…Canadian expertise in energy an mining make the country particularly suited to exploit such a challenging resource…"

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"…Ernst & Young…puts Canada at No. 8 for [renewable energy] potential at 53 per cent, just behind France with an index score of 56 per cent and just ahead of Spain with a total ranking score of 52 per cent…China, with its command economy and huge pressure to develop clean renewable energy to displace its dirty coal-fired electricity ranks No. 1 with a score of 71 per cent…Canada’s overall 53-per-cent score is based on some pretty substantial wind potential – 60 per cent overall and 65 per cent for onshore sources. Geothermal…is scored at 35 per cent…"