Ontario’s power supply remains positive in latest 18-month Outlook

 

About 2,200 MW of new supply – mostly wind and solar generation – will be added to the province’s transmission grid over the outlook period, defined by the IESO as July 2015 to December 2016. By the end of the period, the amount of grid-connected wind generation is expected to increase by 1,500 MW to about 4,500 MW. The total distribution connected wind generation over the same period is expected to be about 700 MW. Grid-connected solar generation is expected to increase to 380 MW, complementing the embedded solar generation capacity of about 2,200 MW by the end of the outlook period.

 

Fuel Type

Total Installed Capacity (MW)

Forecast Capability at Summer Peak (MW)

Number of Stations

Change in Installed Capacity (MW)

Change in Stations

Nuclear

12,978

12,348

5

31

0

Hydro-electric

8,462

5,971

71

0

0

Gas/Oil

9,920

8,236

29

0

0

Wind

2,925

369

25

382

4

Biofuel

455

292

8

0

0

Solar

40

14

2

0

0

Total

34,780

27,229

140

413

4