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 |