Ontario's Solar Potential
This page is a work in progress on so it may not be absolutely accurate
According to professor Joshua Pearce of Queen's University, Kingston, South East Ontario has the potential to generate over 90 GW (90,000 MW) of Solar PV on barren land. This is over 3 times our anticipated requirements.
The following maps are from Professor Pearce's report
Ontario Solar projects
From http://www.mei.gov.on.ca/en/energy/renewable/index.php?page=new-energy-projects
|
Project |
Capacity (MW) |
Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Sunflower |
0.02 |
In Service |
|
Earth Rangers Aviary Solar |
0.03 |
In Service |
|
Preformed Line Products |
0.25 |
In Service |
|
Towcon Holdings Inc. |
0.25 |
In Service |
|
Tilbury Solar 2-- First Solar Development (Canada)-- Inc. |
5.00 |
In Service |
|
First Light Solar Energy Park (SunEdison / SkyPower Corp)-- Stone Mills (near Napanee) |
9.00 |
In Service |
|
PGG1-- Starwood SSM1 Canada Incorporated |
9.96 |
In Service |
|
PGG002-- Starwood SSM1 Canada Incorporated |
9.96 |
In Service |
|
Bluewater Solar 1 |
10.00 |
In Service |
|
Bluewater Solar 2 |
10.00 |
In Service |
|
Parkers Corners' Solar Farm-- EDF EN Canada Solar St. Isidore A Limited Partnership |
10.00 |
In Service |
|
Sarnia Solar 1 |
10.00 |
In Service |
|
Sarnia Solar 3 |
10.00 |
In Service |
|
Sarnia Solar 4 |
10.00 |
In Service |
|
Sarnia Solar 4 |
10.00 |
In Service |
|
Smith Falls A-- EDF EN Canada Solar Elmsley East Limited Partnership |
10.00 |
In Service |
|
Arnprior Solar Project (EDF EN)-- Arnprior (near Ottawa) |
20.00 |
In Service |
|
Sarnia Solar 2 and 5 (Enbridge / First Solar) |
20.00 |
In Service |
|
Total solar projects |
154.47 |
|
Solar hot water
coming sometime
Solar thermal
coming sometime
Solar photovoltaic
Concentrated photovoltaic
Concentrated photovoltaic panels perform best in areas with high insolation, particularly high Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI). DNI is a measure of the rate of solar energy that falls at the earth’s surface in beams exactly perpendicular to the direction of the sun.
Most of Ontario has photovoltaic potential (kWh/kW) as follows: South-facing, tilt=latitude Annual between 1100 - 1200 kWh/kW - the South West Ontario has more - between 1200 - 1300 kWh/kW
Concentrated solar thermal (CST)
Solar potential is measured in kWh/m2
Mean daily global insolation (MJ/m2, kWh/m2) In Ontario South-facing, tilt=latitude Annual is between 4.2 and 5. Australia has evaluated sites with an average of 7.95 kWh/m2/day