Updated Guidance for Mitigating Wind Turbine Weather Radar Interference in Canada

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM MT

Location: Industry Insights Stage, Booth #1215, Exhibit Hall, BMO Centre

Show Floor Speaker(s)

RA

Ryan Arseneault

A/Manager – Network Optimization and Design/Transformation, Innovation and Engineering Division
Environment and Climate Change Canada/Government of Canada
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
AA

Alvin Au Duong

Senior Data Analyst
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

With Canada’s recent transition to a more advanced weather radar network, Environment and Climate Change Canada has updated their guidance to help mitigate wind turbine interference with the new weather radars. This presentation will highlight the new guidelines and tools that will enable the successful development of wind energy projects in Canada while minimizing impacts to the Canadian weather radars that are critical to ECCC’s public safety mandate.