Renewable energy in Canada Renewable energy in Canada The majority of the energy supply in Canada is generated by renewable technologies. The country generates the majority of its electricity from hydroelectric dams (59% in 2006). Wind power is a fast growing sector of the energy market. Globally, Canada was the 6th largest producer of wind power in 2011. Canada has built many photovoltaic power plants, mainly in Ontario, with one in Sarnia being the largest in the world at the time of construction. A 15-megawatt tidal plant sits at Annapolis, Nova Scotia, and uses the daily tides of the Bay of Fundy. Politicians have
Bay of Fundy in the Bay of Fundy system occurred at the head of the Minas Basin on the night of October 4–5, 1869 during a tropical cyclone named the "Saxby Gale". The water level of resulted from the combination of high winds, abnormally low atmospheric pressure, and a spring tide. The tides in the Bay of Fundy are semidiurnal, which means that they have two highs and two lows each day. The height that the water rises and falls to each day during these tides are approximately equal. There are approximately six hours and thirteen minutes between each high and low tide.