b'MAY 10 - 23, 2021BREAKBULK QUARTERLY 11Robust outlook for breakbulk/wind energy shipments in CanadaRenewableskeycomponenttoCanadas Green RecoveryBy Leo Ryan, AJOTAgainst the backdrop ofRystad Energy consultancy to a federal Liberal governmentemerge as the leader among headedbyPrimeMinisterCanadian provinces in utility-JustinTrudeaucommittingscale wind and solar assets as billionsofdollarstodriveearly as 2025.a green recovery from theWorthyofnoteiswhat pandemic-induced economicisknownastheEmerging slowdown,thereismuchRenewablePowerProgram optimismintherenewableunderwhichthefederal energyindustryinCanadagovernmentprovidesupto ontheoutlookforcontinu- C$200 million to expand the ing strong shipments of windcommerciallyviablerenew-farmcomponents.Attheable energy sources available sametime,thetrendlooksto provinces and territories as solidforbreakbulkand(ROBUSTcontinued on heavyliftas,amongotherpage 16) Wind cargo a growing success story for the Port of Thunder Bay.things,evendemandfor equipment has been growing fromthestruggling Alberta oilsandssectorthanksto rising oil prices.ACanadianportthatis a strategic gateway for bulk, breakbulkandprojectcargo is Thunder Bay on the tip of Lake Superior. While grain is its biggest cargo, the port has in recent years been develop-ingsubstantialbusinessin breakbulkandinsupplying wind turbines to wind energy facilities in Alberta and Sas-katchewan in particular.Interviewed by the Amer-icanJournalofTransporta-tion,TimHeney,theports chief executive, said we are seeing higher volumes of rail and structural steel this year. The structural steel is a good indicator of economic recov-ery in Western Canada.Withoilpricesrising, benefitingtheoilsandspro-ducers,transformersand other equipment are moving throughThunderBay.In short, it looks like an excel-lentyearforprojectand breakbulk cargo.R eneWAblesRecently predicting a bright futureforrenewableenergy inCanadawastheCanadian RenewableEnergyAssocia-tion (CanREA). Despite con-siderable challenges posed by theglobalpandemic,Canada ended 2020 with a total wind capacityof13,588MW,a total solar capacity of approxi-mately 3,000 MW, significant growth in energy storage and apositiveforecastfor2021, said CanREA President Robert Horning. (see Leo Ryan, Wind cargogrowingatU.S.Great Lakes ports on page 15).ThecapacityofCana-dianwindenergyprojects slatedforconstructionin 2021islistedas745MW. Ontario and Quebec account for more than 9,000 MW of installedcapacity.However, Alberta,thirdwith1,700 MW, is forecast by Norways'