About Ride the Wind!^TM
education resource site

About Ride the Wind!^TM education resource site

The Ride the Wind!^TM education resource site featuring Re-Energy.ca is a wind energy project kit that can be downloaded and printed from the world wide web - for free! The Ride the Wind!^TM education resource explores wind energy, energy distribution and the Calgary C-train, public light rail transit system. The Ride the Wind!^TM education resource site features Re-Energy.ca, a renewable energy project kit on the internet.

Learn about clean air, green energy, and Calgary's C-Train - North America's first wind-powered public light rail transit system.

Ride the Wind!^TM is a free education resource found at www.re-energy.ca/ridethewind

Teach...build...learn... wind power!

• Build your own model wind turbine
• Download an effective wind energy lesson plan

Sponsors of Ride the Wind!^TM
education resource site

Sponsors

The Ride the Wind!^TM Education resource is a renewable energy education project of the Pembina Institute. The production of the Ride the Wind!^TM Education resource featuring Re-Energy.ca was made possible by grants from the Government of Canada, Transport Canada Moving On Sustainable Transportation, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation and the Alberta Lottery Fund/Community Lottery Board.

The Pembina Institute is an independent, not-for-profit environmental policy research and education organization. Founded in Drayton Valley, Alberta, the Pembina Institute has a multidisciplinary staff of more than thirty, with offices in Drayton Valley, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Ottawa.

The Pembina Institute’s major policy research and education programs are in the areas of sustainable energy, climate change, environmental governance, ecological fiscal reform, sustainability indicators, and the environmental impacts of the energy industry. Charitable environmental education and research programs are carried out in conjunction with the Pembina Institute’s sister organization, the GAIA Foundation for Earth Education (Charitable Registration Number 89302 6864 RR0001).
Our History

For more information visit the Pembina Institute's website at: http://www.pembina.org

The Ride the Wind!^TM Education resource team:

The Ride the Wind!^TM Project

Ride the Wind!^TM Using Zero-Emissions Electricity from Wind Energy to Power Calgary's Light Rail Transit System

The project was fully approved by City Council on February 12, 2001. Here are the highlights of the project.

• Vision Quest enters into a contract for Green Energy with Enmax
• Enmax enters into an agreement with City Transit to deliver the wind power to the LRT.
• All Emission Reduction Credits will be transferred to City Transit, via Enmax.
• Ten new wind turbines will be financed, constructed, owned and operated by Vision Quest.
• The new wind turbines will be online and delivering clean wind power by August 31, 2001. Wind energy facilities can be installed faster than any other large scale electricity generating technology.