Description: This map layer is an illustration of Canada’s wind-energy resource potential. The Atlantic coast offers the highest wind potential (over 2000 W/m2), with significant potential on the Pacific coast and in Hudson Bay. In addition, there is significant potential for onshore wind energy in southern parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario.
Description: This map layer illustrates the potential for geothermal energy across Canada. It includes two views: undisturbed ground temperature (shallow-resource potential) and deep geothermal-resource potential. The undisturbed ground temperature (UGT) for Canada is generated by a simplified correlation. The area covered by the map is from latitude 42°North to 68°North, since most geothermal applications are concentrated in this part of the country. The average error of the ground temperature is less than 1°C. It can be seen from this map that the contours of the ground temperatures indicate a regional variation ranging from −7°C (north) to 12°C (south). For the inhabited regions, the ground temperature ranges from 6 to 12°C. For the same latitudes, temperatures are generally higher in the west compared to the east.
The distribution of deep geothermal resources for Canada was determined through regional mapping of geothermal gradients, depth-temperature profiles, and underlying geological regions to define reservoir types. Resource potential is divided by potential end use of the geothermal resource based on predicted temperatures of produced waters at reasonably economic drilling depths.
Definition Expression: N/A
Copyright Text: Grasby, S.E., Allen, D.M., Bell, S., Chen, Z., Ferguson, G., Jessop, A., Kelman, M., Ko, M., Majorowicz, J., Moore, M., Raymond, J., and Therrien, R., 2012. Geothermal energy resource potential of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6914, revised edition, 322 p.
Description: This map layer is an illustration of Canada’s biomass-energy resource potential. It includes two views: Agriculture and Forestry. The agriculture material on this map is the available straw from cereal crops (wheat, oats, barley) after cattle-usage and soil-sustainability requirements have been removed. The above-ground biomass for wheat, barley, and oats is separated into three components: straw, chaff, stubble. About 50% of the total above-ground biomass is chaff and stubble and is not available for exploitation as a result of mechanical and environmental limitations. Of the straw component, soil-conservation requirements and cattle-usage demands have been removed to arrive at the amount of total available cereal straw. The forestry sublayer comprises three types of data sets: roadside harvest residues, mill residues, and urban wood residue. Roadside harvest residues consist of forest-harvest biomass that is not utilized by industry. Mill residues include nonmarketable sawdust, wood chunks, and bark components that are produced at the mill site when logs are processed into forest products. Urban wood residue is a portion of the municipal waste stream; most of this residue consists of used lumber, trim, shipping pallets/crates, trees, branches, and other wood debris.
The forestry sub-layer comprises three types of data sets: urban woodresidue, mill residue and roadside residue.
Urban wood residue: Woody biomass resulting from urban residential and industrial landscaping, construction, renovation, secondary wood-product production, packaging-product and storage-product disposal, and the disposal of wood furnishings.
Mill residue: Primary and secondary wood-biomass residue, originating from major forest-industry facilities that consume at least 100 000 cubic metres of forest trees annually. Roadside residue: Wood-biomass residue originating from forest-logging operations that process full trees at roadside landings. This includes only residues originating from large industries that consume at least 100 000 cubic metres of forest trees annually.
Name: Forestry Wood Residues and Waste Wood (tonnes per year)
Display Field: BIOMASS_GR
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: This map layer is an illustration of Canada’s biomass-energy resource potential. It includes two views: Agriculture and Forestry. The agriculture material on this map is the available straw from cereal crops (wheat, oats, barley) after cattle-usage and soil-sustainability requirements have been removed. The above-ground biomass for wheat, barley, and oats is separated into three components: straw, chaff, stubble. About 50% of the total above-ground biomass is chaff and stubble and is not available for exploitation as a result of mechanical and environmental limitations. Of the straw component, soil-conservation requirements and cattle-usage demands have been removed to arrive at the amount of total available cereal straw. The forestry sublayer comprises three types of data sets: roadside harvest residues, mill residues, and urban wood residue. Roadside harvest residues consist of forest-harvest biomass that is not utilized by industry. Mill residues include nonmarketable sawdust, wood chunks, and bark components that are produced at the mill site when logs are processed into forest products. Urban wood residue is a portion of the municipal waste stream; most of this residue consists of used lumber, trim, shipping pallets/crates, trees, branches, and other wood debris.
The forestry sub-layer comprises three types of data sets: urban woodresidue, mill residue and roadside residue.
Urban wood residue: Woody biomass resulting from urban residential and industrial landscaping, construction, renovation, secondary wood-product production, packaging-product and storage-product disposal, and the disposal of wood furnishings.
Mill residue: Primary and secondary wood-biomass residue, originating from major forest-industry facilities that consume at least 100 000 cubic metres of forest trees annually. Roadside residue: Wood-biomass residue originating from forest-logging operations that process full trees at roadside landings. This includes only residues originating from large industries that consume at least 100 000 cubic metres of forest trees annually.
Description: The distribution of deep geothermal resources for Canada was generated by regional mapping of geothermal gradients, depth temperature profiles, and underlying geologic regions to define reservoir types. Resource potential is divided by potential end us of geothermal resource based on predicted temperatures of produced waters at reasonably economic drilling depths.
Definition Expression: N/A
Copyright Text: Grasby, S.E., Allen, D.M., Bell, S., Chen, Z., Ferguson, G., Jessop, A., Kelman, M., Ko, M., Majorowicz, J., Moore, M., Raymond, J., and Therrien, R., 2012. Geothermal energy resource potential of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6914, revised edition, 322 p.