The table describes the renewable energy transformational universe from the state of a natural resource to the state of useful forms of energy. It consists of three sections with the arrows going from the first section to the second and from the second to the third. The first section shows the renewable resources, with the examples such as moving water, biomass, wind, sunshine, the Earth. The second one presents technology and equipment showing the examples of hydroelectric and wind turbines, wood stoves and furnaces, photovoltaic panels. The third section displays usable energy with the examples of electricity, industrial steam, heat for space and water, biofuels.
The bar chart displays installed hydroelectric capacity by province/territories in 2006, in megawatts. The bars of different heights show provincial capacities as follows:
British Columbia about 13 gigawatts
Alberta about 890 megawatts
Saskatchewan about 860 megawatts
Manitoba more than 5 gigawatts
Ontario about 8.4 gigawatts
Quebec about 38.3 gigawatts
Atlantic provinces 8.1 gigawatts
Territories 134 megawatts
The bar chart displays installed wind power capacity in Canada in 2006, in megawatts. The bars of different heights show the rapid increase in capacity from 23 megawatts in 1997 to about 5,300 megawatts in 2011.