Wind turbine location suitability - Revision history

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Restrictions

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 The Government of Ontario has provided the following restrictions in relation to the spatial placement of wind energy turbines for use in commercial applications:
-*135m from all existing public roadways
+*135 m from all existing public roadways
-*135m from all existing railway lines
+*135 m from all existing railway lines
-*1000m from all existing transmission lines
+*1000 m from all existing transmission lines
 <nowiki>*These restrictions are relative to the turbine specifications of the Vestas V90, 3 megawatt model</nowiki>

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 # For both "Water" and "Wooded Area", make sure to change the "Distance" parameter to 120 metres to meet the 120 m restriction imposed on these areas.
-#Representation of the Resulting Layers:
+'''Representation of the Resulting Layers:'''
 [[File:RailwaysBuffer.JPG|500px]]
 [[File:RoadsBuffer.JPG|500px]]

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 # For both "Water" and "Wooded Area", make sure to change the "Distance" parameter to 120 metres to meet the 120 m restriction imposed on these areas.
-'''Representation of the Resulting Layers:'''
+#Representation of the Resulting Layers:
 [[File:RailwaysBuffer.JPG|500px]]
 [[File:RoadsBuffer.JPG|500px]]

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 ## Click the 3-dot button and and select save to file, name your new file with details (example: RailwayLinesUTMClippedBuffer135m), and click save in that new window.
 ## Click Run, and wait for the output to successfully finish (this may take an extended period of time depending on the size of the input vector layer
-#[[File:BufferToolWindow.JPG]]
+#[[File:BufferTool.JPG]]
 # Complete this process for Road Layers, again setting the 'Distance' to 135 as the restriction for roads is the same as railways.
 # When completing this process for the Transmission Lines layer, make sure to change the 'Distance' parameter to 1000 to meet the 1000m restriction imposed on this infrastructure.

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 == Introduction ==
-With the growing expansion of the city, Ottawa energy capacity requirements have become an integral issue.  Energy Ottawa currently supplies a majority of its energy to the city through what is known as the ‘run-of-the-river’ generating system.  This is a series of small scale hydroelectric dam facilities spread out across the region's watershed (Energy Ottawa, 2010).
+With the growing expansion of the city, Ottawa energy capacity requirements have become an important issue.  Energy Ottawa currently supplies a majority of its energy to the city through what is known as the ‘run-of-the-river’ generating system.  This is a series of small scale hydroelectric dam facilities spread out across the region's watershed (Energy Ottawa, 2010).
 This method of energy generation is considered a green means of producing energy, as it does not typically involve emitting pollution into the atmosphere when compared to coal, petroleum, or natural gas. What is often overlooked is the negative affects that hydroelectric dams pose to the health of a watershed, impacting many aspects of both the natural and social environment.  These adverse affects have caused the number of hydroelectric dams being built to be drastically reduced in Canada (Natural Resources Canada [NRC], 2009).

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 ''' Final output map '''
-[[File:FnalMap.JPG]]
+[[File:FinalMap.JPG]]
 ==References==

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 '''Representation of the Resulting Layer:'''
-[[File:bigarea.jpg]]
+[[File:LargestSiteWard21.JPG]]
 The resulting layer provides the largest suitable area for the specific region of interest with the consideration of all implied restrictions. By combining all the final layers together, you would get a map that shows the most suitable location based on area for wind turbines, along with the provincial restrictions set in place.

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 ## Under the 'input layer 2' field choose the Transmission Lines Buffer layer.
 ## Under the 'Union' field provide an output name (example: RailwayTransmissionLinesUnion)
-## Click run, and wait for the output to successfully finish. [[File:ward21union.jpg]]
+## Click run, and wait for the output to successfully finish. [[File:UnionTool.JPG]]
 # Return to the 'Union' tool.
 ## Under the 'Input layer' field choose the Union layer just created (example: RailwayTransmissionLinesUnion).