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April 14, 2022

WEICan Receives Funding from the Province of PEI Climate Challenge Fund


WEICan has been awarded $99,900 from the Province of PEI’s Climate Challenge Fund. This funding will allow WEICan to take advantage of our long history of expertise in meteorological data and renewable energy assets, as well as our recently commissioned Climate Monitoring Facility, funded by the Climate Challenge Fund in partnership with the University of Prince Edward Island Climate Research Laboratory (UPEI-CRL), to improve climate change adaptation and mitigation through improved climate data and sharing and improved renewable energy efficiency. The goals of this project are to:

1.       Improve knowledge of climate change by enhancing the WEICan/UPEI-CRL Climate Monitoring Facility with additional instrumentation

2.       Prepare for changing weather patterns by understanding and increasing the efficiency/reducing downtime of renewable energy infrastructure on PEI

3.       Improve knowledge sharing of climate change and adaptation by creating a public website to share data from the climate monitoring facility as well as similar units that have been placed throughout the island

January 4, 2023
WEICan Launches new Climate Meteorlogical Station webpage
WEICan is pleased to launch our Climate Meteorological Station webpage. This page shares real-time and historical data from WEICan’s Climate Monitoring Facility, which was commissioned in 2021.... More >

December 23, 2022
Season's Greetings!
Happy holidays and all the best in the new year from the staff at the Wind Energy Institute of... More >

December 19, 2022
WEICan's Administrative Assistant's Desk Got Decorated for Christmas!
Santa's elves were busy on the weekend as they got WEICan's Administrative Assistant, Susan Hogan's desk decorated for Christmas! Susan came in to work on Monday to find her desk and all the items on... More >

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