Methodology

Wind

Wind data was obtained and processed from

http://www.windatlas.ca/en/index.php.

The data for the lowest height is at 30m, which is higher than what most home users would build their wind turbines at. So the wind profile power law:

was applied to the 30m wind speed to obtain approximations of wind speed at 5m, 10m, 15m, 20m, and 25m. The value of the exponent coefficient, is assumed to be 0.14.
The power calculation equation:

For more information on how the original wind data is obtained, please refer to

http://www.windatlas.ca/en/methodology.php.

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Solar

Solar data was obtained and processed from

http://pv.nrcan.gc.ca/.

The data taken is mean daily global insolation for every area of every month and annually. From the monthly data, the seasonal average is calculated to be consistent with wind data.
The power calculation equation:

For more information on how the original solar data is obtained, please refer to

http://pv.nrcan.gc.ca/?lang=e&m=e.

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Hydro

Hydro data was obtained and processed from

http://www.ec.gc.ca/rhc-wsc/ .

The data taken is the historic monthly water flow speed from various stations across Canada for a period of 10 to 40 years. The seasonal and annual average is calculated to be consistent with wind data. The river and stream path data was obtained and processed from the DataBC Catalogue at

http://www.data.gov.bc.ca/dbc/catalogue

using the WSA - STREAM CENTRELINE NETWORK (50,000) data set. This data set is the digital basemap representation of the aquatic features depicted on NTS 1 to 50,000 scale maps. To reduce storage and complexity, streams shorter than roughly 2km were removed, and any bend in the river less than 30° was removed. The power calculation equation:

For more information on how the original hydro data is obtained, please refer to

http://www.ec.gc.ca/rhc-wsc/default.asp?lang=En&n=894E91BE-1