Tag: wind power
Town of Essex Rejects Anti-Wind Moratorium
Environmental groups, unions, farmers and industry associations applauded the Town of Essex today for rejecting a moratorium on green energy development.
Wind turbine generate more green jobs in Ontario
News Release from the Ontario Government: November 13, 2008 – Ontario is turning to wind turbines to help create jobs and power a green energy future. Premier Dalton McGuinty helped open a 44-turbine wind farm near Port Alma, on the shores of Lake Erie. The Kruger Energy Port Alma Wind Power Project will produce enough [...]
Turbines Impress Officials?
A story posted on behalf of Gregory Scratch, from Blenheim, ON. in response to “Turbines impress officials; C-K councilors visit Port Burwell facility.
Smart grid needed for green power
The province’s power authority has agreed to buy electricity from 262 newly built or proposed renewable energy projects that together will add more than 1,000 megawatts of capacity to the Ontario grid. A lion’s share of this energy will come from wind and solar farms taking part in the province’s standard offer program, which pays [...]
Ontario to approve Great Lakes wind power
Ontario is preparing to lift a controversial moratorium on the development of offshore wind projects in the Great Lakes that has been in place for nearly 14 months, the Toronto Star has learned. A Ministry of Natural Resources official says the department is “getting ready” to make an announcement and that new minister Donna Cansfield [...]
