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County deciding wind turbine rules
A wind-turbine bylaw under consideration by Pictou County council may include some of the province's most restrictive conditions.
If the bylaw passes a public hearing and final readings next month, large wind turbines capable of supplying electricity to the power grid will have to be placed at least 600 metres from homes.
That's the farthest distance legislated so far in Nova Scotia, said Pictou County Warden Allister MacDonald, adding that other jurisdictions call for a 500-metre setback.
August 10, 2007
by Monica Graham
in The Chronicle Herald
A wind-turbine bylaw under consideration by Pictou County council may include some of the province's most restrictive conditions.
If the bylaw passes a public hearing and final readings next month, large wind turbines capable of supplying electricity to the power grid will have to be placed at least 600 metres from homes.
That's the farthest distance legislated so far in Nova Scotia, said Pictou County Warden Allister MacDonald, adding that other jurisdictions call for a 500-metre setback.
The land-use bylaw, which applies to no other land use in Pictou County than wind turbines, calls for the structures to be at least 300 metres... [continue via Web link]
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