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P.E.I. dragging its feet on wind power, says developer
Provincial government delays are threatening to scuttle a wind project on P.E.I.'s North Shore, says the company hoping to develop it.
Wayne Cousins, a dairy farmer, is one of the people behind the project. He got involved because he sees no future in food production.
June 23, 2009
in CBC News
Provincial government delays are threatening to scuttle a wind project on P.E.I.'s North Shore, says the company hoping to develop it.
Wayne Cousins, a dairy farmer, is one of the people behind the project. He got involved because he sees no future in food production.
"All aspects of agriculture are dying," Cousins told CBC News on Monday.
The project started to get serious when the province announced a plan last October to triple wind power generation on the Island, to 500 megawatts, by 2013. The province said it would issue a call for proposals from private developers.
But in December, that call for... [continue via Web link]
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