Huron-Kinloss won't issue building permits for new industrial wind energy projects unless developers adhere to the municipality's wind energy policies.

"We're trying to protect the residents. If (developers) are not adhering to our wind development policies council has taken the stance that we're not issuing building permits," clerk Sonya Watson said in an interview Friday.

Council passed a resolution Tuesday putting the wind industry on notice.

The township's policies include 2,000-metre setbacks from urban areas and 1,000- metre setbacks from residences.

It also calls for transmission lines from turbines and wind farms to be buried.

Tuesday's resolution states the provincial government's Green Energy Act doesn't... [continue via Web link]