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Home wind turbine has Vancouver neighbourhood upset
The home, currently under construction in the 3400-block of West 22nd Avenue, will have rooftop solar panels, while a ten-metre wind turbine is to be built beside the garage at the back of the property.
But neighbours Bruce and Gale Arnold and others say they're going to fight against the construction.
June 14, 2012
in CBC News
A plan to build a small private wind turbine behind a home in an upscale Vancouver residential area is being touted as a green innovation, but the idea just blows as far as some neighbours are concerned.
The home, currently under construction in the 3400-block of West 22nd Avenue, will have rooftop solar panels, while a ten-metre wind turbine is to be built beside the garage at the back of the property.
But neighbours Bruce and Gale Arnold and others say they're going to fight against the construction.
"Looking east from our back window, you look straight at it," Bruce Arnold said. "It... [continue via Web link]
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