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Bear Mountain wind turbine blades getting replaced
Just three years after they were installed, the wind turbines at Bear Mountain are getting an upgrade. Starting this summer, AltaGas will be replacing the blades on the 34 wind turbines at the Bear Mountain Wind Park.
August 10, 2012
by Erica Fisher
in Energetic City
Just three years after they were installed, the wind turbines at Bear Mountain are getting an upgrade. Starting this summer, AltaGas will be replacing the blades on the 34 wind turbines at the Bear Mountain Wind Park.
AltaGas Manager of Communications Neil Mackie says that as wind energy is such a new industry, the technology is constantly changing.
"With a new industry like wind farms, like with TVs and video games, the technology keeps changing so quickly these days, and with wind energy being a fairly new industry, (the technology) gets better all the time quite quickly."
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