Sierra Club Atlantic has asked the Energy Board of Canada for proof that green energy generated in Nova Scotia is used in the province, and not exported to the United States. Their six page submission makes several references to the Digby Neck wind farm and statements made by Barry Zwicker, developer of the project. ...Mark Dittrick, the club's conservation chair, says the New England states are eager to purchase green energy, and right now Nova Scotians have no assurance wind power and tidal power won't be exported from the province.

Work is underway to locate a second wind turbine farm in Lambton County. Dawn-Euphemia council has been approached by IPC Energy and Sydenham Energy Corporation, which are partnering on a proposed project to construct up to 40 wind turbines in the south Lambton municipality that would produce up to 80 megawatts of power. ...Council has been asked to implement zoning processes in its official plan that would allow for wind turbines in Dawn-Euphemia. The project partners have also asked for site specific zoning changes for specific properties.

Bylaws for large windmills that supply all of their energy to Nova Scotia power grids are already in place. Fulton says in some cases, businesses owning the smaller wind turbines can participate in the Nova Scotia Power program called Net Metering. ...The small wind turbine issue is in the discussion stage with the planning committee now, but action is expected after the municipal election on Oct. 18.

The company has requested a zoning bylaw amendment to the town's official plan to rezone the subject lands from agricultural general zone and environmental protection zone to agricultural general exception and environmental protection to construct the wind energy system. The wind turbines would be anywhere from 79 metres to 108 metres to the hub (the final height has yet to be determined), plus another 41 metres to the top of the blade.

Hamilton is proposing a wind turbine farm on Bureau of Land Management property along the ridgeline of the Virginia Range, just east of Washoe Valley and west of Virginia City. The 72 turbines would be placed where the wind is strongest, beginning at McClellan Peak and extending northward to Geiger Summit, touching Carson City, Washoe County and Storey County. The whirlwind, if it comes, could be from officials and residents of Storey County, especially the Comstock Historic District, who aren't crazy about modern wind turbines being in view of the 1860s-era communities of Virginia City, Gold Hill and Silver City.

Genesis Energy, Trustpower, Meridian Energy and Mighty River Power have all made separate submissions to the Tararua district plan, currently up for review. They are campaigning for new policies to make wind farms a priority in the district, and pushing for a slackening of present guidelines. In the current policy on environmental heritage, the skyline of the ranges in the district is considered a protected natural feature. Trustpower wants this wording cut, with references to the protection of the "skyline of Tararua Ranges, Ruahine Ranges, Puketoi Ranges, and Manawatu Gorge", deleted from the plan entirely.

The crux of the proposal was the addition of new definitions for terminology central to the bylaw, namely "cumulative effects", "development permit" and "viewshed," a new term coined specifically within the context of wind turbines and their impact on scenic landscapes. ...Representing the wind power industry at the meeting were Allan Kettles of Benign Energy and Kevin Van Koughnett of TransAlta Wind. Speaking on behalf of the wind industry, Kettles expressed his displeasure over the fact that the MD did not consult the industry directly when formulating the amendments. "The Alberta government goes to industry in the case of major legislation changes," he asserted.

Several multi-million dollar projects, most of them dealing with energy production and distribution, are under way or are planned for Atlantic Canada, but they face some formidable financial challenges, the president of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC) said yesterday. APEC releases a major projects inventory every year to highlight the most significant ventures in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. This year's inventory lists all projects worth $10 million or more. There are 425 of these projects worth a projected $84 billion.

Growing interest in green power has prompted Red Deer County to look at its rules for erecting wind turbines. A resident in North Lane Estates, about four km north of Red Deer applied, to the county recently to set up a 10.67-metre wind turbine on his three-acre lot. The landowner had previously received approval for an ornamental farm-style windmill, but then decided on a version that could generate power for features in a landscaped yard.

The Municipality of Digby's planning advisory committee (PAC) has reached the point where it is drafting a bylaw regulating wind farm development-but it's not exactly full speed ahead. At the Aug. 27 meeting, two presentations were made to the committee. ... Judith Peach also addressed the committee. She said that the province of Nova Scotia is irresponsible in passing responsibility for the regulation of the wind-farm development to the municipalities, rather than putting provincial legislation in place. "People should be protected equally," she said

A variety of opinions blew through the air at a public forum here Thursday to discuss one of six wind turbine projects proposed for Prince Edward County. Gilead Power Corp. unveiled more details of its plans to erect up to 12 turbines in an area west of Ostrander Point Road. While some scanning the visuals on display at Crystal Palace said the only thing that seems green about the project is the money the company stands to gain, others came to learn more about a growing industry they believe can benefit the environment.

Betts’ Gulf Shore Association waged a bitter battle against Charles Demond’s wind farm project that would have seen between 20 and 27, 100-metre-tall turbines erected between the Gulf Shore Road and the Irishtown Road on the outskirts of Pugwash. The battle that pitted grassroots residents against Demond’s corporation garnered national headlines when Anne Murray entered the fray against the wind farm. ...A petition circulated along the Gulf Shore opposing the wind farm had the support of 80 per cent of the population.

Baerwald, whose team checks for carcasses under turbines at the Summerview wind farm near Pincher Creek, Alta., every morning, says bats are one of the unforeseen casualties in the rush to harness wind power. Several thousand of the tiny flying mammals are killed by the turbines each year across North America, with some farms much more deadly than others. Industry officials say they are determined to reduce the death toll but concede it is not going to be easy since so little is known about the nocturnal creatures. ...The researchers dissected 75 corpses and report that 90 per cent died form internal hemorrhaging consistent with "barotrauma," tissue damage caused by rapid or excessive change in air pressure near the rotor blades.

The winds of change are blowing through the Rural Municipality of Grey. Councillors with the RM are looking at passing an amendment to their development plan that will allow wind farming in the municipality. “We’re looking at adding it to our zoning bylaw,” explained Reeve Ted Tkachyk. “There was no allowances for any wind-generated towers in our zoning bylaw, so we have to add it to the bylaw and have public hearings on it to see what the local reaction would be.” ...Tkachyk said the RM is looking at wind farm development specifically in the St. Claude region of the municipality, and added he is confident most people in the area are in favour of building the turbines that convert wind power into electricity.

Bear Mountain Wind Limited Partnership is a 120-megawatt, $190-million development on a mountain ridge located 16 kilometres southwest of the City of Dawson Creek in the Peace River Regional District. Since construction began last December, new access roads have been completed and the land has been cleared. ...The turbines are manufactured and will be installed by German-based Enercon. The turbines are designed without a gearbox, so they are more reliable and quieter than other turbines.

It is a landscape immortalised on canvas by JMW Turner and in verse by William Wordsworth, but Bolton Abbey, in the Yorkshire Dales, could be "ruined" by the construction of two wind turbines.

Skeptics in the crowd scanned visuals of wind farms proposed for Prince Edward County on display last night and said the only thing green about them is the money the proponent stands to make. Others came to a public meeting at the Crystal Palace eager to learn more ...Gilead Power Corp. unveiled more details of its plans to erect up to 12 turbines in an area west of Ostrander Point Road. Gilead is one of several companies exploring the county for wind turbine potential.

The wind farm proposed for Amherst Island could approach the size of one of the largest such facilities in Canada, now under construction on Wolfe Island. Kingston-based Gaia Power Inc. is developing the Amherst Island wind-power project, called Windlectric, in conjunction with Oakville-based Algonquin Power Management Inc. The project is expected to produce a maximum of 200 megawatts ...The Wolfe Island project, slated for 198 megawatts, includes 86 turbines.

Opposition planning spokesman Matthew Guy said yesterday the Liberal Nationals Coalition would protect the state's greatest natural assets from wind farms. "The State Government's emphatic promise to defend our iconic natural assets from wind facilities is in tatters with the revelation that Acciona Energy has been allowed to build a $50 million 15-turbine wind farm on the doorstep of the Twelve Apostles and the Great Ocean Road," Mr Guy said.

Communities in North Cornwall are battling to stop the county's biggest wind farm from dominating the skyline over Bodmin Moor. Emergency meetings have been called by Camelford Town Council and parish councillors following a similar move last week by Davidstow parish council which saw 200 angry residents pack Otterham village hall. That meeting was attended by people from a number of moorland villages who are opposed to a plan by energy company Community Windpower to site 20 turbines near Crowdy Reservoir.