The turbines are going up at four sites in the Summerside Wind Farm, and according to municipal officials, the city will be generating wind energy by December. Terry Murphy, the city's chief administrative officer, said the project is right on schedule and should be up and operating by year's end.

During a conference that touted regional energy co-operation in Saint John, N.B., Tuesday, Graham said last year NB Power had surplus capacity on the transmission system. He said that access was put up for auction, an auction that all jurisdictions could bid on. But nobody from Prince Edward Island put in a bid. He said the province of Quebec purchased the excess capacity and now holds the rights to that transmission capacity, even though it is not using it.

Several planned wind turbines in the area aren't even up yet, but residents are already educating themselves as to the possible health hazards associated with them. Over 200 people attended an information meeting hosted by the Middlesex Wind Action Group on Wednesday, Sept. 9. The gym at Adelaide W.G. MacDonald was standing room only. At the heart of the issue is a proposed wind turbine farm that would see the construction of 40 turbines in Adelaide-Metcalfe Township.

A wind energy project planned for southeastern Grey County and northern Dufferin County is on hold pending the release of the regulations governing the province's new Green Energy and Green Economy Act. Given Royal assent on May 14, Bill 150 is intended to guide investment in renewable energy sources. But developers are still waiting for the regulations that define the details of the legislation. requirements and approval procedures.

Nova Scotia Power is seeking regulatory approval to spend $120 million to construct a 22-turbine wind farm in Pictou County. The utility filed its application Friday with the Utility and Review Board to develop the 45-megawatt project at Nuttby Mountain, Colchester County. It would begin operation late next year.

An ill wind is blowing through this bucolic village, 200 kilometres east of Montreal. Once-friendly neighbours don't greet each other anymore. Vandals rip down lawn posters and damage property. Threats fly. For-sale signs have sprouted. And provincial police have become a familiar presence at stormy municipal council meetings. The issue tearing apart the lakeside community is a plan for a wind farm atop the green mountains that form its spectacular backdrop.

Nova Scotia Power wants to kick-start several stalled wind power developments by buying a minority stake in them. "We're trying to get all of the projects that aren't moving ahead as quickly as they would like, to get going," Robin Mc-Adam, the power company's vice-president of sustainability, told reporters.

The financial troubles of a P.E.I.-based wind turbine manufacturer have delayed a plan to use wind power at Island rinks to help with electricity costs. Turbines were supposed to be spinning at five community rinks on P.E.I. by Sept. 1. The province announced the program last year, offering $180,000 to help each rink buy a turbine. Eighteen rinks applied.

Opponents of new wind farms in Ontario are accusing Energy Minister George Smitherman of trying to duck protesters. A group called Wind Concerns Ontario says Smitherman's office hasn't told anyone the energy minister will attend Thursday's grand opening of the Wolfe Island wind project near Kingston.

The possibility of wind farms is blowing into the city and it's causing a big stir. Energy Farming Ontario Inc. held an open house last month in Pontypool that left one attendee with more questions than answers and a city councillor very frustrated. The meeting was, according to Ward 16 Coun. David Marsh, "despicable, deplorable. It's unbelievable the province endorsed this."

Not a single wind farm project proposed in the past four years in Ontario has undergone an independent environmental assessment by the province, figures obtained by The Free Press show. Despite requests from citizens' groups for the assessments, 31 projects have been allowed to go through after a less stringent screening process undertaken by the wind farm proponents themselves.

Large wind turbines have the same impact on infrastructure as single-family homes, concluded officials from a pair of local municipalities. That's why Amaranth and East Garafraxa councils recently implemented a new development charge specific to the renewable power producers. "They are part of the community and there is wear and tear on the community," Amaranth Mayor Don MacIver says of turbines. "Like everything else, when a new development comes into a community ... they a have responsibility to share in those costs."

Residents along the Locke Road and the western end of the Howlan Road say they are feeling discriminated against by Maritime Electric. Earlier this year the utility installed a power corridor from Howlan to Sherbrooke, staying clear of practically every residential property along the way. Then the utility removed the high voltage line from the right-of-way along the eastern end of the Howlan Road. "They just keep putting us off and putting us off, hoping we'll go away," said Clyde Penney.

The province has begun reviewing a proposed wind farm that is blowing up controversy near Strathroy. But if the past is any indication, that review won't satisfy opponents who want the province to force the proposal to go under an environmental microscope. Of the 19 projects wind farm opponents sent to the province for review since January, none have been bumped up to a full environmental assessment, according to the Environment Ministry.

Financial troubles for Entegrity Wind will increase because dozens of turbines sold by the P.E.I.-based company have to be checked for a possible manufacturing flaw, says the firm's CEO. Last week, a judge gave the company 45 days to come up with a plan for dealing with at least $9 million in debts. ...Company CEO Jim Heath told CBC News last week that a problem with the turbines will dig the company into deeper troubles.

Bud Wilkin's family has farmed the land on Manitoulin Island for five generations. The beef and dairy farmer is hoping the wind that blows over his pastures will bring with it a financial opportunity that will encourage his grandchildren to continue the tradition. ...the development is stirring up controversy among some of the about 2,500 residents of the Town of North Eastern Manitoulin and the Islands. Ray Beaudry is the head of a citizens group that has formed in NEMI to oppose the development.

Another victory in the courts for Entegrity Wind System has given the Charlottetown wind turbine-maker another 45 days to get its fiscal house in order. Entegrity went before Supreme Court Justice Wayne Cheverie asking that he allow the company a 45-day extension so it can work with its trustee, Pricewaterhousecoopers, to develop a plan to get the financially troubled company back on its feet.

The customers of a P.E.I. wind turbine manufacturer are worried about what financial trouble at the company will mean for them. ...The company avoided an effort by a creditor to be put in receivership earlier this week. Entegrity has sold turbines to wind operations in 70 locations across North America and around the world, and some of those customers are nervous.

Despite a near brush with bankruptcy Monday, the P.E.I. government stands ready to help the wind turbine manufacturer Entegrity Systems. Innovation Minister Allan Campbell told CBC News government is prepared to work with Entegrity Wind Systems to help it survive its current financial problems.