Is this just another broken promise from Shear Wind?
In a November AllNovaScotia article, Mike “Magnus [of Shear Wind] said he hopes to place an initial turbine order by the year-end explaining he’s meeting with Enercon this week, while mulling over a super-competitive offer from another manufacturer….”
In courting this community, Shear Wind emphasized the use of Enercon turbines as being the “Mercedes” of wind turbines, having no gear box and thus, being the quietest turbine on the market. Appendix B of Shear Wind’s Glen Dhu Power Wind Project’s Environmental Assessment (EA) was entirely devoted to Enercon E-82 wind turbine technical specifications. Shear Wind’s noise modeling was based on the Enercon E-82 turbine. The implication was that this community was worth only the best turbines on the market.
Shear Wind sold this project to the community by also stating that no wind turbine would be closer than two kilometres from a home. Currently, there are 19 homes less than two km from an industrial wind turbine. If Shear Wind changes the single, most important piece of equipment in their industrial wind power project from a “Mercedes” turbine to a cheaper, lower quality turbine then residents should begin wondering what promise Shear Wind will break next.
Susan Overmyer, Media Relations
Eco Awareness Society
The News
14 December 2009
Tags: Wind power, Wind energy
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