Wind Power News: Newfoundland and Labrador
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Leaders support wind energy proposal, but say it’s a wait-and-see game for company
STEPHENVILLE — Tom O’Brien, mayor of this town, and the two local MHAs representing the area support the proposed wind farm development on the Port au Port Peninsula.
An aboriginal-owned company is looking at developing a 30-megawatt wind farm on 225 acres of land it has acquired in Port au Port West. However, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro has yet to decide whether they’ll even be moving ahead with another wind project in the near future.
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Proposed wind project could be a long way from coming to fruition
STEPHENVILLE — The development of a 30-megawatt wind farm by an aboriginal-owned company on 225 acres of land in Port au Port West could be a long way from becoming a reality.
That’s because Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro has yet to decide whether they’ll be moving ahead with another wind project in the near future.
The recently formed Mi’kmaq Resources Corporation briefed the Bay. St. George Chamber of Commerce on their plans at a recent meeting.
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Wind farm proposed for south shore
HUMBER ARM SOUTH — The winds of change could be blowing for Humber Arm South in the Bay of Islands.
A wind farm has been proposed for an area off the forestry road near Clark’s Brook and the power line.
Town Clerk Marion Evoy said the town’s development regulations need to be amended before the practice of wind farming is allowed, so the town has scheduled a meeting for Thursday at 7 p.m.
“Right now there’s a …
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Fermeuse wind farm ready to roll
A wind farm south of St. John’s may finally get a green light, following a series of sales of the company proposing its development.
The 27-megawatt wind farm will be built near the Southern Shore community of Fermeuse last year.
However, Vector Wind Energy — which signed an agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro in 2006 — was then bought by Canadian Hydro Developers, which in turn sold the project to SkyPower Corp.
Hydro announced Wednesday that it …
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Wind power gaining momentum on Labrador's coast
Research conducted by Memorial University is testing wind power as a reliable source of energy for Labrador’s coastal communities.
Dr. Tariq Iqbal, associate professor with Memorial’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, has been working on renewable energy systems for coastal Labrador. Last year, he completed a study in Battle Harbour, which demonstrated that a wind hybrid system could reduce diesel consumption from 30,000 litres per year to 13,000 litres resulting in a 57 per cent …
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Wind warnings: Watchdogs say answer to energy needs is not blowing in the wind
“Wind energy” is a political buzz-phrase, tossed about like confetti, pleasing the masses and proliferating warm visions for a wannabe-green society, according to critics.
Be that as it may, it hasn’t stopped protest groups from cropping up around the world to decry the pitfalls of wind energy development, the ones they say you won’t find in any carefully crafted political media materials.
And those groups are warning Newfoundland and Labrador to tread ever-so-carefully into the wind-energy business, …
Still wind in sails for Fermeuse power plan, Hydro says
Plans for the second commercial wind farm in Newfoundland and Labrador have hit a snag, due to the sale of its proponent, but Hydro remains optimistic the project will proceed.
The provincial government signed a commercial agreement in December with Ottawa-based Vector Wind Energy to develop a small-scale wind farm near Fermeuse, a Southern Shore community about 90 kilometres south of St. John’s.
The project was intended to start producing 24 megawatts of power — with the …
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'Weak' grid holding back wind energy: report
Newfoundland and Labrador has great potential for wind energy, but is hampered by an “isolated and relatively weak” power grid, a confidential report says.
The report, obtained by CBC News, says the island’s electrical grid will limit the size and potential of wind farm projects, despite a “world-class wind resource” waiting to be tapped.
The report — completed in 2005 by Ontario consulting firm Acres International — says Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro should develop a plan to …
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Natural Resources Minister says Labrador wind power is export product
Following a recent article in the Labradorian discussing the Labrador Métis Nation’s Height of Land Wind Park proposal in partnership with Ventus Energy, Minister of Natural Resources, Kathy Dunderdale offered some clarification on the province’s position on wind power development.
Ms. Dunderdale says while the government recognizes “wind power is a clean, renewable, and stable source of energy” they are “ensuring necessary ground work is done” before decisions affecting the development of the resource takes place.
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Winding up for wind power
Newfoundland and Labrador has the best wind energy potential in Canada, says Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro — the frustrating part is trying to commercialize on it.
Jim Keating, Hydro’s vice-president of business development, gave an overview of wind potential in three key areas of this province to engineers and engineering students at Memorial University Thursday evening.
Last October, Hydro awarded NeWind Group Inc. a contract to install 14 1.8-megawatt wind turbines near the Burin Peninsula town of …
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