Wind Power News: Prince Edward Island
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These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They are the products of the organizations or individuals noted.
Third power line in works for P.E.I.
The P.E.I. government hopes to use a fund established by Ottawa to revive a project killed shortly after the federal Conservatives took office in 2006.
In the dying days of Paul Martin’s government, Stephane Dion, who was then the Liberal environment minister, visited P.E.I. to announce federal funding for a third electrical transmission line from the Island to New Brunswick.
The two current cables, which supply Islanders with power, are near capacity. Unlike those two cables, the …
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Blown gearboxes take wind turbines off line
Six of 10 turbines at P.E.I.’s East Point Wind Plant have been shut down to avoid further damage after problems with their gearboxes were discovered during routine inspections.
The three-megawatt, 90-metre turbines are the largest wind turbines in commercial operation in North America, said Vestas Americas, suppliers of the turbines, in a news release Tuesday.
“The technology is still new, and it is a key focus area of ours to continuously develop and improve the reliability of …
P.E.I. residents clamour for say in wind farms
People in western P.E.I. say the government did not give them a voice before it allowed a German company, NewEn, to lease land for a proposed wind farm in the Anglo Tignish area.
“First of all, I don’t want to see 30 to 50 windmills around my house,” Gina MacLeod told Debbie Horne of the West Prince Graphic in Alberton. “The transmission lines are right there, less than 100 feet from our house. The biggest thing …
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Wind energy business blowing a gale in P.E.I.
April has been a very busy month for the wind energy industry in the western part of P.E.I.
A German company, NewEn Canada, has announced plans to build a 100-megawatt wind farm in Anglo Tignish — the largest private-sector wind development in the province to date.
Meanwhile, the federal government has ended the uncertainty regarding the future of the Canadian Wind Energy Institute by announcing long-term funding. As well, plans have been unveiled for a new course …
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Wind energy proposal has neighbours seeing red
The City of Summerside’s bid to install four wind turbines in the old St. Eleanors landfill site drew fire at a public meeting last night.
“I’m always up in the early morning, always go outside in the summer to have my coffee, to look across the bay,” North Drive resident Wayne Waite told the gathering of about 20 at St. Eleanors Community Centre.
“Now I’ll be looking at four windmills. It really disturbs me how they can …
Wind farm plans changed to protect birds
Following a study of the movement of birds at a proposed wind farm site, the City of Summerside has reduced the number of turbines planned and changed their shoreline location.
The project revisions should prevent any major problem for birds in the area, suggests a 169-page environmental impact assessment commissioned by the city.
Two of the four turbines would go on the shoreline of Malpeque Bay, just east of Slemon Park. The site is recognized under an …
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Another new wind farm in planning for West Prince
Western Prince Edward Island is one step closer to becoming home to a new wind farm, NewEn Canada Ltd. of Charlottetown has announced.
The project, which will be located in the Anglo, Tignish, Seacow Pond, Norway area of Prince County, will be approximately 100 megawatts of generating capacity.
NewEn has been negotiating with landowners for the last few months and now has enough land under contract to proceed with the project. The next step will involve erecting …
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Land secured for major new P.E.I. wind farm
A German company is applying for environmental approval of a 100-megawatt wind farm, after securing land leases near Anglo Tignish in western Prince Edward Island.
NewEn’s project would cost an estimated $200 million to build and include as may as 50 turbines. It would be slightly bigger than the wind farm at West Cape, which will generate 99 megawatts when it is completed.
The West Cape project has run into complaints regarding the placement of transmission lines. …
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Tranquil trail no place for power line, says group
Prince Edward Island Trails Inc. is upset with Maritime Electric’s plan to build a high voltage line along a section of the Confederation Trail.
The 64-kilometre line will run from O’Leary to Sherbrooke, just outside Summerside, and is being built to accommodate a major expansion to the wind farm at West Cape. The plan calls for some of the lines to run along a section of the Confederation Trail near Summerside.
“When we initially turned the rails …
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Consultant siding with electrical utility, worried residents say
Residents in western P.E.I. concerned about a new high-voltage power line are accusing the consultant who studied the issue of being in a conflict of interest.
William Bailey was hired by the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission to investigate what health problems a power line, built to carry electricity from a new wind farm, might cause for people living close to it.
The line runs from the West Cape wind farm to the O’Leary substation and is …
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