Wind Power News: Prince Edward Island
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 and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Wind Watch.
P.E.I. could be using more wind power: Summerside utility
Maritime Electric’s claim that P.E.I. can’t integrate more than 30 per cent of P.E.I. wind power into its energy grid was called into question during the P.E.I. Energy Commission hearings Thursday. Terry Murphy, who presented on behalf of Summerside’s municipally owned electric utility, said the city of Summerside is currently generating 50 per cent of its energy from wind power. And he believes this number could go even higher. “One might ask how it was concluded that 30 per cent . . .
Worker injured at new wind farm site
NORWAY — A worker helping to disassemble crane components sustained a leg injury Tuesday in Norway, P.E.I. when he was struck by a block of wood. West Prince RCMP officer Const. Dwayne Pardy said the incident occurred as the crane was moving forward. The crane’s track caught the edge of a block of wood and shot it forward, striking the crewmember on the lower leg, Pardy reported. He estimated the block to be six inches by 12 inches by four . . .
Wind farm location up for discussion
The Prince Edward Island Energy Corporation is planning to buy up to 15 new wind turbines, but a location for the turbines still hasn’t been decided. The new turbines for the Crown corporation — part of the Island’s plans to increase wind energy — will be enough to produce 30 more megawatts of energy — the same amount already produced at the publicly-owned farm in Eastern Kings. The location is still a matter for discussion. “We’ve promised that there will . . .
New wind farm for P.E.I.: Ghiz
Premier Robert Ghiz is once again promising to increase wind production on P.E.I., this time by building a new provincially owned wind farm. The Liberals laid out their plan for environment and water protection during an election news conference in Covehead Monday. As part of that policy announcement, Ghiz promised to bring the province’s electricity requirement for wind power to 32 per cent. P.E.I.’s current wind turbines provide a little over 20 per cent of the province’s energy needs. This . . .
Where does council stand on wind turbines?
I think the time is right for residents of the Municipality of Meaford to be asking their council a simple question: where do you stand on wind turbines coming to our community? I think it’s a fair question. I think it’s a question that needs to be answered. Meaford is already faced with one large-scale industrial wind turbine project in Sydenham Township. Last week Greenlife Energy Inc. began advertising a public meeting being held in October about the Minniehill Wind . . .
Wind turbine flicker upsets neighbours
People living in the shadow of a group of wind turbines in Summerside, P.E.I., are complaining about the flickering light caused by the energy producers. Emmett Curley has enjoyed living in the area for 15 years, but says things have become unbearable since the wind turbines arrived a year ago. “Last summer when it started, I left my house. I just couldn’t stand it. I’ve had friends over that left during the situation, saying, ‘I’m starting to get a headache,’” . . .
$1.2M in wind turbine compensation paid
The P.E.I. government has received $1.2 million in compensation from wind turbine company Vestas to cover the cost of energy lost while the turbines in East Point weren’t operating in 2008. The province spent close to $50 million to buy 10 Vestas turbines for its East Point wind farm in 2007, including a five-year warranty and maintenance package at a cost of $1 million a year. The warranty came into effect in the spring of 2008, when trouble emerged in . . .
Heater to help put wind energy to better use
SUMMERSIDE – The problem of storing excess power from the city’s wind farm has been addressed and city officials are preparing a program that will offer homeowners a break on their electricity bills. The plan involves ceramic room heaters and water heaters that will allow the storage and use of wind-generated power. “We have at the present time about 15 per cent extra energy which we ship off Island,” said Chief Administrative Officer Terry Murphy. “We want to keep that . . .
Public gets look at proposed wind farm
NORTH CAPE — The Environmental Impact Assessment report on the proposed 10-megawatt wind farm and energy storage system has been submitted to the federal and provincial governments for consideration. The Wind Energy Institute of Canada ( WEICan) satisfied one of the requirements of the assessment this week by holding an open house and public meeting to explain the proposed $ 24.5-million project. Federal funding for the project was promised by Prime Minister Stephen Harper when he visited North Cape in . . .
Summerside seeks wind storage in homes
The City of Summerside, P.E.I. is asking homeowners to buy a special heating unit to help them store wind energy the city is producing, and offering a break on electricity bills in exchange. Currently Summerside is selling around 15 per cent of the energy from its wind turbines to New Brunswick, because there’s no way to use all this electricity in the city. One factor in this is the wind tends to blow more at night, when not as many . . .
