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		<title>Ice plagues northern wind farm; Only 11 of 33 turbines operating</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/13/ice-plagues-northern-wind-farm-only-11-of-33-turbines-operating/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Cold weather continues to plague a northern New Brunswick wind farm with technical issues. The intense cold over the past week has caused ice to build up on turbine blades at the Caribou Wind Park near Bathurst. Only 11 out of 33 turbines are currently running, officials with GDF Suez Energy North America, the company that owns the wind park, confirmed. Company spokesperson Julie Vitek said the problems continue to occur due to the location&#8217;s tendency to attract fog. When .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Acciona still hoping to build wind farm on Tantramar Marsh</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A proposed wind farm project along the Tantramar Marsh in Aulac is still on track to become a reality although it&#8217;s still unclear as to when that might happen. &#8220;We&#8217;re continuing to develop it,&#8221; said Michael Petersen, development director with Acciona Wind Energy Canada Inc. earlier this week. Acciona, one of the world&#8217;s leading renewable energy firms, began the initial steps towards the project more than four years ago when it landed the contract from NB Power to construct the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New Brunswick&#8217;s incredible wind follies</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/20/new-brunswicks-incredible-wind-follies/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[On May 10 the third wind farm in New Brunswick went into operation near Lamèque. Promoters are &#8211; what else? &#8211; promoting the idea of building more wind farms. Let&#8217;s look at that Lamèque facility. It is touted as being able to &#8220;produce enough energy to power 8,000 homes.&#8221; That&#8217;s fine, as long as the wind is blowing at full strength (typically 60 kilometres an hour). But what happens when the wind falls off, say to half? Electrical output drops .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>N.S. firm eyes Restigouche County for wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/04/05/n-s-firm-eyes-restigouche-county-for-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[HALIFAX &#8211; The head of Shear Wind Inc. says he&#8217;s keen to build a large wind farm in northern New Brunswick, a project he says would boost the economy of Restigouche County. &#8220;It&#8217;s an area that has a need for any form of economic development. Building a wind farm is certainly a huge contributor to reaching that goal,&#8221; said Mike Magnus, Shear Wind&#8217;s president and CEO. On Monday, Shear Wind (TSX-V:SWX) announced that its 62-megawatt Glen Dhu wind farm is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Acciona still working to make wind farm a reality on Tantramar marsh</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/03/24/acciona-still-working-to-make-wind-farm-a-reality-on-tantramar-marsh/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A renewable energy company that is hoping to build a wind farm on the Tantramar Marsh in Aulac is still working to get the project off the ground. Acciona Wind Energy Canada Inc. was expected to be well under way by now on its proposed 43-turbine wind farm on the marsh but permitting delays, the economic recession and the need for further bird studies have led to setbacks in the project. Annie Callan, development manager for the Aulac wind farm .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Northern New Brunswick wind farm slowed by ice again</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/02/16/northern-new-brunswick-wind-farm-slowed-by-ice-again/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Caribou wind farm near Bathurst, N.B., has been shut down for the second winter in a row because of ice. Manager Mark Hachey says the 33 turbines were last in operation during the second week of January. The farm, which is about 70 km northwest of Bathurst, had similar problems last winter and had lost 20 days of power generation by mid-February. &#8220;The cold weather is not an issue,&#8221; Hachey said. &#8220;They can run in rain, they can run .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New Brunswick wind farm frozen out of commission</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/02/15/new-brunswick-wind-farm-frozen-out-of-commission/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FREDERICTON &#8211; A $200-million wind farm in northern New Brunswick is frozen solid, cutting off a potential supply of renewable energy for NB Power. The 25-kilometre stretch of wind turbines, located 70 kilometres northwest of Bathurst, has been completely shut down for several weeks due to heavy ice covering their blades. GDF SUEZ Energy, the company that owns and operates the site, is working to return the windmills to working order, a spokesperson says. &#8220;We can&#8217;t control the weather,&#8221; Julie .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind energy pricey, comes at expense of mill jobs, Irving says</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/02/09/wind-energy-pricey-comes-at-expense-of-mill-jobs-irving-says/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MIRAMICHI &#8211; New Brunswick must get its energy costs under control if its battered economy is going to re-establish itself, an industry magnate told the province&#8217;s energy commission Tuesday. Jim Irving, president of J.D. Irving Ltd., said the cost of electricity can be the difference between success and failure in the energy-intensive pulp and paper industry. &#8220;Every other forestry jurisdiction in North America has dealt with energy. They&#8217;ve decided that forestry provides a key economic engine for a lot of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Miners no fans of wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/02/07/miners-no-fans-of-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind farms are standing in the way of millions of dollars in untapped exploration revenues in resource-rich New Brunswick, according to the province&#8217;s mineral exploration and development industry. The New Brunswick Prospectors and Developers Association is urging the province to reconsider the creation of any further large-scale wind farms in the province, charging that once lucrative lands are quickly becoming no-go zones for exploration projects. &#8220;Don&#8217;t kill exploration just to be able to say we&#8217;re green,&#8221; said Earnest Brooks, a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy panel urges caution</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/02/02/energy-panel-urges-caution/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[EDMUNDSTON &#8211; The co-chairmen of New Brunswick&#8217;s energy commission are warning that new energy projects in the province could hurt economic growth. Jeannot Volpé and Bill Thompson launched the commission&#8217;s public consultation process in Edmundston on Tuesday, in efforts to engage the public in developing a 10-year provincial energy plan. The panel heard repeated calls in its first meeting for the provincial government to move and expand on a proposed community energy policy, with energy co-operatives and municipalities hoping to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm project back on table</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/01/06/wind-farm-project-back-on-table/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A wind energy company that has proposed a 43-turbine wind farm near Aulac is returning to the area this March to discuss the project with local residents and town officials. Bonnie Swift, Sackville’s director of economic development, said representatives from Acciona Wind Energy will be making a public presentation on March 14 during town council’s monthly meeting scheduled for that evening. She said the company has met all the environmental conditions for the project and is now ready to begin .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Industrial crane falls in Saint John</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/10/09/industrial-crane-falls-in-saint-john/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A 200-tonne industrial crane fell onto a street in Saint John on Friday, smashing through a fence and sending the crane operator to hospital. The accident happened at about 9 a.m. at a construction site near the waterfront. Diesel fuel and hydraulic fluid leaked out of the large yellow machine, which had its motor running for hours after the accident. The crane destroyed a fence surrounding a parking lot and scattered debris, damaging nearby cars. The crane was being used .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Municipalities warned of wind farm document</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/31/municipalities-warned-of-wind-farm-document/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FREDERICTON — New Brunswick municipalities are being warned that a government document on community wind farms could mislead them into spending tens of millions of dollars on projects that could end up losing money. The Energy Department recently published a paper called New Brunswick Community Wind Projects — Getting to the Tipping Point. The paper includes a mock business plan based on NB Power paying 10 cents a kilowatt/hour plus an inflation factor for wind-generated electricity. The province wants to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Government&#8217;s community wind power numbers questioned</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/31/governments-community-wind-power-numbers-questioned/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A new government document on community wind farms could mislead municipalities such as Fredericton into spending tens of millions of dollars on a project that could end up losing money, says the Alliance for Community Energy. The Department of Energy recently published a paper called New Brunswick Community Wind Projects &#8211; Getting to the Tipping Point, which includes a mock business plan based on NB Power paying 10 cents a kilowatt/hour plus an inflation factor for wind-generated electricity. The province .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Province needs to pay more for wind power to make projects viable: group</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/25/province-needs-to-pay-more-for-wind-power-to-make-projects-viable-group/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Municipalities and First Nations groups will find it hard to raise enough cash to build community wind farms unless the government pays more for the power, an organization representing various interest groups said Tuesday. The Alliance for Community Energy has criticized the New Brunswick government&#8217;s financial projections for hypothetical power projects. Raphael Shay, the group&#8217;s spokesman, said a government document released last week gives the most optimistic outlook for the capacity at which wind farms would operate, as well as .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Shear Wind takes on &#8216;massive challenge&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/13/shear-wind-takes-on-massive-challenge/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[HALIFAX &#8211; The CEO of Shear Wind Inc. says his company could be producing up to 500 megawatts of wind-generated electricity within five years, including 100 megawatts at a large wind farm in northern New Brunswick. Mike Magnus said his goal is to erect hundreds of wind turbines in the next half decade, enough to produce between 400-500 megawatts. &#8220;It may not sound like a lot, but it&#8217;s a massive, massive challenge,&#8221; said the company president and CEO in a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ice halts northern New Brunswick wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/18/ice-halts-northern-new-brunswick-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Northern New Brunswick&#8217;s cold, icy weather is causing wind turbines to freeze and stop producing power at the Caribou Wind Park near Bathurst. The new wind farm&#8217;s 33 turbines have been generating power since November, but they have been forced to shut down for the past two days due to ice forming on some of the blades. The wind farm has been battling ice problems all winter. David Cousins, the Caribou Wind Park&#8217;s site manager, said when ice starts forming .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm fire source remains mystery</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/09/08/wind-farm-fire-source-remains-mystery/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[TransAlta Corp. is still investigating what caused a fire last month that destroyed one of its turbines at the Kent Hills Wind Farm, a company spokesman says. Although lightning has been ruled out as a factor in the Aug. 8 fire, Jason Edworthy, the director of community development for the Alberta-based company, said the investigation may take another couple of weeks. He said a replacement for the turbine, one of 32 at the southeastern New Brunswick wind farm, should arrive .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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