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		<title>Petition presented to program advisory committee</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ The Municipality of Digby’s planning advisory committee (PAC) has reached the point where it is drafting a bylaw regulating wind farm development—but it’s not exactly full speed ahead. 
At the Aug. 27 meeting, two presentations were made to the committee. 
The first was by Dermott Murphy, Manager of the Nuclear Insurance Association of Canada. 
Murphy, who owns property in Rossway, asked committee members to consider the fact that wind turbines have a lifespan of 25 to 30 years. At .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf Shore Association remains opposed to controversial wind farm project</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[PUGWASH – Lisa Betts is not surprised the backer of a controversial wind farm on the Gulf Shore is not ready to throw in the towel. 
Then again, her association isn&#8217;t ready to back down either. 
“We’re not surprised, but he has to say the project is going ahead,” Betts said of news that Atlantic Wind Farms is still planning a scaled back version of its wind farm near Pugwash. 
“As much as he says he’s going ahead with it, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm project to begin construction next spring</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[So far, so good.  
That&#8217;s the feeling of officials with Acciona Energy North America regarding their planned wind farm project near Amherst.  
&#8220;Everything is running according to plan right now,&#8221; company spokesman Eric Schneider said from the company&#8217;s North American headquarters in Chicago. &#8220;We have completed our environmental studies and submitted results of those to the local authorities as part of the permit process.&#8221;  
Announced in May, the project includes the erection of 20, 1.5-megawatt wind turbines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy from the ground up; Fighting city hall is always an uphill battle, but grassroots movements are still possible</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Something happens — a company wants to extract aggregate next to an asparagus farm, a mother of two is killed on a section of highway known for deer crossing, a community realizes it needs a new fire hall — and there is reaction. &#8220;I should write a letter,&#8221; someone might say. &#8220;I should call the newspaper,&#8221; says someone else. &#8220;This needs to be addressed for the sake of our community,&#8221; neighbours decide. &#8220;What can we do?&#8221;
Most of us barely muster .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind project not dead yet; Controversial Gulf Shore project may return</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[AMHERST &#8212; Despite failing to secure a contract with Nova Scotia Power, a controversial wind farm project proposed for the Pugwash area is not dead.
&#8220;We have not abandoned our plans to pursue that project,&#8221; Atlantic Wind Power Corporation president Charles Demond said Monday. &#8220;We&#8217;re still interested in building a wind farm there. It may be scaled back a bit from what we were proposing, but it will still be a very good wind farm.&#8221;
Atlantic Wind Farms originally planned to develop .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine will remain inactive</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[AMHERST – The wind turbine at the Cumberland RCMP detachment likely won’t be spinning anytime soon.
Detachment head Staff Sgt. Frank Kingston said Thursday he is awaiting word from the company on what caused a fire in an electrical panel before he allows the turbine to be reactivated.
“We had a fire in one of our panels and subsequently it has been shut down,” Kingston said. “I’m waiting for a report from the company as to the cause of the fire. Until .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>NSP tries to clean up logjam; Utility asks regulator to let projects breeze through</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A lineup of clean energy projects looking to hook up to Nova Scotia’s power grid could impede Nova Scotia Power from meeting the province’s 2010 renewable energy target.
&#8220;It is an obstacle and a hurdle that we need to overcome,&#8221; said Margaret Murphy, spokeswoman for the utility.
On Wednesday, NSP asked its regulator, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board, to step in and allow seven wind projects that won renewable energy contracts from the company this spring, to jump the queue .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Questions and answers on planned wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ A 20-turbine wind farm is planned for the Rossway-Gulliver’s Cove area of Digby Neck by the Scotian WindFields, in partnership with SkyPower Corp. Since the May announcement, Digby Neck has been abuzz with questions about the development.
The Courier passed along some of those questions to Barry Zwicker, president of Scotian WindFields:
Q: People have heard about ‘infra noise’. “It’s not necessarily what you hear. The vibrations are also there,” they have been told.
A: Infra noise has been studied and while .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>RCMP turbine on the fritz again</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[WEST AMHERST – What was once fixed is now broken again.
The RCMP multi-million-dollar wind turbine is on the fritz again after being repaired last fall.
“There was a lightning strike that fried some components last year, but we believe this time it’s an electrical circuit inside the control room that blew out,” Const. Paul Calder of the Cumberland RCMP said recently.
Calder said officials from Atlantic Orient, who erected the turbine, have indicated this turbine is the only one that’s been having .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Nova Scotia green-lights wind farm on Nuttby Mountain</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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Nova Scotia has given conditional approval for a large wind farm between Truro and Tatamagouche that&#8217;s expected to generate power for 15,000 homes.
EarthFirst Canada Inc. plans to spend more than &#36;70 million on up to 21 turbines along Nuttby Mountain, the highest point in mainland Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Environment Minister Mark Park approved the project earlier this week on the condition that EarthFirst submit an environmental protection plan and monitor birds and bats in the area.
Linda Chambers, CEO of EarthFirst, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents fear Lake Uist project could harm wells</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LOCH LOMOND — Area residents concerned about how a proposed wind/hydro energy development may affect the quality and quantity of water in their private wells say they’re planning to hire a lawyer to try to ensure their interests are protected.
The community held a meeting Saturday to discuss the Cape Breton Explorations Ltd. proposal. About 70 people attended, many of whom are seasonal residents of the area and knew little about the project, organizer Joan Farrar said Monday.
The company’s plan would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind energy project halted; Canso councillor skeptical</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While the town of Canso votes to decide it&#8217;s future, one of their renewable energy projects has potentially hit the skids.
Councillor Fin Armsworthy says Mayor Ray White called him Wednesday morning to inform him that the rezoning of land for Invert Energy&#8217;s five wind turbines needs to be reviewed again at the next council meeting.
Armsworthy notes that a big concern of his is that the project was supposed to bring in &#36;35,000 for Canso&#8217;s budget next year.
He says he remains .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Group wants CBRM to rescind zoning amendment for Lake Uist project</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[RED ISLANDS — Residents concerned about a proposed hydro-wind energy project will be calling on officials to change their plans.
During a meeting of the Save the Grand River Watershed committee Saturday, members discussed three ways to protect area wetlands from the project’s potential impacts.
“We passed a resolution to send a letter strongly urging the CBRM council to rescind amendment G-937, which rezoned Loch Lomond for hydro-electric facilities,” said committee chair Maury McCrillis.
“We also intend to draft a letter to the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Digby to draft rules for wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Municipality of the District of Digby will soon draft its first wind farm regulations.
With an announcement made just three weeks ago that a 30-megawatt wind park comprising 20 big turbines is proposed for Digby Neck, the mostly rural municipality held a public meeting Wednesday to talk about wind park regulation.
The municipality now has no way to regulate or control wind farm developments within its boundaries.
&#8220;We have three major phases in the work we are doing,&#8221; said planner Chris Millier .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmills in demand; Some projects won’t get turbines until 2010 or 2011</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind developers are facing a challenge — the availability of turbines.
High demand for those towers with sweeping blades that turn wind into electricity is creating a shortage, delegates to the third annual Renewable Energy Conference in Halifax heard Tuesday.
If you order now from a major manufacturer, you might not get turbines until 2010 or 2011, said Vikaas Rao-Aourpally, principal of SkyPower Corp., one of the largest wind developers in Canada, with headquarters in Toronto.
SkyPower recently teamed up with a community-owned .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power still needs caution</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 10:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Judging by the results of recent study on wind power it isn’t any wonder that Nova Scotia Power and the provincial government are putting a lot of emphasis on developing an industry that is still in relative infancy here.
In recent months, officials from both the power corporation and the Energy Department have crisscrossed the province announcing a series of wind energy projects, including ones in both Colchester County (Nuttby Mountain) and near Amherst in Cumberland County.
While there has been considerable .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmill won’t be constructed at top of Nuttby Mountain</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[TRURO — Fears that a scenic lookout point on the top of Nuttby Mountain would be ruined by the installation of a huge wind turbine have been laid to rest.
Clair Peers, president of Cobequid Wind Power, a development partner in the Nuttby Mountain project, confirmed Thursday afternoon that a turbine would not be constructed on the mountain’s highest point.
“The thing is with this particular high spot is it’s just not a stable enough location,” said Peers.
He did say, however, there .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Decision on wind power bylaw delayed</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Colchester County council has delayed a decision on a bylaw regulating wind power development until further study.
Some councillors were divided on how far the regulations should go following discussion at this week’s council committee meeting so the issue has been sent to the municipality’s planning advisory committee for more deliberation.
While some councillors fear the proposed regulations border on excess government intervention, others believe landowners require the protection such guidelines would provide.
“For those of us living in rural Colchester,” said Mayor .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm announced for Digby Neck</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Thirty-megawatt project will follow public meetings to answer concerns  
 By the end of next year, 20 wind turbines in the Rossway-Gulliver Cove area of Digby Neck are expected to be generating 30 megawatts of power—enough to supply electricity to 10,000 homes, according to project developers.
Digby Wind Park is a joint project of the community-owned and operated company Scotian WindFields and SkyPower Corp., who announced May 14 they have signed a 20-year contract with Nova Scotia Power.
Scotian WindFields .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines hazardous to wildlife habitat, Milner says</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[An Amherst area resident is continuing his fight to stop a proposed wind farm on the marsh near the town.
Jim Milner, who lives on the John Black Road, is preparing a submission to the project environmental assessment claiming that its existence threatens the future of the John Lusby Marsh as a wildlife habitat.
“Wildlife is the property of the Crown so it is the duty of the province to protect wildlife, not sell to the lowest proponent bidder,” Milner said in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Nova Scotia Power, ACCIONA Energy announce windfarm project on the Amherst marsh</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Energy is everywhere, and by this time next year construction of a windfarm project on the Amherst marsh should be commencing.
Nova Scotia Power and ACCIONA Energy teamed up Thursday morning to announce a 20, 1.5 MW turbine  windfarm project near Exit 3 on the Trans-Canada Highway.
“This is a great location for an announcement like this. We are so close to the project site. Often project sites tend to be so far away, we’re lucky it’s right outside,” said Daniel .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Canso wind farm closer to reality</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Canso’s proposed five-turbine wind farm is one step closer to becoming a reality now that council has agreed to make a compromise.
Members agreed at the special meeting on April 21, which finalized the rezoning process of one of the windmills proposed for the town’s Spinny Hill area project, to allow a 500-metre buffer between the windmills and residential property, school or medical facility, instead of the 600-metre buffer they were looking for.
Since the Ontario-based company Invenergy announced the details of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine bylaw to be developed</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ The environmental consultants 4Site Group, which has offices in Halifax and Yarmouth, has been awarded a contract to develop a wind turbine bylaw for the Municipality of Digby.
The bylaw will deal with issues regarding the placement of turbines, and will define acceptable location, minimum distance between windmills and buildings, and the minimum acceptable setback from the road.
While wind turbines are a source of ‘clean’ energy, people living nearby sometimes object to noise created by their operation. Others suggest they .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sell the farm</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Atlantic Canada&#8217;s largest wind farm will soon be controlled by an American power giant.
Creststreet Power and Income Fund LP announced Friday it had signed a deal to sell Pubnico Point Wind Farm in Yarmouth County and its Mount Copper Wind Power project in Quebec to an affiliate of FPL Energy of Florida for &#36;121.6 million.
FPL Energy is the power generation arm of FPL Group, a publicly traded energy company with US&#36;16 billion in assets. It has 55 wind farms in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>No word on wind power; Cumberland on deck for announcement&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s still no timeframe for when Nova Scotia Power will be announcing future wind projects in Cumberland County.
Corporation spokesperson Margaret Murphy said Nova Scotia Power is committed to adding 240 megawatts of wind energy and that additional contracts will be announced when they are signed.
&#8220;We expect that we will be announcing more wind power agreements very soon and we&#8217;re continuing to work toward that,&#8221; said Murphy, adding that it would only be speculative to say where those projects will be .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/04/10/no-word-on-wind-power-cumberland-on-deck-for-announcement/</link>
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		<title>Residents demand say on wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[TRURO &#8212; Residents concerned with the prospect of 72 wind turbines being built in the Higgins Mountain area had a voice at Colchester County Council’s committee meeting Thursday night to plead their case.
The Folly Lake/Wentworth Valley Preservation Society is a group which has “spent thousands of hours learning the good, the bad and the ugly of wind power,” said Peter Bigelow, the group’s representative at the committee meeting.
“We’re willing to work to see wind power on Higgins Mountain, but there .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Another windfarm blowing into Pictou County</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[On a morning where wind gusts reached 34 km/h, Halifax-based company Shear Wind Inc. announced plans to build the largest Nova Scotia wind turbine park to date near Merigomish.
Glen Dhu wind park will be located on 2,420 hectares of privately owned land on Browns Mountain, off Baileys Brook Road. The 30-turbine project will generate 60 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 17,500 homes.
Construction is expected to begin in 2008, to be complete in 2009.
&#8220;Today marks a historic event in Pictou .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Big wind farm unveiled today</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#36;150-million power project near Merigomish will be province’s largest, with 30 turbines
Halifax wind power company Shear Wind Inc. is poised to build a &#36;150-million wind turbine park east of New Glasgow.
The 30-turbine project on 2,420 hectares near Merigomish would be the largest in the province and would generate 60 megawatts of electricity to sell to Nova Scotia Power, a subsidiary of energy giant Emera Inc.
Details of the project, which would produce enough electricity to power 17,500 homes, are expected to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy project raises alarms</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[We’ve had a couple of calm weeks after initial gusts of blustery rhetoric over a wind energy project proposed for the southern extremity of Cape Breton County. The debate will pick up again, perhaps more in a spirit of consultation than confrontation.
On paper the plan by Cape Breton Explorations Ltd. to combine a wind farm with pumped water storage has an elegant appeal for those with a taste for engineering. Up to 44 wind turbines would deliver electricity to the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm needs a bit more breeze</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Atlantic Canada’s largest wind farm could use a little more fuel, say the owners of the Pubnico Point Wind farm in Yarmouth County.
Electrical production from the turbines was down along with wind volumes in 2007, said Derren Newell, chief financial officer for Creststreet Power and Income Fund LP, which is trying to sell the wind turbine farm.
Creststreet Power and Income of Toronto, a majority owner of the &#36;50-million wind farm, released results showing wind production was five per cent below .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cleaner &#038; greener</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Will windmills lower our power bills or clear the air of carbon emissions? Yes and no.
Nova Scotia Power&#8217;s wind power program won’t make electricity cheaper or replace dirty coal anytime soon.
But the utility says recently announced wind projects will act as a &#8220;bridge for the future&#8221; for a &#8220;cleaner and greener&#8221; province.
NSP spokeswoman Glennie Langille says it is not as straightforward as swapping wind for coal and that wind power is intermittent.
&#8220;The benefit is cleaner generation,&#8221; she said.
The Nova Scotia .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>No word yet on county wind projects</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the announcement of the latest wind farm project in Nova Scotia, there’s still no word on the status of several proposals in Cumberland County.
“Anything I would say now would be purely speculative. All I can say is there was one announcement and another is imminent,” Nova Scotia Power spokesperson Margaret Murphy said.
Murphy would not say what announcement is next pointing out that the power corporation and many of the companies involved have strict reporting rules they must follow on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm to be built in Pictou County</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Pictou County entrepreneur has announced his company&#8217;s plan to install 34 wind turbines just west of New Glasgow, making it the largest wind farm in Nova Scotia.
Reuben Burge, president of RMSenergy Ltd, signed a long-term agreement with Nova Scotia Power to build the 51-megawatt farm on Dalhousie Mountain, which is visible from the Trans-Canada Highway.
Burge says he expects to break ground on the project in the spring 2009. He hopes to have all 34 turbines in place by December .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>EarthFirst buys out Nuttby wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Calgary firm pays &#36;450,000 plus share of revenue for project
Nova Scotia’s gales blew in a late blast of winter Tuesday, along with a Calgary company determined to create power and make money in this windy province.
EarthFirst Canada Inc., a newly created wind company, announced it has bought the proposed 45-megawatt Nuttby Mountain wind energy project in Colchester County from Atlantic Wind Power Corp. and its partner, Cobequid Area Windfarms.
EarthFirst paid &#36;75,000 cash, along with &#36;374,400 in shares (based on 192,000 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Nuttby wind farm project approved</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[TRURO – Premier Rodney MacDonald is coming to town today to announce approval of a 45 megawatt wind farm on Nuttby Mountain.
The project will see approximately 20, 120 metre-tall windmills constructed near the top of the highest point on mainland Nova Scotia.
MacDonald will be joined by officials from Nova Scotia Power Inc. for the formal announcement at noon today in the Marigold Cultural Centre.
While officials were keeping mum about precise details surrounding the announcement, the Truro Daily News has learned .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power project being announced today in Truro</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nova Scotia Power is expected to make two major announcements this week on wind power deals, almost a year after first issuing a request for proposals.
The first announcement will be today in Truro where the privately-owned utility is expected to reveal the successful bidder for a 45-megawatt wind project in the region
The companies — Cobequid Wind Power and Atlantic Wind Power Corp., under the name Cobequid Area Windfarms – will erect at least 20 wind turbines on Nuttby Mountain, Colchester .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond warden wants answers about proposed wind turbine project</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Richmond County’s warden, concerned a proposed wind turbine project across the county line in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality could adversely affect the environment, will meet with provincial environment officials to forcefully argue for a comprehensive study of the project.
Cape Breton Explorations Ltd. was given the go-ahead last November after the CBRM approved changes to its land use bylaw allowing for the mixed wind and hydro project to draw water from Lake Uist in its jurisdiction. The fresh water lake .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of the blades</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind power is renewable, and emission-free but critics complain turbines are noisy, threaten migratory birds and destroy property values
Even Canada&#8217;s leading promoter of wind power admits that the industry has to learn from its critics and work with them.
Sean Whittaker, policy director of the Canadian Wind Energy Association of Ottawa, says public concerns can be expected with any new technology.
&#8220;Their concerns are definitely legitimate and something we have to take seriously,&#8221; Mr. Whittaker said recently in Halifax.
&#8220;There’s a general understanding .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine project critics still hoping for environmental assessment</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The proponent for a wind turbine project in the Loch Loomed area says skeptics and environmentalists should slow down their clamour for proof the project, which will draw water from nearby Lake Uist, is environmentally safe.
“We have no fear of engaging in dialogue with anybody that has concerns,” said Cape Breton Explorations Ltd. president Lucerne Lisi. “It’s very important to our project that we listen to concerns, mitigate those concerns, address those concerns and resolve them because it’s part of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine not as great as it seems</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was just going through the Feb. 15 issue of the Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Weekly News when I saw the picture of the moose with the windmill in the background on page 6.
While it is a fact that this is one of the area&#8217;s few wind turbines and that they may be popping up throughout HRM, as a resident that lives near this wind generator, I would invite you to come and stay at my place for an evening when the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mixed reviews for wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was all celebrations in Point Tupper at the announcement that Renewable Energy Sources Ltd. is building its first wind farm in the area.
The company’s CEO, Larry LeBlanc, told Matt Draper of the Reporter in Port Hawkesbury that the wind and concentration of industry in the Point Tupper area make it an ideal place for a wind farm.
If all goes as planned, Mr. LeBlanc said, the 11 wind turbines could be generating power by November, 2009.
Not far away across the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Deputy warden questions C.B. wind farm proposal</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ARICHAT — The deputy warden for Richmond County says he’s concerned that a proposed green energy project might do more harm than good.
Clair Rankin said Tuesday he’s skeptical about a wind farm that Cape Breton Explorations hopes to build around Bras d’Or Lake. At night, the energy from the 44 wind turbines would power underwater turbines in Lake Uist. The underwater energy would pump water into a highland reservoir.
But Mr. Rankin said local fishermen are concerned the turbines could disturb .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Stay tuned, wind announcements &#39;imminent&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The awarding of a wind energy contract in Cape Breton last week is just the first of many to come very soon.
Still, Margaret Murphy of Nova Scotia Power is unable to say whether any of those projects will end up in Cumberland County, where there were several firms to submit bids.
“We can understand that there’s speculation and excitement about the locations for the future wind farms but I’m not at liberty to speculate on where they’ll be located,” Murphy said. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind report has pros and cons</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Concerns remain over setbacks and property value impacts
Proponents and opponents of wind farms in Cumberland County agree that a study on the industry is a good thing, but both feel it has more than a few drawbacks.
“Overall I thought it was a good, comprehensive document and there are a number of things in it that we agree with, but there are a few areas in which we question the information,” Gulf Shore Association spokesperson Lisa Betts said. “Some of it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Winds of change blow in; Creststreet to sell stake in Pubnico power project</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Atlantic Canada’s largest wind farm is up for sale.
Creststreet Power and Income Fund LP of Toronto, a significant owner of the &#36;50-million wind farm in Pubnico Point, Yarmouth County, wants to sell its share of the development in response to the federal government’s decision to eliminate the tax benefits of trusts. &#8220;The change in the federal income trust rules doesn’t allow trusts to grow,&#8221; said Derren Newell, Creststreet’s CFO. An independent board of directors of Creststreet has set up a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>No single answer for wind farm rules: report</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nova Scotia municipalities grappling with questions about wind turbines near homes will not find a templated solution in a new report prepared for the group representing them.
A consultants&#8217; report suggests the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities choose land-use bylaws or development agreements to make rules dealing with noise from wind turbines and the distance they should be from homes.
Though the report makes some suggestions, there is no single prescription for municipalities that have to set their own rules.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Point Tupper gone with the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[POINT TUPPER — An independent power producer announced Tuesday it intends to build a &#36;55-million wind farm here that could provide enough electricity to power up to 6,000 homes.
The project proposed by Renewable Energy Services Ltd. was selected through a request for proposals issued last year by Nova Scotia Power.
The project would see the development of a 22-megawatt wind farm under its power purchase agreement with NSP. RESL previously installed a turbine at the NuStar Energy/Statia Terminals site in Point .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New Cape Breton wind farm to produce power for about 6,000 homes</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. &#8212; A new wind farm to be developed in Cape Breton will eventually supply Nova Scotia Power Inc. with enough electricity to serve about 6,000 homes.
The utility has signed a long-term agreement with Nova Scotia-based Renewable Energy Services Ltd., or RESL.
The company will add 11 new turbines at its current site at Statia Terminals in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., where one turbine is already in operation.
The 80-metre high turbines will deliver 22 megawatts of electrical capacity.
Nova Scotia Power .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Higgins Mountain off wind farm list</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[When Nova Scotia Power announces the successful tenders to become part of its initial phase of wind farm electricity producers Higgins Mountain will not be on the list, says Graham Findlay, general manager for 3G Energy. After a year of working on its proposal the energy producers did not make the cut.
That’s not to say, however, the energy company hasn’t cut new ground in the wind farm technology sector.
“Nova Scotia Power is playing very tough with our industry,” Findlay said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Up to municipalities to set turbine rules, report says</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new report prepared for the group representing Nova Scotia municipalities concludes there are no internationally accepted standards for dealing with the controversial issues around wind energy.
The 117-page study by environmental consultant Jacques Whitford outlines a broad range of possibilities available to host municipalities but says it will be up to elected officials to decide how restrictive they want to be in their approach to regulation and the specifics of their bylaws.
Setting rules governing the location of wind turbines is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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