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	<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>West P.E.I. power corridor not fixed: Webster</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 13:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The route for Maritime Electric&#8217;s high-voltage transmission line through West Prince is not a done deal, says Energy Minister George Webster.
The utility has applied to the province to build a 138,000-volt transmission line to carry wind power generated at the West Cape wind farm. A group has formed to oppose the route for the line, which would connect the O&#8217;Leary substation to the Sherbrooke station outside of Summerside. In addition, voltage on a new line ...]]>
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		<title>Residents demand buffer zone around high-voltage power lines</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Derek Enman has already had one battle with cancer.
He’s fearful high-voltage transmission lines planned for near his Enmore home could result in a similar battle for others.
The 62-year-old was one of more than 100 residents from western P.E.I. to gather in front of the P.E.I. legislature Tuesday evening to call on the provincial government to create buffer zones between these transmission lines and nearby homes.
A petition, signed by more than 3,100 residents, called for a ...]]>
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		<title>Third power line in works for P.E.I.</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[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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		<title>Blown gearboxes take wind turbines off line</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 21:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six of 10 turbines at P.E.I.&#8217;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.
&#8220;The technology is still new, and it is a key focus area of ours to continuously develop and improve the reliability of ...]]>
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		<title>P.E.I. residents clamour for say in wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 10:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
&#8220;First of all, I don’t want to see 30 to 50 windmills around my house,&#8221; Gina MacLeod told Debbie Horne of the West Prince Graphic in Alberton. &#8220;The transmission lines are right there, less than 100 feet from our house. The biggest thing ...]]>
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		<title>Wind energy business blowing a gale in P.E.I.</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[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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		<title>Wind energy proposal has neighbours seeing red</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Summerside&#8217;s bid to install four wind turbines in the old St. Eleanors landfill site drew fire at a public meeting last night.
&#8220;I&#8217;m always up in the early morning, always go outside in the summer to have my coffee, to look across the bay,&#8221; North Drive resident Wayne Waite told the gathering of about 20 at St. Eleanors Community Centre.
&#8220;Now I&#8217;ll be looking at four windmills. It really disturbs me how they can ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm plans changed to protect birds</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[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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		<title>Another new wind farm in planning for West Prince</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[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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		<title>Land secured for major new P.E.I. wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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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&#8217;s project would cost an estimated &#36;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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		<title>Tranquil trail no place for power line, says group</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prince Edward Island Trails Inc. is upset with Maritime Electric&#8217;s plan to build a high voltage line along a section of the Confederation Trail.
The 64-kilometre line will run from O&#8217;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.
&#8220;When we initially turned the rails ...]]>
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		<title>Consultant siding with electrical utility, worried residents say</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;Leary substation and is ...]]>
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		<title>Protesters voice displeasure over plans for new transmission line</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[WOODSTOCK— Some local residents staged an impromptu question and answer session Wednesday night to voice concerns over plans for a new transmission line to carry wind energy from western P.E.I. to an electrical substation in Sherbrooke.
Howlan resident Bill Costain set up a petition table in front of St. Anthony’s Parish Hall during a public consultation session hosted by Maritime Electric. He later moved into the front entrance of the building.
Costain said he is concerned about ...]]>
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		<title>Full speed ahead with wind power in Prince Edward Island</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTETOWN — The government may have changed but the push toward wind power will continue unabated on Prince Edward Island.
During its decade in office, the Conservative administration of Pat Binns made wind power a key component of its alternative energy strategy. Wind farms were established on both the eastern and western tips of the Island.
The previous administration set a goal of having 15 per cent of its electricity generated by wind power by 2010 — ...]]>
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		<title>Howlan Road resident worries what will come next if new line goes ahead</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Costain feels he was caught off guard when Maritime Electric started planning a transmission line from the West Cape find farm to its substation in Howlan.
Costain lives across the road from the substation and is a member of the Howlan Road group opposed to the high-voltage line passing in front of their homes.
Costain plans to attend public consultative meetings Maritime Electric has scheduled for today and Wednesday to review plans for a 138,000 volt, ...]]>
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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, ...]]>
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		<title>P.E.I. working on wind energy policy</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The P.E.I. government is developing a long-range policy on wind energy development.
Environment, Energy and Forestry Minister George Webster said Tuesday the Liberal administration remains committed to the efforts of its Conservative predecessor to reduce the dependence on the fossil fuels.
Currently, 60 per cent of the province’s energy comes from fossil fuel sources and his department’s immediate goal is to head toward 50 per cent.
While wind energy is a major component of that plan, he said ...]]>
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		<title>Public accounts committee questions discrepancies in wind farm contracts, hiring practices</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Auditor general says some contracts not properly approved, several firms hired without contracts or competition
Members of the province’s public accounts committee questioned information in the 2007 auditor general’s report on Tuesday showing that when P.E.I.’s wind farms were being designed and built, several people were employed without contracts or without competitive process.
The committee is reviewing the report, released last April, to try and get a handle on the province’s finances.
During an audit of the management, ...]]>
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		<title>Cross-border corridor supports Maine-Canada energy alliance</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new, 145-mile electrical transmission line linking the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant in New Brunswick and a Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. substation in Orrington could help spark expansion of the cross-border energy partnership between Maine and Atlantic Canada.
“Without this new line, discussion of any new cross-border energy partnership would not be possible,” Kurt Adams, chairman of the Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC), told The Ellsworth American.
New Brunswick Power and Canadian-owned Bangor Hydro recently threw the ...]]>
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		<title>Evangeline looks to the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A wind farm is being explored as a possibility to assist in the economic development of the Evangeline region of Prince Edward Island.
Wind regime tests are underway, and will continue over the next year.
Louise Comeau, manager of La Société de développement de la Baie acadienne, told CBC News there will have to be community support for the project to go ahead.
If that happens, there will be ample opportunity for individuals to become involved.
&#8220;A green light ...]]>
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		<title>Province going public with draft energy plan</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The provincial government is preparing to go to Islanders with a draft proposal for an energy strategy that would see the province set a framework for dealing with the challenges of greenhouse reduction targets and skyrocketing fuel costs.
George Webster, minister of environment, energy and forestry, spoke recently to a meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, telling them  the Island is hoping to secure its energy future both by reducing its own energy appetite ...]]>
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		<title>Cavendish residents, business owners debate wind technology</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Sep 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some residents and business owners are worried the landscape of one of P.E.I.’s most beloved tourist destinations could be changed forever, if wind turbines are allowed to take roost.
The Resort Municipality of Cavendish has received two requests for permits to build the structures, said Donald McKearney, the resort municipality’s chair.
He said one applicant wanted permission to erect a 35-foot structure, which is the maximum height allowed under the municipality’s bylaw.
Another wanted to erect a wind ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm builder wants more green credits</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ventus Energy, which is building a new wind farm in West Cape near O&#8217;Leary, is trying to negotiate a longer-term share of green credits, but P.E.I. isn&#8217;t willing to give them up.
There&#8217;s no market for green credits yet, but when that market becomes a reality it could generate another &#36;10 million a year for the West Cape wind farm.
&#8220;We&#8217;re just not giving up on benefits that help P.E. Islanders down the road build their roads, ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm developer says he wants extension of deal, not concessions</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The developer of a multimillion-dollar wind farm in western P.E.I. says he’s not looking for concessions from the province.
John Douglas, president and CEO of Ventus Energy, says he is simply looking for an extension to an agreement already signed with the P.E.I. government.
He said he was alarmed by comments made by Environment Minister George Webster on Thursday.
As first reported by The Guardian, the &#36;230-million wind farm near O’Leary is in jeopardy.
The P.E.I. government claims Ventus ...]]>
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		<title>Western wind farm faces turbulence</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A &#36;230-million wind farm near O’Leary could be in jeopardy.
The P.E.I. government says Ventus Energy, which is developing the 55 wind turbines, is seeking concessions to a four-year deal it signed last year — concessions the province says are unacceptable.
The two sides are still talking, but Environment Minister George Webster said he has no intention of agreeing to a deal which he says gives the Island’s resources away. He described those resources as P.E.I.’s “oil ...]]>
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		<title>Agriculture Canada turns off wind turbine in P.E.I. after health complaints</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agriculture Canada says it has yet to decide what to do with a noisy wind turbine in P.E.I. that was shut down less than three days after its blades started spinning because a nearby resident claimed it was making her sick.
The turbine, set up to provide power to an Agriculture Canada research station north of Charlottetown, started operating in January.
Department spokesman Mike Hennigar confirmed the &#36;200,000, 30-metre turbine in Harrington was shut down less than ...]]>
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		<title>Visit to Elmira PEI, a Vestas Wind Farm, and with Dwayne and Kevin Bailey</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 20, 2007 Ruth &#038; I decided to drive from the Gulf Shore to Elmira, which is on the northeastern tip of PEI, to visit with Dwayne Bailey and his father, Kevin, and view the new local wind farm. Both abandoned their lifelong homes because they could not tolerate the noise from this facility.
The Elmira wind farm uses Vestas V90 turbines. Each is approximately 120 meters high with blade diameters of 90 meters, average ...]]>
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		<title>Noise from wind farm acceptable: study</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study commissioned by the P.E.I. government into noise from the Eastern Kings Wind Farm has found the sound level for nearby residents is within acceptable limits.
In April, Elmira resident Dwayne Bailey, who lives about one kilometre from the wind farm, complained that noise from the turbines was so loud, his sleep was being disturbed and he was becoming ill.
A monitoring program by the firm Jacques Whitford and Associates measured noise on six occasions, for ...]]>
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		<title>Residents stage light show</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Howlan Road residents gathered a few nights ago &#8212; fluorescent light tubes in hand &#8212; to see if they would glow when held under the high-voltage transmission line that passes in front of their homes.
While never bright enough to check the time by watch, the fluorescent tubes did give off a definite glow.
Approximately 40 area residents took in the demonstration.
“I’ve never seen this before. Now, that’s quite the thing,” said Bill Ellsworth who lives across ...]]>
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		<title>Island family abandons home because of wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dwayne Bailey has some simple advice for Gulf Shore residents fighting a proposed wind farm in their area, don’t give up the fight because they may regret the consequences.
Bailey recently abandoned his Elmira, P.E.I., home because noise from a nearby wind farm was becoming intolerable. It kept the family awake at night and impacted their health with headaches and vision problems.
“Don’t let them put up the windfarm, it’s way too close to the houses. It ...]]>
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		<title>Protesters watch light tubes flow under high-voltage lines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOWLAN ROAD — Close to 50 people braved pouring rain to stand under a power transmission line Wednesday night and watch plain fluorescent light tubes glow in the dark.
It was a protest organized by Gordon Ramsay, who says citizen safety has been overlooked in process of taking electrical power generated from the Cape Wolfe wind turbine farm to the Howlan substation.
The result of the upgrade to the power line is a 1,900 per cent voltage ...]]>
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		<title>Community Disengagement, Part I</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 11:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we realized the transmission line was soon to be a reality on Grant Road/Gowan Brae, my family had a series of discussions about what to do. We determined to get some information on what had transpired over the very quiet summer leading up to the fall crisis, and we decided to find out who was responsible for the failure of this important community commitment. I spoke at length with several neighbours about the bypass ...]]>
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		<title>Power in Prince Edward Island</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maritime Electric, a subsidiary of the international power company Fortis, has destroyed what may very well be the most beautiful place in all of Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada. The house near Souris where my mother lives sits on top of a hill overlooking the winding Souris River and Northumberland Strait.  She is surrounded by forests, farm fields and rolling hills&#8211;with what was, no doubt, one of the most spectacular views on the entire ...]]>
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		<title>Consultant to study wind farm noise</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Apr 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[P.E.I. has hired a consultant to review the level of noise coming from wind turbines at the new Eastern Kings Wind Farm.
Some people living in the area complain the noise is keeping them up at night. One resident says he may move if the noise problem continues.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to have monitors set up right at the wind farm, another monitor probably halfway between the wind farm and the individual&#8217;s house and then we&#8217;ll have the ...]]>
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		<title>Turbine noise has family considering move</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noise from the new wind farm at East Point on P.E.I. is loud enough that some some residents of Elmira say it wakes them up in the middle of the night.
&#8220;It&#8217;s something like a washing machine when the clothes get off to one side. It goes thump, thump, thump. It&#8217;s similar to that. Some people say it&#8217;s like a jet engine,&#8221; said Elmira resident Dwayne Bailey, who lives about one kilometre away from the turbines.
The ...]]>
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		<title>PEI sells wind-power bonds</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prince Edward Island&#8217;s government has raised &#36;5-million for a wind-power project at the eastern tip of the province by issuing a novel series of &#8220;energy savings bonds&#8221; to the public.
The bonds, which pay a healthy 5-per-cent annual interest rate, have been a hot seller since they were first issued late last year to help pay the costs of the 10-turbine Eastern Kings wind farm, a government project that began pumping power into the provincial grid ...]]>
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		<title>Power lines spark complaints</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Feb 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[High voltage lines leading from a new wind farm in western Prince Edward Island have some area residents concerned about their health.
John Gallant of Howlan, just north of O&#8217;Leary, says he and his neighbours have been complaining about the possible health effects of high voltage lines so close to residences, and a drop in property values, but their concerns have been ignored.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve been fighting it ever since it started,&#8221; Gallant told CBC News Monday.
&#8220;It&#8217;s going ...]]>
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		<title>Province looking at plant to put wood up in smoke</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[P.E.I.&#8217;s waste wood may soon be literally going up in smoke &#8212; creating jobs and power as part of a 25-megawatt biomass generating plant proposed for construction in Borden-Carleton.
Energy Minister Jamie Ballem confirmed Thursday the province has been in talks with New Phase Power, an Alberta company that has expressed interest in a plant that would generate power by burning wood and bark left over from selective harvesting, clearcuts and wood processing already taking place.
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		<title>P.E.I. wind farm looking to future</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the first phase of a 99-megawatt wind farm in West Cape now underway, the president of Ventus Energy Inc. says company staff are already thinking about other potential projects.
Ventus, created three years ago, already has 25 projects under development in six provinces, totalling more than 5,000 megawatts.
John Douglas told a news conference Thursday the firm is already scouting out locations for a five- to 10-megawatt farm in Kildare Cape, which is also on the ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm developer builds investor backing for project</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The developer planning three wind farms in western P.E.I. has begun work to build investor backing for the &#36;250- million construction effort.
Ventus Energy of Toronto is nearing completion of a nine-megawatt wind farm at Norway and is working on a 99-megawatt, two-phased, project that will see a total of 55 windmills built at West Cape.
Longer-term plans for Ventus include a possible development of another small scale wind farm at Kildare Capes.
John Douglas, president and chief ...]]>
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		<title>P.E.I. seeks buyers for green credits</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[P.E.I. has taken out ads in major North American newspapers to explore the possibility of selling off renewable energy credits.
It&#8217;s one of the concepts in the Kyoto Protocol: jurisdictions producing green energy earn credits, and they can sell them to polluters. The credits are fines for less environmentally friendly businesses.
Though a program doesn&#8217;t exist in North America yet, there is an exchange in Europe.
&#8220;They will look at it and say it will cost me &#36;10 ...]]>
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		<title>Islanders invited to inherit the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Dec 2006</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The P.E.I. government launched a sale of bonds on its latest wind energy farm Monday, but you have to live on the Island to buy them.
Almost all the wind farms in Canada are financed and owned by private companies, but provincial Energy Minister Jamie Ballem said he wanted to finance the wind farm at East Point differently.
&#8220;This is not going to be controlled by a major corporation in Ontario. This is not going to be ...]]>
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		<title>Blustery conditions hamper wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Nov 2006</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may be a sign of good things to come, but right now it is causing problems.
Construction of a new 30-megawatt wind farm in eastern P.E.I. is slightly behind schedule. The reason, according to Jamie Ballem, the minister of environment, energy and forestry, is there have been too many days when it was too windy to erect the 10 turbines on the East Point site.
&#8220;There was one stretch where we lost seven out of nine ...]]>
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		<title>Wind Energy Institute of Canada Officially Opened in North Cape, Prince Edward Island</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Oct 2006</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new facility designed to propel growth and development in wind energy was officially opened today in North Cape, Prince Edward Island. The Wind Energy Institute of Canada (WEICan) supports the development of wind power generation and wind energy-related products and services for Canadian and international markets.
&#8220;Canada&#8217;s New Government will deliver an environmental strategy that includes energy sources such as wind power to ensure cleaner air for the health of all Canadians. The Wind Energy ...]]>
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		<title>P.E.I. begins work on &#36;56-million wind turbine power project</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prince Edward Island is moving full steam ahead toward its goal of having 100 per cent of its electrical energy from renewable sources by 2015.
Within the past two weeks, construction has begun on a 30-megawatt wind farm in the eastern part of the province. In addition, Summerside has announced the purchase of nine megawatts of wind energy and tenders have been called for the first phase of a wind-hydrogen village to be built in North ...]]>
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		<title>Huge windmill blades arrive</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 03:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[theguardian.pe.ca
Blade components needed to complete 10 wind turbines at province&#8217;s new East Point energy farm.
By Nancy Willis
The Guardian
SOURIS &#8212; A freighter arrived in port from Denmark this week carrying 30 blade components for the province&#8217;s new wind energy farm at East Point.
That makes up the full complement of tower cylinders and blades needed to complete the 10 wind turbines slated for the site.
The parts will be stored at a location adjacent to the harbour until ...]]>
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		<title>Wind energy deal approved</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2006</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.cbc.ca
An agreement for Maritime Electric to buy electricity from the P.E.I. government&#8217;s new wind farm at East Point has been approved, putting the utility well ahead of schedule on plans for renewable energy use.
Provincial legislation requires that Maritime Electric have 15 per cent of its power output generated by renewable resources by 2010, but it&#8217;s now on track to hit that target next year.
The deal was in question. It had to be approved by the ...]]>
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