Wind Power News: Nova Scotia
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Council seeks update on Port Hawkesbury Paper’s wind farm plans
ST. MARY’S – Councillors for the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s raised questions at their committee of the whole meeting last week about the status of a major energy projected for the Strait area, tentatively slated to begin construction next year. In February, Port Hawkesbury Paper (PHP) announced that it had “directly funded” the installation of two meteorological towers as crucial steps to building a 112-megawatt wind farm at Pirate Harbour in Guysborough County. During a routine review . . . Complete story »
Wind farm in preliminary exploration stage
Preliminary work is underway for the potential development of a 50-megawatt, 10-turbine wind farm in Sandy Point, Shelburne County. “We are in the very, very preliminary stages of developing a project here on the inner spine of the Sandy Point peninsula,” said Bill MacLean, president of Community Wind Farms Inc. “In large part the project is south of the Lake Road,” he said. “We have wind studies going on there now and are talking to property owners. We’ve engaged an . . . Complete story »
Council’s proposed wind bylaw requires some changes
To the council of the Municipality of Pictou County regarding the proposed wind bylaw: The power production of the existing wind turbines in Pictou County is more than sufficient to provide all the electricity of its inhabitants. The problem is the intermittency of the wind and the storage of the produced electricity. To achieve power self-sufficiency we should invest in photovoltaic power and in ways to store electricity (battery, pump stations, etc.) and of course, in using less. By allowing . . . Complete story »
Port Hawkesbury Paper proposing to build Nova Scotia’s largest wind farm
Port Hawkesbury Paper is developing a wind farm project that could be the largest in Nova Scotia. The development of the project started three years ago and the current plan is to install 28 towers that could each support a four-megawatt turbine. Allan Eddy, the director of business development for the paper mill, said the goal of the project is to enhance the sustainability of the business. “We’re always looking to reduce our various inputs and the impacts of our . . . Complete story »
Port Hawkesbury Paper working on possible wind farm to feed it with electricity
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. – POINT TUPPER – Port Hawkesbury Paper has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Canada Infrastructure Bank and IFE Project Management Canada to work on a potential wind farm development that would supply greener power to the mill. “CIB was approached by the mill’s development partners early in the year to assist with due diligence during the project planning phase,” Terence Foran, the bank’s director of corporate communications, wrote. “The wind farm is a great opportunity to collaborate . . . Complete story »
West Pubnico wind turbine to be repaired later this spring
YARMOUTH – An investigation into what caused a wind turbine to catch fire last week is underway. Bryan Garner, director of communications for NextEra Energy, the operators of the Pubnico Point Wind Farm, says a crane will be needed to remove and replace various turbine parts but due to the condition of the ground that won’t happen until spring. “All 16 other wind turbines at the site are functioning normally,” he said. A landowner contacted the company’s site manager about the . . . Complete story »
Nextera Energy investigates cause of wind turbine fire in West Pubnico
The company that operates a wind farm in West Pubnico where a turbine caught fire and burned Friday is investigating the cause of the blaze. The fire broke out shortly after 4 p.m. Friday at the Pubnico Point Wind Energy Center, owned by Nextera Energy Resources. Firefighters were at the scene quickly but could do little to battle the flames, West Pubnico fire Chief Gordon Amiro said. When the blades turn, the tips are more than 100 metres in the . . . Complete story »
Wind turbine catches fire at Nova Scotia wind farm, blaze now under control
WEST PUBNICO, N.S.—A towering wind turbine went up in flames Friday at a wind farm located at the edge of a southern Nova Scotia community. The West Pubnico fire department responded just after 5 p.m. to monitor the rotating blades and make sure flaming debris did not start additional fires on the ground. Fire department chief Gordon Amiro said the fire burned itself out after about an hour, once all flammable materials had burned up. Amiro lives a few kilometres . . . Complete story »
Wind turbine catches fire at wind farm in West Pubnico
A towering wind turbine went up in flames Friday at a wind farm located at the edge of a southern Nova Scotia community. The West Pubnico fire department responded just after 5 p.m. to monitor the rotating blades and make sure flaming debris did not start additional fires on the ground. Fire department chief Gordon Amiro said the fire burned itself out after about an hour, once all flammable materials had burned up. Amiro lives a few kilometres away from . . . Complete story »
Wind turbine catches fire in West Pubnico; Huge turbine threw burning hunks of material 100 metres to the ground
A wind turbine caught fire in West Pubnico, N.S., late Friday afternoon, throwing huge, burning pieces of material to the ground. Firefighters were called to the scene around 5 p.m., but West Pubnico fire department Chief Gordon Amiro said there was little firefighters could do to douse the flames. “We couldn’t get nowhere near because the blades was still turning, so, and pieces was breaking off the blades,” he said. “So if a piece was to fall off, it would . . . Complete story »
