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These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch in its noncommercial educational effort to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Wind Watch. They are the products of and owned by the organizations or individuals noted and are shared here according to “fair use” and “fair dealing” provisions of copyright law.


July 30, 2024 • Prince Edward IslandPrint storyE-mail story

Discovery of potential wetland halts work at eastern P.E.I. wind farm

A resident in Eastern Kings is worried the P.E.I. government will continue with a wind farm expansion in the area, despite finding a possible wetland along an access route to the development. Don Humphrey is an Eastern Kings councillor, but emphasized that he is not speaking on behalf of the municipality. He initially presented his concerns at a P.E.I. Forestry Commission meeting in late May. Humphrey said the potential wetland was discovered this spring during tree clearing to create an . . . Complete story »


June 12, 2024 • Prince Edward Island, Print storyE-mail story

Hermanville wind turbine demolished, 3 others being repaired

One of the turbines at the wind farm in Hermanville was demolished Tuesday in earth-rattling fashion after a wind storm late last year compromised its foundation. Another turbine at the eastern P.E.I. wind farm is being refurbished, and two more are running at half-capacity to fix common, but “long-standing systemic issues,” provincial officials said. Blair Arsenault, operations engineer for the P.E.I. Energy Corporation, said part of the repair work is called “root-facing,” a common refitting that involves flattening the blades . . . Complete story »


May 11, 2024 • Prince Edward IslandPrint storyE-mail story

Repairs to P.E.I. wind farm cost $15 million in last several years; More work necessary

Most of the 10 wind turbines at the Hermanville wind farm are working again following $15 million in repairs during the past several months, says the CEO of the P.E.I. Energy Corporation. Tyson Bradley said additional money was spent on purchasing parts for the turbines at the wind farm, which is located north of Souris. “The work (on the remaining turbines) is actually starting right after the long weekend, so we’re spending money to get up to full speed, (but) . . . Complete story »


January 6, 2024 • Prince Edward Island, Print storyE-mail story

P.E.I. wind turbines at ‘high risk of imminent failure,’ consultant warned province in 2022

A consultant hired in 2022 to assess production problems at a wind farm owned by the P.E.I. government found severe damage, with turbine units possibly constituting a safety hazard and turbine blades at “high risk of imminent failure.” Last month, high winds ripped two 56-metre blades off one of the turbines at the facility in Hermanville, near the northeastern tip of Prince Edward Island. For comparison, the province’s tallest building is only 39 metres tall; it’s the 10-storey Holman Grand . . . Complete story »


December 23, 2023 • Prince Edward Island, Print storyE-mail story

Vicious winds tear 2 blades off wind turbine in Hermanville, P.E.I.

One of the wind turbines in Hermanville, P.E.I., had two of its blades completely torn off as powerful winds raged across the province this week. The tower of the turbine known as Tower 9 is also damaged, and staff with the Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action are investigating. “Nordex has secured the area and there is no risk to the public,” a spokesperson told CBC News on Friday. “The full extent of the damages to the turbine aren’t . . . Complete story »


October 1, 2023 • Prince Edward Island, Print storyE-mail story

Hermanville, P.E.I. wind farm a ‘fiasco,’ local group tells MLAs

About $10 million in repairs are due to be carried out at the Hermanville, P.E.I. wind farm after structural damage has rendered six of the 10 turbines at the site inoperable. An Eastern Kings group is calling for an inquiry into costly breakdowns of the Hermanville wind farm, which have left six of 10 wind turbines idle. The Hermanville turbines have been operating at reduced capacity for months due to these breakdowns. The P.E.I. Energy Corporation has estimated repairs to . . . Complete story »


September 13, 2023 • Prince Edward IslandPrint storyE-mail story

Financial hit from faulty wind farm turbines expected to deepen in P.E.I.

Profits at the P.E.I. Energy Corporation were slashed by more than half last year, with auditors warning revenues will drop even further as the Crown enterprise tries to fix one of the province’s biggest wind farms. In its annual report released last week, the P.E.I. Energy Corporation recorded a profit of $3.5 million. That’s less than half of what the utility has posted in any fiscal year since 2014-15, the first full year the Hermanville wind farm in eastern P.E.I. . . . Complete story »


September 12, 2023 • Prince Edward Island, Print storyE-mail story

Hermanville, P.E.I., wind farm faced with year-long repairs

One of P.E.I.’s largest wind farms has nearly ground to a halt as six of the 10 towering wind turbines sit idle due to structural damages. The Hermanville wind farm is now faced with significant structural repairs to the tune of $10 million, all to be funded by the P.E.I. government. A statement from the P.E.I. Energy Corporation on Aug. 30 recognized the underperformance of the wind farm, equating it in part to the significant amount of maintenance the farm . . . Complete story »


August 26, 2023 • Prince Edward IslandPrint storyE-mail story

P.E.I. asserts its ‘clear authority’ over municipalities on wind farms, solar

The P.E.I. government has made regulatory changes under the Renewable Energy Act to give itself “clear authority” to issue permits for solar and wind farms, including within municipal boundaries – a move that will allow projects to go ahead even if the local council is opposed. The rule change comes with the province still smarting over a four-year battle to expand its wind generation capacity in the Rural Municipality of Eastern Kings, a project the local council voted down. “We’re in . . . Complete story »


July 19, 2023 • Prince Edward Island, Print storyE-mail story

6 of 10 turbines out of commission at P.E.I. wind farm, government says

One of P.E.I.’s biggest provincially owned wind farms is operating at less than 40 per cent of its design capacity. The wind farm at Hermanville, near the eastern tip of the Island, came online with 10 turbines at a cost of $60 million in 2014. On Tuesday, the P.E.I. Energy Corporation said only four of those turbines remain functional – with no reason given as to why. “It’s something that needs to be rectified quickly, because it’s standing in the way . . . Complete story »


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