Wind Power News: Prince Edward Island
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P.E.I. Energy Corporation appeals decision to deny wind farm expansion
The P.E.I. Energy Corporation has filed an appeal of a decision by the Rural Municipality of Eastern Kings to deny a permit for an expansion of a wind farm. The municipal council voted on Oct. 22 to deny the permit, after the provincial government had approved the expansion. Councillors had expressed concern that the environmental cost of the wind farm would be greater than the benefit. The P.E.I. Energy Corporation filed its appeal with the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission . . . Complete story »
P.E.I. company calling on government to overturn wind farm decision
The project manager for Eastern Kings Wind Farm expansion project is calling on the P.E.I. government to issue a ministerial order and move the project forward after it was recently rejected by the local municipal council. In a letter on Tuesday to Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy Minister Steven Myers, Carl Brothers, general manager of P.E.I.’s Frontier Power Systems, called council’s decision a “disappointing, but unsurprising, development for the project”. On Sept. 2, the province approved the Eastern Kings Wind Farm . . . Complete story »
Local council denies Eastern Kings wind farm a permit
An expansion at the wind farm in Eastern Kings, which the P.E.I. government said was a go last month, has been denied a permit by the local municipality. In September, Minister of Environment Natalie Jameson approved the expansion subject to 17 conditions drawn from responses from the public. On Thursday night, the Rural Municipality of Eastern Kings voted 3-1 against a permit for the expansion. “I think council is just relieved to have had that meeting over with,” Deputy Mayor . . . Complete story »
Eastern Kings council denies P.E.I. Energy Corporation’s application for wind farm expansion
EASTERN KINGS, P.E.I. – Going into the evening’s meeting, Danelle Elliott had no idea what her council’s final decision was going to be. “It was a big application for a small community like ours,” said the deputy mayor of Eastern Kings. “Honestly, it’s been very stressful and I’m glad it’s done.” The decision was whether or not to grant P.E.I. Energy Corporation (PEIEC) a special development permit to add seven turbines to its existing wind farm in the area. The province . . . Complete story »
Atlantic Loop will help expand wind energy sector, P.E.I. MP says
A multimillion-dollar promise to fund an Atlantic Loop will allow wind energy to be exported more easily and create new jobs in rural areas, says a P.E.I. MP. Egmont MP Bobby Morrissey said the province continues to struggle to get its green wind energy to larger markets in Quebec, Ontario and the U.S., and that is holding the industry back from future growth. In Wednesday’s speech from the throne, the federal government announced it would “transform how we power our . . . Complete story »
No wind farm at East Point
The road to hell can be paved with “green” intentions. Currently in P.E.I. we have, on one hand, the entire forested landscape of the province designated in 2019 under the Canada Nature Fund and on the other, a proposed wind farm project at East Point. East Point is a pristine area of one of P.E.I.’s largest, most remote, natural and unexploited land bodies, a refuge for domestic and migratory species. Under the Canada Nature Fund, a new conservation approach would . . . Complete story »
Wind farm opponents remain unswayed by conditional approval of Eastern Kings, P.E.I., expansion
EAST POINT, P.E.I. – Don Humphrey remains convinced that a proposed expansion of an existing windmill farm in Eastern Kings will be harmful for local wetland habitat and for the migratory bird population. Humphrey, a member of the Eastern Kings Community Association (EKCA), says the recent approval of the expansion was always a “foregone conclusion”. On Wednesday, the province announced approval for the project, which would see the wind farm’s output doubled, with seven new wind turbines added to the existing . . . Complete story »
Minister approves 30-megawatt wind farm expansion in Eastern Kings
A proposal to expand an existing wind farm in eastern P.E.I. has been given the go-ahead, according to P.E.I.’s Department of Environment, Water and Climate Change. Minister Natalie Jameson approved the P.E.I. Energy Corporation’s Eastern Kings Wind Farm expansion project, the province announced in a release Wednesday afternoon. The project will be subject to 17 conditions, which were drawn from a review of the 80 responses the province received from the public on the proposed Eastern Kings Wind Farm expansion. . . . Complete story »
P.E.I., feds to spend $44M for new wind energy transmission line
The federal and P.E.I. governments say they will together spend $44 million on a 106-kilometre transmission line to transport energy from future wind generation projects in western P.E.I. – specifically, a new wind farm to be built in Skinners Pond. The provincial government is putting $22.75 million into the project while the federal government is contributing $21.25 million, said a news release issued Thursday. “This has been something that’s been something that’s been on the agenda and worked on for a . . . Complete story »
P.E.I. wind farm not good for environment
P.E.I. Energy coastal wind towers would destroy the fragile ecosystem in Eastern Kings County. With over 100 members, the Eastern Kings Community Association has sent dozens of letters and research documents to Premier King and government ministers pinpointing the detrimental impact of wind turbines in Eastern Kings. Though the most immediate and irreversible threat is the ecological impact other considerations are the negative impact on the local economy, the natural landscape, community wellness and landowner rights. A well-respected local environmental . . . Complete story »
