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Important Bluewater Wind Farm Meetings
Submitted by Ross Klopp on July 24, 2010 - 5:33pmThere are two important meetings taking place over the next while concerning the Bluewater Wind Turbines. There is also some confusion concerning these meetings. Only one of these meetings is being conducted by the Township of Huron-Kinloss and that is the meeting of Monday, July 26th at the Township office at 7:00 pm to review the zoning bylaw and remove restrictions concerning the erection of wind turbines. The provincial government has dictated that the Green Energy Act supersedes any township zoning restrictions pertaining to wind turbines.… continue reading »
Con Wind Farm
Submitted by beachcomber on July 24, 2010 - 5:20pmStories and items that are against Wind Farms.
Pro Wind Farm
Submitted by beachcomber on July 24, 2010 - 5:19pmStories and other items that are supportive of Wind Farms.
Wind Farm Issues
Submitted by Ross Klopp on July 22, 2010 - 10:46pmThere are a couple of articles about wind farms that address health concerns that you may be interested in sharing with our B.B. group. So far, I've found Oppose Belwood Wind Farm (click on Health and Safety) and Wolf Island Residents for the Environment farms (review the different categories). Also, Wolfe Island is probably a really good comparable to our lovely beach/summer/recreation focus.
The Green Energy Act – The Big Green Lie!
Submitted by Ross Klopp on July 20, 2010 - 8:00pmFascism: “Any movement, ideology, or attitude that favors dictatorial government, centralized control of private enterprise, repression of all opposition, and extreme nationalism”
OK, so maybe Dalton McGuinty isn’t extremely nationalistic… What did the Nazi propaganda minister; Joseph Goebbels say? Tell the big lie? It seems Dalton has learned this lesson well indeed. He is telling us a BIG GREEN LIE while perpetrating a BIG GREEN FRAUD against all of us in the form of the Green Energy Act!… continue reading »
Benefits of wind energy
Submitted by Ross Klopp on July 20, 2010 - 8:00pmBy Robert Hornung, Special to The Windsor Star
Wind energy is making a rapid contribution to Ontario's electricity supply, and greater benefits lie ahead. Comparatively, last year in the United States and the European Union the largest source of new electricity generation was wind. Germany -- with a population six times that of Ontario and a land mass one-third the size --- has already installed more than 20 times as much wind energy capacity as Ontario, and has set aggressive targets to significantly increase that number by the year 2020.… continue reading »
Map - Bluewater Wind Project
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Bluewater Wind Project
Submitted by beachcomber on July 12, 2010 - 5:23pmA collection point for all documents, events, links and photo related to the Bluewater Wind Project.
Public Meeting - Ammendments to the Official Plan and Comprehensive Zoning By-law
Submitted by beachcomber on July 12, 2010 - 5:14pm
Date:
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm Bluewater Wind Project - Ammendments to the Official Plan and Comprehensive Zoning By-law… continue reading »
Public Meeting - The Bluewater Wind Project
Submitted by Ross Klopp on July 4, 2010 - 9:26am
Date:
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 5:30pm - 8:00pm We received a letter in the mail from International Power (on Gov't of Ontario letterhead) on behalf of the Township of Huron-Kinloss.
The Bluewater Wind Project "includes 3387 hectares of land bounded by Concession 2 in the south, Lake Range Drive on the west, Concession 8, and Provincial Hwy. 21 on the east." It also extends from Hwy. 21 east past Bruce Road 7, north and east of Ripley.
The project is a " grouping of large scale wind turbines connected by a series of underground and overhead cables/transmission lines which will connect to Hydro One's energy distribution centre... near Bruce Power."… continue reading »
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