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6,500 Onshore Utility-Scale Wind Turbines in Ontario

Click to see the most recent list of turbines installed in or proposed for Ontario, Canada. All are as big or bigger than Toronto’s Ex Place turbine.

• Ontario turbines installed or proposed by May 15

Please leave a comment if you notice any errors or omissions.

A larger version of this map can be found under Bruce County on the right.

More maps can be found here:

Map of wind power projects in Algoma District

Source: http://www.local2.ca/ssm/viewarticle.php?id=11115

 

He finds relief by sleeping away from home

He finds relief by sleeping away from home or in the unfinished basement, which requires his shutting down the furnace and thereby cutting off heat to the house. http://appec.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/may-9th-at-the-ert/

Comment by May 31 on the latest permit to harm bobolink in Ontario

The bobolink (bird) is protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which makes it illegal “to kill, harm and harass… as well as damage and destroy the habitat” of threatened species.  To legalize the killing of 2 other species, the Government of Ontario granted this exemption for the Ostrander Point project in eastern Ontario. Now they are granting a similar exemption for the Bluewater project, although they no longer use the words kill, harm, harass, damage, destroy.

The wind company “is seeking a permit under clause 17(2)(c) of the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA) to authorize an activity that would otherwise contravene section 10 of the ESA with respect to Bobolink in order to construct a wind farm near the community of Bayfield, Ontario”.

http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTE5NDI0&statusId=MTc4NjE1&language=en

Members of the public are invited to submit their written comments by May 31, 2013 by email to esa.guelph@ontario.ca and quote ER number 011-8951 in the subject line.

80% of Ontario’s wind generation at wrong time

the province has already lost $2 billion in electricity exports because power generated by wind often has to be exported at a loss.

“Eighty per cent of Ontario’s generation of electricity from wind power occurs at times and seasons so far out of phase with demand that the entire output is surplus and is exported at a substantial loss,” the report says. “Data from the Independent Electricity System Operator shows Ontario now loses, on average, $24,000 per operating hour on such sales, totalling $200 million annually.” Read article Sun

Fire burns Goderich wind turbine to ashes

http://ontario-wind-resistance.org/2013/04/02/ctv-news-fire-destroys-top-of-wind-turbine-near-goderich/

she considered selling her home in south Chatham-Kent

she considered selling her home in south Chatham-Kent because of nearby turbines but has been told she would have to list it for 50 to 55% of her investment or 30 to 40% of replacement value. Chatham Daily News OWR

Map of wind turbine projects in Lambton, Middlesex

Some or all of the Jericho, Goshen, Cedar Point, Bornish, Proof Line & Ravenswood projects. For a full map of the Goshen project, click Huron County on the right. For more info on the Cedar Point & Bornish projects, click Lambton County or Middlesex County here or on the right.

Image Source: OWR