http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2011/02/ontario-rules-out-offshore-wind-projects.html
In 2006, CALEWT was formed by a group of concerned residents of Essex County in reaction to a proposal to place 119 industrial wind turbines in Pigeon Bay, in the Western Basin of Lake Erie. Our position has always been that a full, non-biased/impartial environmental assessment must be completed before consideration is given to any [...]
Check out this Globe and Mail article “Welcome to the wacky world of
green power”, click HERE.
This is a short recap of what has transpired today regarding the renewable energy proposals under the Green Energy Act.
The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) announced approval of 184 large scale renewable energy projects (out of 930 applications) for a total of 2,500 mw of electricity.
Please see details on the following link: http://www.premier.gov.on.ca
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KINGSVILLE — The construction of offshore wind turbines south of Kingsville could threaten the safety of drinking water for 60,000 people, says Union Water System advisory board manager John Kehoe.
To read more click HERE.
Pigeon Bay is directly on the flight path of both the Atlantic and Mississippi Waterfowl Flyways.
Pigeon Bay site of the proposed Wind Farm is part of the Western Lake Erie Basin a designated “Important Bird Area (IBA)”. Pigeon Bay is part of the following special designations:
The Pelee Archipelago
IBA Criteria: Globally Significant; Continentally Significant; Nationally [...]
New Regulations encompass:
Environmental Protection Act
Environmental Assessment Act
Environmental Bill of Rights
Planning Act
Policies and Regulations of MNR
Work permits and/or approval to occupy Crown Land, as well as permits under the Endangered Species Act (2007), are required by MNR.
Prior to submitting an application for Renewable Energy Approval (REA), the applicant must:
1) Describe project and [...]
After hearing a report from Town Planner, Danielle Truax regarding the limited and potentially costly remedies available to municipalities with regard to wind power, Kingsville Council has decided to make a concerted, cohesive, and collected effort to deal with matters concerning the potential impact of offshore wind turbines.
Kingsville has already partnered with the Town [...]
The province’s Green Energy Act has hamstrung residents’ ability to fight wind turbine proposals for lakes Erie and St. Clair by putting the financial onus on opponents to prove any harm to human health or the environment.
Municipalities need to do hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of studies to fight 715 wind turbines proposed for [...]
Wind Concerns Ontario is a coalition of 42 citizen groups promoting awareness of the true impacts of industrial wind power facilities across Ontario.
To read more about this group, click HERE.
A Leamington-based company that is proposing to put 700 wind turbines in lakes Erie and St. Clair has hired a high-profile Michigan public relations strategist and former spokesman for the mayor of Detroit.
Daniel Cherrin, who was chief communications officer under former Detroit mayor Ken Cockrel Jr., said Thursday he was hired last week by SouthPoint [...]