Wind Blog

I had a bit of indigestion this morning. As I was having breakfast, a story came on CBC radio about a wind project near Kincardine, about 1.5 hours south of me. My ears perked up.

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The Inconvenient Truth came out on DVD this weekend. Tina was all over this one. She had posters advertising tonight’s showing in Lion’s Head almost two weeks ago.

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This is an outstanding book for anyone who is concerned about climate change.

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I attended a stakeholder consultation on climate change strategies in Toronto on Friday. The government is holding 7 or 8 of these sessions with industry, non-governmental organizations, municipalities etc.

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It has been interesting comparing the difference in production between the three turbines for the last few weeks.

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It’s been a busy time. On Saturday, we held the Grand Opening for the new wind turbines.

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I gave a talk at the Men’s Breakfast in Tobermory last week. This is a group of about 125 that gets together once a month, and invites various interesting speakers to talk. I guess they think I qualify. This is what I talked about.

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The Province has created a problem for itself.  They have extended contracts to generators to buy power that exceeds the capacity of the lines to carry it.

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I attended a consultation on distribution connection at Hydro One on Friday.  They have some big challenges in dealing with the impact of the Standard Offer.

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