Wind Blog

Emerson McLay passed away on Thursday. He was the farmer that I lease land from for the Ferndale wind turbines. He taught me a lot about how a farmer thinks about his land.
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Certain municipal politicians have been complaining that wind turbines do not pay enough property tax. Of course, a municipality’s budget would benefit from more tax on any structure. But before we ask wind to pay more tax, we should compare it to the tax paid by other sources of generation. This entry will compare Bruce Power with wind. (more…)

The numbers are in for wind production in Ontario last year. The IESO had a news release that included the data.
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