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Prowind’s North American corporate headquarters

18 Thursday Apr 2013

Posted by ottawawindconcerns in Health, Ottawa, Renewable energy, Wind power

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We have a treat for you today, a photo of Prowind’s Head Office in Hamilton. You may recall the original office was inside a building in Kemptville Ontario, where there was also a make-your-own-wine-and beer business. Well, now that Prowind (really headquartered in Germany) is consorting with the likes of EDP, GE and Boralex, they have come up in the world, and need to be closer to their huge projects in the Woodstock area.

The Hamilton office suite is also more convenient for President Jeffrey Segal. Mr Segal, by the way, once claimed that he lives near a turbine; on further questioning, it was revealed that he meant he lives in Toronto and has seen the Exhibition Place demonstration (joke) turbine. But he is experiencing no health effects or property value loss, and so far, all the non-participating receptors (they used to be called ‘neighbours’) are OK, too.

But we digress.

Here for your viewing pleasure, is a photo of the Prowind office location. Bear in mind that this is a company that is supposed to be preparing high-level engineering reports to attest to compliance with noise regulations and safety requirements, that will be assuring no impact on human health or the natural environment, and that assures municipalities there will be economic benefits.

They do it all from here:

Prowind HQ-Hamilton

Yup.

No sign of the dumpster into which all the letters from concerned citizens must go, but it’s probably there somewhere.

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Energy economist: Ontario’s renewables plan ‘not affordable’

07 Sunday Apr 2013

Posted by ottawawindconcerns in Health, Ottawa, Renewable energy, Wind power

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Brinston wind farm, Kathleen Wynne, Liberal Ontario government, Lisa MacLeod, North Gower wind farm, Ontario Ministry Environment, Ostrander Point wind power, Ottawa wind concerns, Prince Edward County wind projects, Robert Lyman, Shanly wind farm, South Branch Wind Opposition group, Wind Concerns Ontario

Dozens of residents of Ottawa, North Gower, Brinston and Shanly gathered at Ottawa City Hall yesterday to declare their communities “NOT a willing host” to proposed giant wind power projects.

Energy economist Bob Lyman addressed the crowd, noting that the day before, the Ontario Energy Board announced yet another rate hike, effective May 1st.

“Ontario’s renewable energy plan is unaffordable,” Lyman said. “We’re just beginning to feel the costs, which will amount to billions every year to be paid by Ontario ratepayers.”

Because wind power is produced when it’s not needed, he said, Ontario is shipping power out at “depressed” rates. “Ontario is subsidizing New York ratepayers by $500 million a year.”

Lyman blames the changes to structure in Ontario’s power system: “We’ve come a long way from the days when policy was to ensure that Ontario consumers had reliable and competitively priced supply. Today, the goals of environmental groups have displaced the interests of consumers and industry. It is time to take back Hydro for the consumers of this province.”

Wind Concerns Ontario president Jane Wilson said that the Ontario government is not listening to concerns about the rising price of electricity, about health problems, property value loss, or the environment. “Right now,” she said, “the citizens of Prince Edward County are having to raise money to fight their own government, the Ministry of the Environment, which has approved a wind power project at Ostrander Point. The government is not doing its job.”

Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod noted the cost of electricity in Ontario is hurting small and medium sized businesses, while huge corporations are benefitting from wind power subsidies. “The Premier says she is listening,” MacLeod said, “but I’m not sure who she’s listening to.”

The text of Bob Lyman’s remarks is available here: Remarks for April6event-RLyman, 2013-1

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Ottawa NOT a ‘willing host’ event Saturday April 6th

05 Friday Apr 2013

Posted by ottawawindconcerns in Health, Ottawa, Renewable energy, Wind power

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Bob Lyman, cost benefit wind power, health effects wind farms, health effects wind turbine noise, infrasound wind turbines, Lisa MacLeod, Not a Willing host, Ottawa wind concerns, South Branch Wind Opposition group, Wind Concerns Ontario, wind farm North Gower, wind farm Richmond, wind power project Ottawa

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NORTH GOWER-RICHMOND-BRINSTON NOT A “WILLING HOST” to giant wind power generation project.

News conference and peaceable demonstration Saturday April 6th, Ottawa City Hall, 2 PM, corner Elgin and Lisgar Streets, Human Rights monument

Speakers: Lisa MacLeod MPP, energy economist Bob Lyman, Wind Concerns Ontario president Jane Wilson

Organized by: Ottawa Wind Concerns, Wind Concerns Ontario, South Branch Wind Opposition Group

Prowind sells South Branch/E Ontario project to US wind giant EDP

25 Thursday Oct 2012

Posted by ottawawindconcerns in Health, Wind power

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Brinston, Chris Bentley, cost of electricity Ontario, Dwight Duncan, EDP, Prowind, Shanly, South Branch, South Branch Wind Opposition group, South Dundas, Tim Hudak, wind power

From this week’s Chesterville Record, news that Prowind sold its 14-turbine project to Houston-based EDP.

See the story here:

http://chestervillerecord.com/2012/10/wind-farm-pursued-in-n-stormont/

This is bad news for the community there–Prowind already has a Feed In Tariff or FIT contract for the project. Now, as owner, EDP will simply be able to add to it without additional environmental assessments or any other sort of oversight.

Not that there is any, anyway.

The subsidies given to wind power developers under FIT amount to about $500,000 per turbine, per year. Just a few kilometers away from Cornwall, which purchases cheap hydro power from Quebec for about 6 cents a kWh, the South Branch project will have a nameplate capacity of 30 megawatts. This is power that Ontario does NOT need.

In other news, in Ottawa at a Town Hall last evening, PC Leader Tim Hudak repeated his pledge to cancel the Feed In Tariff program if his party wins the next election.

Energy Minister Chris Bentley announced today that he is not seeking the Party leadership and is indeed leaving politics. Asked in Ottawa if he was surprised that Finance Minister Dwight Duncan was leaving politics, Mr Hudak said, “Who can blame him? Six budgets and he never once balanced the budget and now he’s leaving behind the worst financial mess.”

Email us at ottawawindconcerns@yahoo.ca and join our community of families concerned about the impacts of large-scale wind power generation projects on our communities, our health, the environment, and our economy.

For more news of our colleague group in South Dundas, go to http://www.stopbigwind.ca

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