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A test tower that will determine if four country blocks of McKillop can become a Suncor wind farm, should be erected some
time this spring. Suncor has built wind farms in both southern Alberta with the Magrath Wind Power Project and in
southern Saskatchewan with the SunBridge Wind Power Project.
Wind farms could yield $10,000 for an acre of land
From Page 1
Vainstein said Suncor will
pay a flat rate per acre, along
with a percentage of the wind
farm's revenues.
If the test tower produces
good results and the wind
farm proceeds, Vainstein said
farmers could make
approximately $10,000 a
year for the acre or two of
land that will house a wind
turbine.
In the meantime, Vainstein
said a test tower will have to
collect data for close to two
years, especially in the winter
which produces the most
wind, before it's known if the
wind farm will proceed.
Environmental studies will
also have to be completed,
along with a closer look at
how the wind farm can be
connected to the electricity
grid.
"Rural areas are the best
because the population
density is relatively low," he
said.
The wind turbines could be
approximately 80 metres (or
280 feet) high, the usual
height for turbines in
Ontario.
Suncor has built wind
farms in both southern
Alberta with the Magrath
Wind Power Project and in
southern Saskatchewan with
the SunBridge Wind Power
Project.
Council discusses wind farms at meeting
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
With the potential of local
wind farms on the horizon,
Huron East council discussed
what land use regulations
might be necessary to
accommodate them at its
March 1 meeting.
"My concern is what
controls should be put in
place if someone came in for
a building permit," said
Clerk -Administrator Jack
McLachlan.
Huron County planner
Scott Tousaw, who made a
presentation to council on the
issue of wind energy, said
council should pass a site
plan control bylaw and hold
a public meeting if a wind
farm is close to being built in
the municipality.
Showing council a map of
wind patterns in the area,
Tousaw predicted wind farms
being built inland from Lake
Huron as far as Stratford,
where wind is measured as
ranging from speeds of 6.5 to
to five metres per second.
He added that because
wind energy makes a
significant contribution
towards air quality as it
reduces carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere, wind farms
could help Huron County
meet the one -tonne challenge
being promoted by the
federal government in
response to the Kyoto
Agreement.
"The CO2 we could save
would be the same as
reforesting the whole
township," he said.
Tousaw said the wind farm
project going ahead in
Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh has not drawn
any negative reaction or
objections by cottagers or
residents in the area.
"Whether you think these
things are attractive or a
blight on the landscape is a
personal opinion. But, that
hasn't been an issue in Huron
County, which has been
relatively quiet," he said.
While the wind turbines
are said to kill birds, Tousaw
said the county might want to
research whether or not any
wind farm might be built on
any migratory flight paths.
"I've been told my car
probably kills more birds in a
year than these things do," he
added.
He said farmers could earn
anywhere from $7,000 to
$10,000 a year from one
wind turbine and farmers can
farm up to the base of the
turbine.
"Anything we can do to
enhance farm income is
positive," he said.
Tousaw said Huron
County's official plan allows
wind turbines in prime
agricultural areas but that
rezoning meetings would be
appropriate so the local
community can have some
input into the process.
He added that the county
thinks wind farms should be
built on leased land, opposed
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Deputy -Mayor Bernie
MacLellan said he is in
favour of wind energy on
environmental principles but
is worried that farmers who
allow them on their land
would face an increased
assessment of their property.
Tousaw responded that
contracts often dealt with
that issue, with the company
paying the increased property
tax.
Tousaw said while wind
energy is relatively new,
municipalities and local
utilities should look into the
possibility as an investment.
"Why buy power if you
can produce it yourself?" he
said.
Seaforth Coun. Joe Steffler
pointed out that Seaforth has
two transformer stations that
wind turbines could be
hooked into.
Hydro
customers
should
receive rebate
this summer
Festival Hydro customers
will be among the residential
electricity users that should
receive a rebate on their
hydro this summer.
"It's possible there will be
a rebate credited back on
electricity bills," says
Festival Hydro president
Bill Zehr.
While Canadian Press
reported the rebate could
range from $50 to $100 after
mild weather created a $300
million surplus across the
province, Zehr says it's not
known yet how much the
rebate will be.
As well, large industrial
users (who use more than
250,000 kilowatt hours a
year) can expect a 12 per
cent increase in their prices
starting April 1.
Zehr says only 22 Festival
Hydro customers receive the
industrial or "spot market"
price, a handful of which are
located in Seaforth and
Hensall.
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Ontario Energy Minister is
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for the next three years and
hopefully, this will stabilize
the market," says Zehr.
Ry Susan Hundertmark