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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2017-04-05, Page 88 Huron Expositor • Wednesday. April 5, 2017 NORTHLANDr rEEGAr BURNSIDE POWER Notice of a Proposed Change to an Approved Renewable Energy Project Project Name: Grand Bend Wind Farm Renewable Energy Approval (REA) #: 5186-9HBJXR OPA Reference Number: FIT Contract #: F -002178 -WIN -130-601 Project Location: North of Grand Bend, in the Municipalities of Bluewater and South Huron, in Huron County. Portions of the transmission system also traverse the Municipality of Huron East in the County of Huron and Municipality of West Perth, in the County of Perth (see map below). Dated at: West Perth, South Huron, Bluewater and Huron East this the 591 of April, 2017. Grand Bend Wind Limited Partnership, by its general partners Grand Bend Wind GP Inc., and with Northland Power Inc. as agent (hereafter referred to as "GBWLP"), was issued a Renewable Energy Approval on June 26, 2014 in respect of the Grand Bend Wind Farm (the "Project"). Information with respect to the decision on the Project can be viewed on the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change's Environmental Registry by searching 011-9928. GBWLP is proposing to make a minor change to the project and the Project itself is subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) Part V.0.1 and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). This notice must be distributed in accordance with section 32.2 of the Regulation. This notice is being distributed to make the public aware of a proposed change to the Project. Project Description and Proposed Change: Pursuant to the Act and Regulation, the project in respect of which the Renewable Energy Approval was issued, is a Class 4 Wind Facility. An application will be submitted to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change to change the Project and alter the terms and conditions of the existing Renewable Energy Approval to accommodate a minor change. The proposed change consists of the addition of three new air-cooled capacitance reactors and associated electrical equipment at the transformer substation, including a slight increase in the size of the substation to accommodate the new equipment. The reactors are required to enhance operability of the Project and to comply with impending changes to system protection/controls, as required by the electricity grid operator. The Project's wind turbines and all other areas of the project location will remain unaffected by the proposed change. The Project's total nameplate capacity (100 MW) is not altered by this request. The project location is illustrated in the map below and is likewise unchanged by this request. Documents for Public Inspection: GBWLP has been required to update the supporting documents that are required to form part of the application or which must otherwise be submitted to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change and be made available to the public. Written copies of the supporting documents will be made available for public inspection on April 12, 2017 on the Grand Bend Wind Farm Project website: Jttp://grandbend.northlandpower.ca/index.cfm?pagepath=Reports&id=35972. Project Contacts and Information: To learn more about the Project proposal, or to communicate concerns, please contact: Jim Mulvale, Director, EH&S Northland Power Inc. 30 St. Clair Avenue West, 12th Floor Toronto, Ontario M4V 3A1 416-962-6262 Lyle Parsons, Project Manager, Neegan Burnside Ltd. 15 Townline Orangeville, Ontario N1H 1C4 519-941-5331 Free Telephone Hotline: 1-800-696-8093 Project E-mail Address: -< V*id Turbine --- Sludy Ares --dr— Project 230kV Transmission Line e 012345 i 3, 'Prefect s,.«a,.,.l-- 2vk. c Ares Or hEfE- __.! (Trwterser S.►Stetlee) • h 3 •• IJ ; Greed Bend a 1 , , 1 • 1 , , Eerier grandbendwind@neeganburnside.com Photos by Justine Alkema/clinton News Record C.H.S.S. students Stuart Perkes and Ryan Edwards -Kiss made a drone video with their communications technology class of the fire damaged buildings on Albert Street; the video provides a birds eye look into the damaged buildings prior to demolition. Video of damaged Albert Street buildings goes viral Native of Egmondville, one of the drone video creators Edwards- Kiss, so they brought one along; the schools has sev- eral drones of varying capaci- ties. Edwards -Kiss and Perkes were the ones who ended up getting the footage, with Justine Alkema Edwards -Kiss piloting and Postmedia Network Perkes "spotting"; they explained this is how they On Tuesday, March 21, always fly the drone. C.H.S.S. students Ryan They almost couldn't fly that Edwards -Kiss and Stuart Perkes day as the battery was almost spontaneously made a drone dead. However they took it for a video of the fire -damaged spin anyway, and they were buildings on Albert Street. They successful in getting footage. didn't expect the video to accu- " W e were just flying it mulate 76,000 views just five around; we weren't really think - days later. ing it was going to be a formal "Really we had no plan or video or it would get this many intention of going down and shares or views. We just casually taking the video," said Londes- made it to get some cool flight borough resident Edwards- experience." Kiss. "When I got to school, I They "threw" the video came up [to my classroom] together, and Vercruyssen and thinking we were just going to Edwards -Kiss put it on Face - work on our assignments. But book. It did not even make it to when I came up, Ms. Vercruys- YouTube; all the popularity and sen was like, `so, does anyone views of the video came from want to take some cameras Facebook shares, of which there and maybe a drone down to are over 1700. where the fire was?'" Jackie The students said they take Vercruyssen is the Communi- drone footage often. Typically cation Technology teacher at they do so on the school prop- C.H.S.S. erty, however they also visit dif- The entire class ended up ferent areas in the county. They going down to the site. "We recently went to a farm near always like to incorporate the Blyth and to Goderich with a drones when we can," said drone. They pair was shocked at the popularity of the video. "I thought it would get a few hun- dred views," said Edwards -Kiss. "I'm just really happy because it's great advertising for this pro- gram at the school." The program is the Informa- tion and Communications Technology Specialist High Skills Major; the two students had only good things to say about their experience with it. Edwards -Kiss said what he enjoys is Ms. Vercruyssen's willingness to give them free- dom and flexibility to use their imagine and work on what they are most passionate about. Perkes, who lives in Egmond- ville, noted, "I'm going to school for media production. The drone is cool, and we're the only school in our area that has access to one" They emphasized that they want to thank Ms. Vercruyssen and the board for allowing them to use drones. "If any kids are interested in video and stuff like that, CHSS Comm. Tech. is the place to go and do it," said Perkes. Anyone who would like to see the video can see it on the Clin- ton News Record Facebook page where it has been shared.