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More than 100 attend meeting about Logan wind farm
Wind turbine controversy blows over from Huron East to West Perth during meeting
Rita Marshall
The wind . turbine controversy in
Huron East blew over to West Perth
Thursday night, July 30, at a public
meeting on proposed turbine devel-
opment in Logan ward.
More than 100 people packed the
Brodhagen Community Hall to hear
representatives from Renewable En-
ergy Systems Americas (RES) intro-
duce their company and their pro-
posal for a wind farm between Perth
Lines 55 and 44.
RES is not the same company be-
hind the St. Columban wind projects,
but members of Huron East Against
Turbines (HEAT) attended the
meeting and concerns about health
and property values. dominated the
night.
"Would you support an indepen-
dent health study?" asked Allison
Cattrysse, a HEAT member.
RES land acquisitions specialist
Chad Horton encouraged all Logan
landowners to
gather as much
information as
possible, includ-
ing health studies,
before deciding
whether to host a
wind turbine.
RES develop-
ment director
Nick Muszynski
said major studies
of long-term wind
farms in the UK
have shown no in-
dication of health
impacts.
RES and HEAT
members also
traded differ-
ent studies on
what happens
to property
values of land
near or hosting
wind turbines.
HEAT members
claimed proper-
ty values drop
by 28 per cent if
the property is
located within
one kilometre of
a turbine, while
Horton said
some studies
show that the
opposite.
"There are
also appraisals
that show the
opposite per-
spective," said
Horton. "From
the other side,
your property
has a revenue
stream for 25 years."
The meeting was a way for RES
to gauge public support for the proj-
ect. If there is sufficient interest, the
company will move forward with
wind studies and environmental as-
sessments.
Because no studies have been com-
pleted yet, RES was unable to an-
swer some questions.
Julie Emond wanted to know how
many Logan landowners would need
to sign up to make the proposed 40 -
60 turbine farm viable.
Muszynski said it would depend
on how many signed -up landowners
had enough wind on their land, and
how close those landowners were to
each other. Landowners who sign up
but don't receive a turbine are still
eligible for revenue sharing or to
host other equipment. .
The impending Ontario Green
Energy Act (Bill 150), which will
regulate set back distances for the
turbines, also contributed to the un-
certainty. Challenged that a group
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back at least 1500 metres, Muszyn-
ski said .that the GEA would allow
the 380 - 425 foot turbines to be lo-
cated 550 metres from an inhabited
dwelling following a detailed sound
assessment.
Final provincial regulations re-
garding setbacks haven't been decid-
ed yet, but HEAT cites health con-
cerns when turbines are located too
close to residences, pools, parks and
other places where people gather.
Although HEAT members grilled
the RES representatives at the meet-
ing, Cattrysse said afterwards that
the approachability of RES was a
positive, even if it didn't change her
mind.
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