Wind turbine concerns

Impacts from new developments in US waters could have ramifications in Canada.

Icebreaker Windpower Inc. is planning a six-turbine development 10 miles off the shore of Cleveland, Ohio. This would be the first wind power development in the Great Lakes, but others are planned.

Gary Wheeler, spokesperson for the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks, confirmed Ontario is not moving from its 2011 decision to not allow in-water wind turbines. He also said there was a lack of …READ MORE.

by Jeff Helsdon