A common response to objections to industrial-scale wind power development in southern Ontario is, Why not put them up North then? Nobody lives there. The members of Save Ontario’s Algoma Region* know the…
The need for mandatory community support and proper mitigation of harmful effects from wind turbines is acknowledged, but there is still no definition of who is “local” or a community, Wind Concerns Ontario…
February 6, 2017 Last week, the wind power communications machinery was touting the virtues of the Gunn’s Hill wind power project which they claim is Ontario’s first real “community” wind power project, half-owned…
A resident of Dover Centre in Chatham-Kent is calling for leaseholders in wind turbine projects to be released from the non-disclosure or “gag” clauses that are preventing full awareness of the situation regarding…
Electricity sold off cheap could have powered 50% of Ontario homes; wind clearly not needed The line of poetry “it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good” was a reality in November for…
Parker Gallant on his Energy Perspectives blog, has summarized some of the comments made to the Ontario Ministry of Energy, when it requested input for the new Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP). Predictably, the…
Public declaration demands cancellation of wind power procurement, and re-focus of energy policy by the Wynne government January 9, 2017 The Ontario Multi Municipal Group has issued a public declaration stating it wants…
Wind power a significant portion of punishing electricity bills, community coalition says. Cancel contracts wherever possible, immediately. The Ontario Ministry of Energy asked for input to its new Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP)…
Eulogy for the wind power industry is premature … unfortunately. December 15, 2016 Parker Gallant in today’s Financial Post The Day Ontario’s wind tyranny ends, there will be dancing in the streets The…
“The significant increase in wind capacity is questionable …” December 14, 2016 As part of the Long Term Energy Planning process, a report that contains information that is highly critical of wind turbines’ role…
Ottawa-based energy economist Robert Lyman has provided this summary of a recent paper on energy subsidies in the United States. December 12, 2016 The Energy “Subsidy” Debate – Some Additional Fuel for the…