CTV News, October 20, 2015 (originating with Canadian Press)
The Canadian Press
Published Tuesday, October 20, 2015 3:17PM EDT
TORONTO – The Progressive Conservatives are demanding a safety audit of all industrial wind turbines in Ontario after reports of sensors flying off some of the huge blades.
Tory environment critic Lisa Thompson says farmers in Bluewater near Sarnia are being advised not to harvest crops near the giant turbines until they notify the wind farm owners so the blades can be slowed down.
The Bluewater municipal council has asked its staff to investigate the reports, and Thompson wants the province to look into the situation as well.
Environment Minister Glen Murray says wind power is among the safest forms of energy technology and he insists it would be premature to suggest there’s a problem.
NextEra Energy Canada did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the potential safety threat from sensors coming off the giant wind turbines or say how big the devices actually are.
Murray dismissed Thompson’s call for a safety audit of industrial wind turbines, but says he takes the reports of parts flying off very seriously, and his ministry will look into the complaints to see exactly what is happening.
Tory environment critic Lisa Thompson says farmers in Bluewater near Sarnia are being advised not to harvest crops near the giant turbines until they notify the wind farm owners so the blades can be slowed down.
The Bluewater municipal council has asked its staff to investigate the reports, and Thompson wants the province to look into the situation as well.
Environment Minister Glen Murray says wind power is among the safest forms of energy technology and he insists it would be premature to suggest there’s a problem.
NextEra Energy Canada did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the potential safety threat from sensors coming off the giant wind turbines or say how big the devices actually are.
Murray dismissed Thompson’s call for a safety audit of industrial wind turbines, but says he takes the reports of parts flying off very seriously, and his ministry will look into the complaints to see exactly what is happening.
2 Comments
Barbara
IWT parts could contaminate food supplies as well as damage farm machinery.
As these IWTs get older these problems could increase.
Too bad those who wanted to host IWTs now have the problems that go along with these horse-and-buggy machines.
NIABY
Glen Murray exposes himself as a lying, flaming idiot in his response to MPP Thompson, when he tries to shrug off the safety risks of IWTs by bringing up “coal”. Coal has NOTHING to do with wind turbines that are falling apart, and is just another diversion tactic. Nonetheless, watch his smiling Liberal conspirators bobbling in titillation behind him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-b4M2Q-5×0