OPG spills hydro and $150 million goes “down the drain” OPG released their 2015 annual report Friday March 4, 2016; it confirms that 3.2 terawatts (TWh) of water that could have been used…
Wind Concerns Ontario, the coalition of community groups and individuals concerned about the impact of utility-scale wind power projects on Ontario’s economy and environment, and on human health, has issued a statement of…
Ontario is paying too much for wind power, and it doesn’t help the environment anyway, says the Wainfleet Resolution. Reports of health effects worry Wainfleet Mayor. Erie Media, March 4, 2016 51 Ontario…
Township of Wainfleet “Wainfleet – find your country side!” MEDIA RELEASE Municipalities Call for Ontario to Stop Issuing Wind Turbine Contracts WAINFLEET – March 4, 2016 – Fifty-one municipalities have endorsed the resolution…
This announcement is from the Huron-area community group, Huron East Against Turbines (HEAT). March 4, 2016 TO: All concerned FROM: Area-wide Concerned Residents of Huron County: Jeanne…
Wind power not needed, produced out of phase with demand, says Wind Concerns Ontario president London Free Press, March 2, 2016 Contracts for 300 megawatts to be announced soon By John Miner Ontario will…
IESO just released their January 2016 Monthly Market Report with details on electricity generated and demanded, along with prices and impact on ratepayers. It is interesting to compare January 2016 with January 2015…
While the Wynne government claims to be “Building Ontario Up” the reality is different for rural communities where wind power developers offered leases to farmers, who then chose money over their neighbours and…
Huron-Kinloss and West Lincoln have joined 22 other Ontario municipalities supporting the Wainfleet Resolution; the total is now 24. The resolution refers to the Auditor General’s 2015 report in which Bonnie Lysyk detailed…
Power developer admits it was unaware of degree of risk to endangered wildlife Toronto Star, February 29, 2016 By: Jim Coyle John Hirsch: appellant with Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County against WPD…
Kingston Whig-Standard, February 29, 2016 By Elliot Ferguson PLEVNA — North Frontenac Township is to appeal any large-scale wind energy project approved for the township. Township council agreed on Friday that an appeal…