Wind power: get past the hype.
Citizens are aware that they need their municipal elected officials to be informed, and aware of community wishes as regards industrial power projects.
May 20, 2025 “I cannot support Evolugen,” Ottawa area MPP Karen McCrimmon told a local online newspaper in a wide-ranging interview that included questions about a proposed battery energy storage system or BESS.…
May 19, 2025 Citizens of South-West Oxford and Malahide have grouped together to stop a huge, 200-megawattwind power project proposed by German power developer wpd. They have a new website, Stop Cedar Flats…
One Ontario municipality refreshes its Unwilling Host commitment while another takes issue with the entire proposal process October 21, 2024 Several interesting developments occurred last week as we get nearer to the Independent…
Minister confirms municipal support mandatory for new power projects to proceed Stephe Lecce, Ontario Minister of Energy and Electrification, announced today that the newest Request For Proposals from the Independent Electricity System Operator…
CTV News London May 10, 2024 By Scott MIller CTV News Ontario is looking to add more renewable energy to its electricity supply, which will likely mean more wind turbines going up across…
It’s all in the numbers: what is the real cost of wind and solar? [Shutterstock image] The ways wind and solar are costed ignores the real costs of their unreliability…and of getting rid…
A letter sent in 2011 to then environment minister by the mayor of Amaranth requested action on negative impacts of wind turbines and a transformer, specifically greater setbacks. Nothing has been done. February…
January 18, 2024 Protect agricultural land, don’t reward non-compliant operators with new contracts, and insist on enforcement of noise regulations Wind Concerns Ontario tells IESO Protection of prime farmland for food is as…
There is a lot of money at stake, as Ontario opens up to contracts for Battery Energy Storage Systems Small Battery Storage facility operated by Shell November 14, 2023 As of today, there…
[Photo: Drew Nash/AP] Hundreds gather in the U.S. to protest huge ‘desecration’ April 13. 2023 A wind “farm” proposed in Idaho was the subject of a protest by hundreds of citizens, according to…