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HereinHalifax on October 10, 2009 - 4:02pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Hi Jim,

I trust you enjoyed your time spent in Cape Breton, although it must have been all too brief. I haven't followed this too closely, but Renewable Energy Services Ltd., a Nova Scotia firm, is adding eleven more 2-MW turbines to their Statia Terminals wind farm in Port Hawkesbury. This power will be sold under contract to Nova Scotia Power.

See: http://www.resl.ca/news/news.html

By 2013, the Province is expected to have over 500 MW of wind power in place.

Cheers,
Paul

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Jim MacInnes on October 10, 2009 - 4:28pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Thanks for the link Paul. Yes, was only there for 8 days but had a nice visit with my cousins who live along the Cabot Trail as I once did. Glad to hear that Nova Scotia is active in including more renewables as part of its generating mix. I toured the 200 MW hydro plant at Wreck Cove a while back and it was also impressive. My Cape Breton Island cousins worked construction on this project.

We are reactivating the Great Lakes Offshore Wind Council www.michiganglowcouncil.org soon in order to continue our study of this potential power supply opportunity for our state. Am also working on developing a 36 MW biomass project using waste wood in northern Michigan which has been interesting.

Was hoping to attend the ASPO conference this year but have too much going on right now so I will have to get the DVD's.

best,
jim

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margaree on October 13, 2009 - 6:25am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Jim, I live on the Cabot Trail too. We are desperate in this neck of the woods for advice on anything to do with getting "off-oil". We
certainly have the wind , but no one seems to do much to help us find their product because we are really looking for individual windmills for single houses, and in an area where winds can hit 175-190kph a few times every year.

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