Thursday, February 24, 2011

Trillium CEO Questions Ontario's Offshore Decision


Wind Developer Speaks Out On Project Cancellation Offshore Wind Wire

by Angela Beniwal on Tuesday 22 February 2011
North American Windpower

John Kourtoff, Trillium's CEO, says there are no environmental issues with wind projects that are located 10 km out.

"We're directly on bedrock - there's no sediment or silt issue or water quality issue," he says.

But the MOE cited a lack of scientific studies regarding offshore wind development in freshwater when justifying the decision.



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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Kourtoff: You don't become a leader by making stupid decisions. Ask Custer at the battle of the Little Big Horn "Custers last stand" Making stupid, uninformed, undocumented decisions makes for a poor leader. Of course if money and greed over shadow your decision then you can make decisions.