Lake Ontario Waterkeeper Ontario’s big windy gamble

Lake Ontario Waterkeeper

In Canada, the green rush has recently encountered some significant turbulence.
Canada:
The province is betting on wind power, and critics are lining up
all across the country, new wind farm developments are meeting with stiff resistance from local residents, concerned not just about the aesthetics of the giant turbines, but what opponents claim is a growing body of evidence of adverse health effects.In Canada, the green rush has recently encountered some significant turbulence.

A federal subsidy of one cent per kWh generated—which in real terms means a two-MW turbine currently earns its owner about $61,000 a year from Ottawa—did not have its funding extended in the last budget, and will come to an end this fall.


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