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Great Lakes Wind Collaborative
State of the Science Workshop Presentations
Questions swirl over Ontario offshore wind power generation projects Daily Commercial News (1/26) Recent news reports about the Windstream Wolfe Island Shoals offshore wind project in Lake Ontario have spurred concerns from the province’s Progressive Conservative energy critic. Should we lift the moratorium on offshore wind in the Great Lakes? The Energy Collective (1/26) For a year now there has been a moratorium on the development of offshore wind projects in the Great Lakes. The Ontario government issued the ban because it said more study was needed to make sure the projects can be developed safety and responsibly, even though such studies were supposedly already done when the previous moratorium was lifted in January 2008. Research project to track bird migration hot spots on Superior shore The Sault Star (1/26) An Algoma University professor plans to plant microphones along the shore of Lake Superior next fall to help find migratory hot spots that could be affected by wind energy development. Ontario farm group calls for halt to wind power development The Globe and Mail (1/20) Ontario’s largest farm organization has called for a moratorium on wind power development in the province, saying there are too many unanswered questions about its value, and that the debate over turbines is polarizing rural communities. Builder hopes to blow winds of change, lift ban on wind turbines The Hamilton Spectator (1/19) The province is in no rush to approve a massive wind energy project that holds the promise of hundreds of jobs for Hamilton companies. As many as 1,900 jobs coming to Hamilton The Hamilton Spectator (1/18) Hamilton companies have landed the major contracts in a $1.5-billion offshore wind energy project. Visit GLIN to read more articles about wind and renewable energy in the Great Lakes region
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