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Canadian Renewable Energy Association set to form

Move promises new national voice for the wind, solar and energy storage industries

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 22, 2020

Two of Canada’s leading green energy organizations are merging to form a single association. The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) and the Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA) are set to become Canadian Renewable Energy Association, effective July 1. The new group will be headed by Robert Hornung, the long-standing president of CanWEA. As the founding president and

News, Other

Municipalities unimpressed with Hydro hikes

By Alexis Stockford July 11, 2017

Manitoba Hydro hopes to increase rates 7.9 per cent annually for the next five years,  a total 46.3 per cent jump over current rates

Local governments aren’t happy with word Manitoba Hydro is hoping to increase rates by nearly eight per cent a year for the next half-decade. Delegates from the Municipality of Pipestone raised the issue at the recent Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) western membership meeting and found plenty of support for their position. After the western

Rail cars arrive at Glencore’s Puerto Prodeco coal depository in Colombia. (Glencore.com)

Crops

Glencore sees renewables not cost competitive until mid-century

By GFM Network News, Nina Chestney September 27, 2016

London | Reuters — Renewable energy will not be cost competitive with fossil fuels until 2050, Glencore said on Tuesday, much later than energy organizations forecast and supporting the mining and trading giant’s case for continued investment in coal. Glencore, whose non-mining holdings include Canadian grain handler Viterra, has said coal is still an investment

Biomass pellets burn in a boiler furnace chamber. Nova Scotia’s COMFIT program offered 17.5 cents/kWh for electricity generated from local-level biomass plants. (Matt Myers photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Weather

N.S. halts local-level biomass, wind power plan

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 7, 2015

Nova Scotia is ending its feed-in tariff program that pays local-level groups to generate power from biomass, wind and other renewable sources. Energy Minister Michel Samson said Thursday a provincial review of the community feed-in tariff (COMFIT) program shows it’s “at a point where the program could begin to have a negative impact on power

National news

Wind turbines can be annoying — but not a health risk

A federal study found no evidence to support claims they are a hazard

By Alex Binkley November 25, 2014

A two-year study by the federal government has found no detrimental impact on human health from wind turbines, although the giant towers and their rotating arms can be annoying to nearby residents. “No evidence was found to support a link between exposure to wind turbine noise and any of the self-reported or measured health end

News

Elton Energy A Step Closer To Cashing In On Wind

By Daniel Winters November 17, 2011

Elton Energy Co-op is moving on to the next phase in its quest to develop local alternative energy. A MET tower, erected to gauge the wind resource near Forrest, was taken down recently after gathering two years of wind data, said Dan Mazier, president of the co-op. Now we know what type of wind regime

Country Crossroads

What Goes Around, Comes Around

By Albert Parsons September 29, 2011

A half-century ago or more the good old days according to some folks many farms had windmills. Before the electrification of the Prairies in the 1950s and 60s, a windmill was a relatively inexpensive and very efficient way to pump water from deep water wells found on many Prairie farms. Some farms also used a

News

Wind Farm Co-Ops Get Funding

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 13, 2011

Two Manitoba communities have received $62,000 in federal grants to examine the feasibility of building locally owned wind farms. The Saint-Claude and De Salaberry Wind Energy co-operatives will use the money to see if a Quebec co-operative model for such a project could work in Manitoba. It’s the first step toward possibly constructing two wind

News

Ont. Report Sees No Link From Wind Farms To Illnesses

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 27, 2010

Mining the available scientific evidence, a new report from Ontario’s chief medical officer of health finds that while living near wind turbine farms “may annoy some people,” it’s a stretch to blame the turbines for health problems. “According to the scientific evidence, there isn’t any direct causal link between wind turbine noise and adverse health

Weather

Weather Email Bag

By Daniel Bezte March 25, 2010

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 10.2 9.9 10.7 12.1 12.3 9.1 7.9 8.3 8.5 10.2 10.9 10.4 10.0 Average monthly wind speeds (km/h) The Weather Vane is prepared by Daniel Bezte, a teacher by profession with a B. A. (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the

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Tag Archives Wind power

Canadian Renewable Energy Association set to form

Municipalities unimpressed with Hydro hikes

Glencore sees renewables not cost competitive until mid-century

N.S. halts local-level biomass, wind power plan

Wind turbines can be annoying — but not a health risk

Elton Energy A Step Closer To Cashing In On Wind

What Goes Around, Comes Around

Wind Farm Co-Ops Get Funding

Ont. Report Sees No Link From Wind Farms To Illnesses

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