Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Wind farm may come to Spruce Lake

While Saint John Energy just announced they wouldn't be building a wind farm in the near term, it seems such an energy project could come to the city. I saw this storey on the 94.1 FM news blog:
  • [City Looks into Wind Farm]
    15:12:04
    The city has hired a company to perform wind testing at Spruce Lake to determine the feasibility of placing a wind farm in the area. Mayor Ivan Court is Vice President of Saint John Industrial Parks and tells CHSJ News they are looking for a private sector company to set up such an operation.

    He says they want a company to build the turbines and sell some of the energy at a discounted rate back to the city--and-- export the rest if desired.Court says they should hear back in about one or two months on whether a wind farm would be possible.

If the city can attract an investor for this project, our Energy Hub will continue to expand and diversify, which will likely be good for the city's economic future.

It would be great if some economic development funds were available to encourage innovation and development in this field.

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