Thursday, April 05, 2007

Increasing distance between home and turbines would end development

Increasing the distance between wind turbines and residences to two kilometres would effectively end the development of a proposed windfarm on the Gulf Shore.

“Without question if the municipality enacted bylaws requiring two kilometres we would simply just terminate further work on the project,” Atlantic Wind Power Corporation president Charles Demond said after speaking to Cumberland municipal council. “Two kilometres would be at the absolute extreme of anything that’s being contemplated around the globe.”

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