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Enercon done major contract in Canada and brings out new , high-wind turbines. 

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POSTER’S NOTE: THIS ARTICLE IS ORIGINALLY IN GERMAN AND HAS BEEN TRANSLATED USING GOOGLE TRANSLATE. FOR ORIGINAL ARTICLE, PLEASE CLICK HERE: http://www.iwr.de/windenergie/wind-news.php?id=26054

April 11, 2014

Aurich – The wind turbine manufacturer Enercon has built on a major project in Canada within 30 months of 126 wind turbine generators (WTG ) . The manufacturer also based in Aurich, wants to expand its range of wind turbines for strong-wind locations .

Both the system of type E – 82 and E -101 of the type it should in future be in an additional version with wind class – I- interpretation according to the manufacturer . The E-82 for strong-wind sites is at 2.35 megawatts ( MW) offered nominal power. The corresponding E -101 with 3.05 MW plant is about the same power rating as the wind have Class II turbine of this platform.

New turbines with different tower , foundation and grid connection variants
The message for the expansion of the turbine Enercon has to offer Hannover Messe issued , which ends on Friday . Enercon explained now to optimize the basic machine types E -82 and E -101 for the construction of wind Class I locations. Both series Enercon guarantees in connection with relevant agreements in relation to the so-called Enercon Partner concept technical availability of 97 percent. In addition to various towers and foundations variants both strong wind series will be available with four different power supply configurations for the different target markets.

” Enercon reacts with the new high-wind versions to customer needs in international target markets . We want to offer our customers for their wind energy projects always the optimal Enercon technology, “said Enercon sales manager Stefan Luetkemeyer . The strong winds versions of the E- 82 and E -101 are primarily intended for export markets and are expected to be available in early 2015 and in early 2016 series .

Logistical challenges of large projects in Quebec
In the Canadian province of Quebec Enercon has built in just 30 months for customers Boralex and Gaz Métro total of 126 wind turbines and put into operation. The wind farm Beaupré am so far the world’s largest built by Enercon wind farms. The installed capacity is 272 MW. Machines from the E -70 and E-82 with 64 , 85 and 98 meter hub height have been installed there. A further 38 machines (91 MW) will soon follow in another two phases. The site of the first phases of construction includes about 100 square kilometers. Around 150 kilometers of roads were built for the project, also moved massive amounts earth , blasted rock and built numerous bridges .

Up to 36 large cranes were from 2012, while construction of the tower and installing the system, simultaneously cutting and added a further auxiliary cranes that were ready to unload the heavy transports . This heavy transports were carried out with special heavy-duty trucks, the so-called “Army Trucks” . Elizabeth Fennell, General Project Manager at Beaupré Project declared proudly: ” implement Deliveries within the schedule , led many successes – with on-time project delivery as the crowning glory . ”

 

FOR ORIGINAL ARTICLE, PLEASE CLICK HERE: http://www.iwr.de/windenergie/wind-news.php?id=26054

ERT Appeal, Ontario Wind, Protecting our children

Jericho wind project opponents taking case to environmental tribunal

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By Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer

Friday, May 2, 2014

 

Wind turbines near Kettle Point.

 

Opponents of NextEra Energy’s 92-turbine Jericho wind energy project have appealed its provincial environmental approval.

Marcelle Brooks, with the Middlesex-Lambton Wind Action Group, said an appeal filed by member Bob Lewis has been accepted by Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal, and a hearing is expected to be held June 24.

Construction on the wind project that will see turbines built in Lambton Shores and Warwick Township, as well as transmission lines in neighbouring North Middlesex, began days after it was approved April 14 by Ontario’s Ministry of Environment.

Ontario allows construction of renewable energy projects to continue while an appeal is underway, unless the tribunal issues a stay order.

Brooks said they know odds of an appeal succeeding are slim but still decided to go ahead.

“We need our voice to be heard at every opportunity,” she said.

Brooks said they don’t have money for a lawyer and Lewis will represent himself at the tribunal hearing.

“It’s quite complex, when you’re not a lawyer,” she said.

The group members plan to make use of experience gained when members of the wind action group appealed other wind projects.

As well as arguing that wind turbines harm the environment and human health, Brooks said the appeal will challenge the provincial approval under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

“We really did not have any say in what is going on here,” she said.

“There has been no freedom to choose, to decide location, to do what’s best for the community. The whole wind energy fiasco has been imposed on us.”

Brooks said the wind action group didn’t file the appeal itself because of past experiences with the tribunal, an independent body established by provincial legislation.

“The tribunal doesn’t care for us, all that well, because we always represent ourselves,” she said.

Brooks said they will request the hearing be held in Lambton so members of the community can attend.

NextEra has said construction of the Jericho wind project is expected to take six to nine months.

See original article here: http://www.lfpress.com/2014/05/02/jericho-wind-project-opponents-taking-case-to-environmental-tribunal

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Add your name (by May 7) to an open letter to protect heritage views of Mount Tabor and the village of Milford

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As an alternative to writing comments on heritage views to the EBR as mentioned in a previous blog post, you may add your name to an open letter that will be sent to the EBR and copied to Premier Wynne and Minister Chan.

This is a new initiative to express collective community concern for Mount Tabor and the village of Milford.

Bruce Dowdell and Liz Driver hope to gather as many names as possible by next Wed, May 7, for submission to the EBR on Thurs, May 8.

If you are happy to have your name added to the letter, please send an email asap to Liz Driver at liz.driver@sympatico.ca  with the following information:

Name + how you would like to be represented, e.g., name and address and/or local business or affiliation with local community organization

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Hawaii’s Wind Turbines are Taking a Toll on Endangered Species (The Industry says it’s a “net benefit”)

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Watch the video accompanying this article and listen to the wind industry rep talk about how, in spite of these deaths, their turbines have a ‘net’ benefit.

Meanwhile, environmentalists turn their backs and say, “Collateral damage.”

Andrew Pereira — KITV4 news — May 2, 2014

HONOLULU —Hawaii’s push toward green energy is having an impact on flying creatures who live next to wind farms or traverse the spinning turbines, some of which stand 493 feet tall at the highest blade tips.

According to data provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 195 birds and bats and one moth were killed by five of the largest wind farms on Maui and Oahu since August 2007. KITV4 obtained the information after filling a Freedom of Information request with the agency.

“Unfortunately, that may just be the price we have to pay for wind energy, renewable energy,” said Angela Huntemer, a North…

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fighting big wind., Ontario Wind

“LEAVE” a poem by Esther Wrightman

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“Leave”

I should have known
..that night watching
…our gracious hollow tree in the field
….burst into flames.

And firemen running about —
..frenzied ants — revealing
her charred remains.

Something should have clicked
..when the pine,
…(patiently leaning,
….a hundred years)
twisted to the ground.

And even last week,
..in case I didn’t get the message,
that Manitoba maple
..with all the keys to the world,
…where the early days hammock .. hung
…forever,
snapped in half.

Leave,
as the yellow house
dismantles — brick by
brick,

fence lines rip up
as an old roll of fabric,

ponds, bursting with every frog we know
become backfilled graves,

and cabooses and box cars
morph into black tankers and
white towers — eagles to
vultures and
wild grass to
tiled Land

Now, put out the flames
with waves of tears, and
leave.

— Esther Wrightman (April 2014)

Ontario Wind

Wind Farm Fallout: Roads Take a Pounding

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April 25, 2014 – Monte Sonneberg – Simcoe Reformer

The Wainfleet firm CRL Campbell Construction has the contract to rebuild a 14.8-kilometre section of Walpole Road 5 near Jarvis. The road is being rebuilt due to damage suffered during the construction of wind turbines. The work includes the digging of new ditches. (MONTE SONNENBERG Simcoe Reformer)

ARVIS  – Wind power companies have done a lot of damage to roads in Haldimand County.

Each of the 168 wind turbines put up by NextEra, Capital Power and Samsung requires 40 truckloads of cement to anchor the base. Then there are the dump trucks filled with soil and gravel and the cranes and heavy equipment required to move parts of the giant structures around.

Most of this is happening on concession roads, culverts and bridges designed to carry the occasional heavy truck and tractor.

Fortunately for Haldimand taxpayers, the county thought about this before the wind companies went to work. Agreements require the companies to restore Haldimand’s roads to the condition they were in before construction began. Work in this direction has begun in west Haldimand now that the NextEra and Capital Power projects are in place.

“If they’re doing the damage, they know who’s paying for it,” says Jarvis-area Coun. Leroy Bartlett. “That’s the deal.”

Damage has been noted on significant sections of Walpole roads 3 and 4. However, the worst damage by far has occurred on a 14.8-kilometre section of Walpole Road 5.

Walpole Road 5 is a gravel road. It served as the staging area for NextEra and Capital Power construction equipment. There are also a fair number of turbines along this stretch as well as a couple transformer stations.

Walpole Road 5 is the first to be repaired because it was so badly beaten down. Haldimand has hired CRL Campbell Construction of Wainfleet to do the work. The firm is digging new ditches, repairing soft spots, and putting down 30 centimetres of new gravel. Once the road is restored, it will be tarred and chipped for the first time.

“Now is the time to do it,” says Kris Franklin, Haldimand’s manager of green energy infrastructure. “The road base will be in its best condition once it is restored.”

The wind companies are not paying for the paving, at least not directly. The $1.5 million required will come from Haldimand’s Vibrancy Fund, which is a reserve the wind power companies pay into as the county’s share for hosting this infrastructure.

Bartlett says council approved the paving as compensation for the inconvenience Concession 5 residents put up with the past year.

Some county residents have been taken aback by the intensity of turbine construction. Haldimand has a half-load restriction on back roads from the first of March till the end of April. However, the limit has been waived for turbine construction.

Bartlett says that’s been done to end construction as quickly as possible. Everyone knows the affected roads will have to be rebuilt so there’s no use in prolonging the disruption.

“May as well get them in and get them out,” Bartlett said. “The construction is going to happen anyway.”

The road work will last into 2015. Haldimand County is fielding reports from residents who believe turbine construction has damaged roads in their neighbourhood. As well, the 67-turbine Samsung project is underway in the central-east portion of the county.

Betty Ortt of Jarvis, spokesperson for Wind Concerns Haldimand, has heard reports of road damage related to the Samsung work.

“It’s really messing up the roads down there,” Ortt said, adding she’s concerned that all this turbine work will shorten the life of Haldimand’s old bridges. Even basic bridges on back roads can cost more than $1 million to repair.

Anyone wishing to report road, bridge and drainage damage can do so by sending an email to greenenergy@haldimandcounty.on.ca.

See original article here: http://www.simcoereformer.ca/2014/04/24/jarvis-roads-take-a-pounding