Category Archives: Setbacks

Siemens shuts down wind turbines worldwide after blade throw

Posted on 05/19/2013 by

Chris Clarke, ReWire A few hours after one of its wind turbines threw a blade in the Imperial County desert town of Ocotillo, builder Siemens Energy announced it is shutting down all its turbines worldwide that use the same blade … Continue reading →

Posted in Safety, Setbacks | 7 Comments

Dunnville airport set to close May 30

Posted on 05/14/2013 by

By Lori Maracle, The Saachem An opportunity to take a flight in a 1940s Fort Erie built Fleet Finch 16 aircraft does not come around every day, and it might never come around again. Russ Cameron is the owner of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation Safety, Setbacks, Subsidies / Costs, Tourism, Wind Industry | 7 Comments

C-K residents living in shadow of industrial wind turbines resort to drastic measures

Posted on 04/16/2013 by

Chatham Daily News David Libby has lived on Golf Course Line outside Ridgetown for nearly 20 years. He built his brick home with ceramic tiled floors in the kitchen and dining room. A decision, all these years later, that is … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Ministry of the Environment Ontario, Noise, Ontario government, Setbacks, Wind Industry | 9 Comments

Court declares bylaw invalid and without effect

Posted on 04/12/2013 by

By Dave Johnson, The Tribune WAINFLEET – A Superior Court judge has ruled Wainfleet’s two-kilometre setback for wind turbines invalid and without effect. The decision came down Friday in the lawsuit brought about by Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc., and its … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Health, Legal, Municipalities of Ontario, Ontario government, Setbacks, Wind Industry | 30 Comments

Quebec bans wind turbines within 2 km of homes and 1 km of public roads

Posted on 04/07/2013 by

Wind Turbine Syndrome —Patrice Laflamme, TVA Nouvelles, 3/25/13 No wind turbines can be built less than 2 km from a home and 1 km of a road in the Haut-Saint-Laurent, in the Montérégie. The Quebec government has officially endorsed the … Continue reading →

Posted in Quebec, Setbacks | 16 Comments

CTV News: Fire destroys top of wind turbine near Goderich

Posted on 04/02/2013 by

CTV News There will be one less wind turbine in Ontario. An overnight fire has destroyed the top portion of a wind turbine at the Kingsbridge Wind Farm near Goderich, Ont. The fire in the seven-year-old turbine began around 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in Safety, Setbacks | 22 Comments

Wind turbine fire near Goderich

Posted on 04/02/2013 by

This happened around 2a.m. at the Kingsbridge 1 project. Initial info is that the turbine is on Golf Course road east of Sunset Golf Course Goderich, Ontario.

Posted in Safety, Setbacks, Wind Industry | 25 Comments

CAW turbine is turning

Posted on 03/30/2013 by

Owen Sound Times A Canadian Auto Workers’ wind turbine that has sparked protests, petitions and a strong public backlash is now in full operation in Saugeen Shores. The turbine, at the union’s Family Education Centre in Port Elgin, was turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Protest, Safety, Setbacks | 16 Comments

Siting of large-scale wind turbines causing problems

Posted on 03/08/2013 by

Shoreline Beacon Last Sept. 21, Rachel Thompson of Central Bruce-Grey Wind Concerns and Virginia Stewart Love from Grey Highlands delivered presentations to Medical Officer of Health Dr. Hazel Lynn and the Grey-Bruce Board of Health in Owen Sound. The presentations … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Ministry of the Environment Ontario, Setbacks | 2 Comments

Wind Turbines; Distance is not the culprit nor the remedy for health issues

Posted on 02/25/2013 by

Dan Reid, London Free Press Imagine your home in a quiet rural setting with no neighbours for miles around. At the back of the house is a panoramic window with a view of the countryside. Parallel to that back wall … Continue reading →

Posted in Green Energy Act, Health, Ministry of the Environment Ontario, Noise, Ontario government, Setbacks | 18 Comments

CBC documentary addresses wind farm noise in Ontario

Posted on 02/21/2013 by

The Acoustic Ecology Institute A new documentary from the CBC’s Doczone series, titled Windrush, takes a look at the widespread resistance to wind power in Ontario, which is largely based on noise and health impacts.  While the CBC video is only … Continue reading →

Posted in Noise, Setbacks, Wind Industry | 2 Comments

Wind activists want Lambton Shores to take a tougher stand with wind energy companies

Posted on 02/15/2013 by

Sarnia Lambton Independent Local anti-wind activists are worried Lambton Shores officials are not making tough enough demands nor asking the right questions on the two wind energy projects in the community. Lambton Shores preparing its comments on the Suncor Energy … Continue reading →

Posted in Event, Noise, Setbacks | 3 Comments

Steps taken to minimize safety concerns over ice and fire, Invenergy Canada says

Posted on 02/15/2013 by

Listowel Banner NORTH PERTH – Representatives from Invenergy Canada have responded to resident concerns over fire and ice safety concerns posed by wind turbines. James Murphy, director of business development for Invenergy Canada, answered questions from The Banner via email … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Ontario government, Safety, Setbacks | 7 Comments

Bluewater Wind may interfere with Exeter Radar

Posted on 02/12/2013 by

AM920 Bluewater’s C-A-O told councillors at last night’s special council meeting that tests on the proposed Grand Bend Wind Energy Project indicated some problems with the Exeter Radar station.Steve McCauley explained that tests looked for any kind of interference with … Continue reading →

Posted in Setbacks, Wind Industry | 46 Comments

Action group targets Watford open house

Posted on 02/07/2013 by

By Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer Opponents of a 92-turbine wind farm Nextera Energy is proposing for north Lambton say they want the company to know they’re not going away. Members of the Middlesex-Lambton Wind Action Group and its supporters protested … Continue reading →

Posted in Event, Protest, Setbacks, Take Action | 15 Comments

Wind turbine neighbours could find their land at risk

Posted on 02/05/2013 by

Heather Wright, Sarnia-Lambton Independant Lambton wind activists are warning landowners they could be at risk even if they don’t have a wind turbine on their property. Lambton Shores is soon to be home to two major wind projects. Suncor Energy … Continue reading →

Posted in Event, Safety, Setbacks | 4 Comments

Community group demands setback from wind project to protect environment, health

Posted on 01/31/2013 by

The Honourable Kathleen Wynne, Premier -Designate Open Letter re Safe Setback Amendment to GEA Dear Premier-Designate Wynne: Congratulations on your election to office as Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, and our new Premier-Designate. We ask you now to consider … Continue reading →

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Wind turbine safety concerns heard at council

Posted on 01/24/2013 by

by Andrew Smith, Listowel Banner NORTH PERTH – Residents have once again come forward with concerns about industrial wind turbines, and the dangers they pose to the safety of both human and livestock health. North Perth council heard from local … Continue reading →

Posted in Municipalities of Ontario, Safety, Setbacks | 2 Comments

2 km setback not possible for wind turbines

Posted on 01/16/2013 by

Natalie Paddon , The Hamilton Spectator SMITHVILLE A West Lincoln alderman who doesn’t want wind turbines in the township told a packed community meeting that he won’t support a proposal for boosting the setback distance of turbines from homes. “It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Municipalities of Ontario, Setbacks | 9 Comments

Breathing down rural Ontario’s back

Posted on 12/26/2012 by

Chatham Kent: IPC GDF Suez Wind project (from Fargo Line) – photo by David Libby

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County endorses 1.4 km setbacks for wind turbines

Posted on 12/20/2012 by

By Wes Kellar, Orangeville Citizen Dufferin County council has endorsed an Amaranth resolution calling for a 1,400- metre separation of “industrial wind turbines” from homes and farms, as well as a shutdown of any now operating within the 1,400 metres. … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Municipalities of Ontario, Setbacks

The Cost of a Bad Idea

Posted on 12/17/2012 by

by Bill Palmer, Owen Sound Times What would you do with $50 Million dollars a year or more wasted in Ontario due to a bad idea fixated on by a government that does not listen? On December 3, 2012, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Health, Setbacks, Subsidies / Costs, Viability | 6 Comments

‘Notice to airmen’ declared in Chatham-Kent

Posted on 12/13/2012 by

Chatham-Kent continues to be the laughing stock of the province as a prostitute for the wind industry. Just a week ago…C-K Mayor is very happy with the “independent” study done that finds turbines won’t be an issue for the airport. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation Safety, Municipalities of Ontario, Safety, Setbacks, Wind Industry | Tagged | 23 Comments

The view from Chatham Kent Boralex Front Line Wind

Posted on 12/11/2012 by
Posted in Ethics, Setbacks, Wind Industry | 18 Comments

SWEAR Legal Action: Helping us…. to Help You

Posted on 12/08/2012 by

Shawn and Tricia Drennan are landowners facing a pending windfarm project known as Kingsbridge II. Kingsbridge II will consist of upwards of 150 turbines one of which will be as close as approximately 650 meters from their home. Twelve more … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Legal, Ontario government, Safety, Setbacks, Wind Industry | 15 Comments

Property Appraisals expert says turbines, transmission lines decrease land value

Posted on 11/30/2012 by

Bayshore Broadcasting Appraisals expert Ben Lansink of London has told the Huron East Administrative Committee that rural residential property values fall when either turbines are erected, or transmission lines are cut through the landscape. He was addressing the committee, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Investment, Land Values, Setbacks | 6 Comments

New house plans blown away

Posted on 11/19/2012 by

by  Hans Janzen, Toronto Sun How does one man’s dream of becoming known as the “Green Premier” become a nightmare for much of rural Ontario? It’s called the Green Energy Act. It takes away the rights of individual landowners and … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Ethics, Green Energy Act, Land Values, Leases, Setbacks | Tagged | 3 Comments

Wind turbine ice throw a real threat, but there is no protection

Posted on 11/11/2012 by

Do you feel your children are safe when they ride the school bus under this everyday?

Posted in Safety, Setbacks | 11 Comments

Would YOU feel safe?

Image | Posted on 11/04/2012 by | 2 Comments

Ollson: The doctor who isn’t a doctor

Posted on 10/30/2012 by

Harvey Wrightman At yesterday’s Environmental Review Tribunal hearing in Kohler, Dr. Ollson’s (no, not a medical doctor, Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, Royal Military College of Canada)  sonorous voice mimicked that of a well-worn preacher, tired of standing before his flock, using his … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Legal, Noise, Setbacks, Wind Industry | 10 Comments