Should Brandon consider wind power?
7/25/2008 at 8:27 AM
A story on the CKX website discusses the fact that an organization, Elton Energy Co-Op, is giving the city an opportunity to setup as a generator/provider of wind power. The idea being that we can harness the large amount of wind that passes through the area and provide the power generated to the City and surrounding area and at the least cut back on our energy costs.
Councillor Doug Paterson went on to be quoted in support of exploring things further. City administration and the Mayor are against at least this plan in particular. This was actually an issue last civic election but never seemed to translate into votes.
Here's the story from CKX:
http://www.ckxtv.com/news_story.php?id=12764
For anyone interested in finding out a bit more about wind power in Canada, the Canadian Wind Energy Association's website at
www.Canwea.ca.
On it they mention the over 50 wind farms currently under construction in the country as well as what appears to be the only existing one in Manitoba at St. Leon.
What do eBrandonners think? I can't find numbers/forecasts on this plan, but should the city be exploring things further? Would it be worth it even for some savings, or would this need to essentially take us off the grid for it to be worth it?