Friday, April 12, 2013

Turbine placement violates Kincardine airport agreement

A NAV Canada letter addressed to Samsung-Pattern Armow Wind Ontario has revealed that 43 of 99 turbines in the proposed Armow wind development violate current procedures at Kincardine Municipal Airport.
Kincardine's chief administrative officer Murray Clarke presented the information at an April 10 meeting of council, highlighting "concerns with Samsung-Pattern turbines outside of airport perimeter mapping."
In a letter addressed to Jody Law of SP Armow Wind dated March 17, 2013, Aleksandar Trandafilovski of NAV Canada wrote, "in our letter dated April 12, 2012, we included the area we found to be of 'no-impact' to aid in planning turbine locations which avoid impact to airport operations; however all 43 infringing turbines are located outside of this area."
Clarke said it was not immediately clear what the implications of NAV Canada's concerns might be, and suggested the turbines could possibly affect GPS readings in the area or present safety issues.
"This is a significant concern," Clarke said. "We need to know what the implications are."
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