Dufferin Wind gains provincial go ahead

"Melancthon will have a turbine for every 17 people"

Government advises media before local governments as approval granted to Dufferin Wind project.

Dufferin Wind gains provincial go ahead | orangeville.com:

Given Ontario’s energy rules, Melancthon Mayor Bill Hill wasn’t surprised to learn Dufferin Wind Power Inc.’s wind farm is getting the green light from the province.
“This is a government that just frankly doesn’t care what the public or local politicians say,” Hill lamented. “They have their own agenda and they just simply don’t care.”
The way Melancthon officials learned about Dufferin Wind’s approval on Tuesday afternoon (June 10) might just reinforce Hill’s frustration with the province.
At about 3:20 p.m., officials with the province’s Ministry of Energy told The Banner that Dufferin Wind Power Inc.’s plan to construct a 49-turbine wind farm in Melancthon had received Renewable Energy Approval (REA).
A few minutes later, Hill was astonished to learn Dufferin Wind’s proposed 99 MW wind farm had been approved from the media, and not from the province."

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