Greater wind turbine setbacks possible

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Municipalities working with wind developers, under a new approach Ontario announced recently, could create setback distances for future wind farms greater than the province's 550-metre minimum, according to the Energy Ministry.
Wind energy opponents have said 550 metres isn't enough distance between turbines and neighbouring homes.
Some municipalities, including Plympton-Wyoming, have passed bylaws calling for a two-kilometre setback.
Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli has spoken about setbacks, following his earlier announcement of changes designed to give municipalities more say in where, and how, large wind and solar farms are built.
"That could include greater setbacks - as long as our minimum standards are maintained," Chiarelli's press secretary Beckie Codd-Downey wrote in a followup e-mail.
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It will take time before the new process for approving large wind and solar projects is up and running, according to Chiarelli.
"We expect that we would not be able to do the large FIT-replacement procurement before the end of this year."

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