Echoing Russian President Medvedev's call for resignations from those responsible for his country's Winter Olympics performance, the Harper Conservatives have scrapped the successful ecoENERGY for Renewable Power Program in the 2010 federal budget.
“The failure to extend and expand the ecoENERGY program will slow wind energy development and reduce our ability to compete with the United States for investment and jobs at a critical time in our economic recovery,” said CanWind Energy Association President, Robert Hornung.
Despite Harper's stated intention of harmonizing climate change and clean energy policies with the United States, the latest Conservative failure will have the result of setting Canada even farther behind world leaders in the devlopment of this resource.
In 2009, Canada added 38% to its wind energy capacity, or about 950 MW in all, thanks in no small part to federal subsidies . China led all nations with 13,000 MW of new wind power going online and U.S. was a close second with 9,000 MW.
Globally, 37,600 MW of wind power were added in 09, bringing the total installed capacity to 158 MW.
The fact that no federal funding for new wind projects will be available in Canada now suggests that investment dollars will go elsewhere. Especially since since President Obama's incentive plan continues through 2012. Some harmony.
It's a harmony of jobs and windmills spinning to the south of us while an increasingly foreign-owned cabal of corporate greed merchants cash in on Alberta's tar sands.
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Friday, March 5, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
Junior Mining Co. Avalon Rare Metals Looking at Wind Power for Potential Site Near Great Slave
A Canadian junior mining company with operations in the far north is evaluating the possibility of using wind to power a mine which would be located at Thor Lake, near Great Slave Lake.
According to a report that appeared in May in Proactive Investor.com, the company, Avalon Rare Metals Inc., has been getting good results in core test samples. Avalon's website says they are negotiating with First Nations over certain aspects of the development.
As shown in the Wind Atlas of Canada, the winds around Great Slave are good and Avalon says they have located a few good potential sites to locate windmills.
Apparently the advantage of the windmill power would be to the reduce the exposure of a mining operation to fluctuations in diesel prices.
Avalon Rare Metals, (AVL: TSX) is an exploration and development company with a primary focus on the rare metals and minerals including lithium, tantalum, indium, gallium, rare earth elements such as neodymium and terbium and rare minerals such as calcium feldspar. Avalon presently owns five rare metals and minerals projects in Canada, three of which are at an advanced stage of development.
According to a report that appeared in May in Proactive Investor.com, the company, Avalon Rare Metals Inc., has been getting good results in core test samples. Avalon's website says they are negotiating with First Nations over certain aspects of the development.
As shown in the Wind Atlas of Canada, the winds around Great Slave are good and Avalon says they have located a few good potential sites to locate windmills.
Apparently the advantage of the windmill power would be to the reduce the exposure of a mining operation to fluctuations in diesel prices.
Avalon Rare Metals, (AVL: TSX) is an exploration and development company with a primary focus on the rare metals and minerals including lithium, tantalum, indium, gallium, rare earth elements such as neodymium and terbium and rare minerals such as calcium feldspar. Avalon presently owns five rare metals and minerals projects in Canada, three of which are at an advanced stage of development.
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