KENSINGTON - Council here has shelved a plan to erect a $5-million wind farm.
At its monthly meeting, Kensington town council reviewed a feasibility study compiled by Gorman Controls on a 10-unit 100-kilowatt turbine wind farm.
"There was a lot of discussion and debate at the meeting about the feasibility study," said town manager Geoff Baker. In the end, "The decision that was passed unanimously by council was that there are other immediate priorities for the town right now."
It was council who asked for the feasibility study.
"First and foremost it was looking at trying to operate in a cleaner fashion," Baker said of why council was considering a one-megawatt wind farm.
"Community owned wind farms, I think, are a good idea. But, of course, the revenue generated has to be significant enough to warrant such a large investment." In this case, council determined that it didn't warrant moving ahead.
Gorman Controls, the company that compiled the study, is contracted to install the one turbine that will power the town's sewage treatment facility.
Baker admitted the 10-unit wind farm project was kept relatively quiet.
"The first step in the process, in our opinion, was to have council assess whether the project was actually feasible or not," before taking it to the public. He said the project could be reviewed again sometime down the road.
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Kensington cancels wind farm
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- Published on May 1st, 2009
- Published on June 21st, 2010
- Nancy MacPhee
KENSINGTON - Council here has shelved a plan to erect a $5-million wind farm.
At its monthly meeting, Kensington town council reviewed a feasibility study compiled by Gorman Controls on a 10-unit 100-kilowatt turbine wind farm.
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- Know the facts
- - June 21st, 2010 at 19:07:25
Kinkora had two town hall meetings where many locals attended and voted unanimously for the wind turbine project both times. The whole prcoess was put out to tender TWICE (Kensington put out no tender). Who has followed due process and who has not?
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- DKB
- - June 21st, 2010 at 19:05:48
Could we get the Kensington boundry extended to include Summerside. It sounds like K'town's council is able to think and make decisions on their own without a puppetmaster. Way to go Kensington council.
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- big peck
- - June 21st, 2010 at 19:04:35
way to keep up the fight....go town council....away!
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- ????
- - June 21st, 2010 at 19:04:33
Kensington council , if you wanted to have a wind mill you should have done what Kinkora council did...they just went ahead and started the process with out any imput from taxpayers of the Village of Kinkora ..There are no sidewalks in Kinkora .No summer programs for kids. Very little street lights . But we are getting a windmill behind firehall property because we want to be able to say we are Enviromentally friendly..Good for Kensington Council for realizing that money is needed in other areas.
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- George
- - June 21st, 2010 at 19:03:33
Heres a good question, if the residents of any community gathered together WITHOUT politicians, and decided that they would like to have a windmill or two to ease the rising costs of power bills for EVERYONE who contributed, would they be allowed to get them or would the politicians have the final say. The answer to that question is the difference between democracy and dictatorship.
