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- From: tgray@igc.apc.org (Tom Gray)
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- Subject: --Canadian Natives to Sell Wind
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- Date: 29 Dec 92 21:03:00 GMT
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- /* Written 5:31 am Nov 23, 1992 by tgray@igc.apc.org in igc:en.energy */
-
- ALBERTA NATIVES LOOK
- FORWARD TO WINDPOWER
-
- Native residents of the Peigan Indian Reserve near Lethbridge,
- Alberta, are anticipating a major economic windfall from a windfarm
- to be built on their property next year, according to the Financial
- Times of Canada.
-
- The 2,200 members of the Peigan band expect to realize Cdn $1
- million (US $850,000) each year from the sale of electric power
- from the 9.9-MW facility. In addition, natives will be employed in
- building and operating the project.
-
- Wind studies of the area, the article said, indicate that it
- exceeds California's Altamont Pass, one of the largest
- concentrations of windpower in the world, in wind energy potential.
-
- The Peigan project is partially funded with money from the
- Southwest Alberta Renewable Energy Initiative (SWAREI). However,
- the bulk of the funds for the $17-million project will come from
- the Peigans and their investors.
-
- The windfarm will be built by a Calgary firm, Wind Power, Inc.
-
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-
- The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has authorized me to offer
- an electronic edition of its newsletter, _Wind Energy Weekly_, from
- which the above article is excerpted, at no cost.
-
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- on Usenet or Bitnet, the _Weekly_ reports on the outlook for renewable
- energy, energy-related environmental issues, and renewable energy
- legislation in addition to wind industry trade news. The electronic
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-
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-
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