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| Banks Island may find a shift from its past mining days to that of wind power development |
The next era of a Gold Rush for Banks Island may be one to harness the power of the Wind.
That coming with a Crown land application from a numbered company registered in Ontario to investigate an On Shore Wind Project on the Island 90 kilometres south of Prince Rupert.
The documentation is now available on line from the Crown Lands website and outlines what the proponents have in mind towards 2000 MW-3000 MW wind energy farm.
The focus on the application is that of some initial exploratory work towards whether the site would be suitable for such an initiative and how the proponents hope to tie into the recent BC Hydro call for alternative power sources.
The proponents note that some of their early consultation with the Gitxaala Nation and Kiteselas First Nation has already taken place; with further consultations planned with the Lax Kw'alaams Band and Metlakatla First Nation.
The background information notes of the perceived advantages of the Banks Island site, as well as to note of the some of the critical habitats for wildlife and birds in the area of note.
The timeline for the proposed development is six years, three towards permitting, followed by up to an additional three years towards construction.
You can review the full information package from the BC Government's Crown Lands portal here.
The comment period for the proposal comes to an end on April 12th
More notes on past wind power proposals for the region can be found through our archives.
Well we just had 19 eagles killed at the landfill so why not put up some bird killing windmills. They actually have jobs around these wind turbines to pick up dead birds. Gotta keep the left happy though. Cmon man.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't anyone remember the wind towers that were put up on banks island 15 or so years ago as a feasiblity study to see if wind mills would be viable there. To summarize they weren't feasible because of the freezing rain and hight winds. The towers collected ice and were blown over.
ReplyDeleteThis was proposed 15 or so years ago. The test towers would collect ice from freezing rain and blow over in the wind. Anytime we flew to a lighthouse at Bonilla or Mc Guiness islands in winter we needed to check the towers. Most had blown over in one season.
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