Territories To Tap Wind Power

The Northwest Territories government plans to pick a community later this year where it would like to begin work on its ambitious wind strategy by 2009. “Wind is a great opportunity for us. We have lots of it,” Premier Floyd Roland said. Tuktoyaktuk, a coastal community of roughly 1,000, has been lobbying hard to be chosen to host the pilot project. Often referred to as Tuk, it is located 350 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle in the Beaufort Delta, one of the territory's windiest regions. Jim Stevens, a local councillor, is helping to lead Tuk's push to be selected. “We've got some of the most expensive fuel in the world arriving in our communities. We then produce outrageously expensive power,” he said. “That's got to stop.” Indeed, NWT and Nunavut spend millions annually on transporting, storing and burning diesel for their electricity needs. In Nunavut, diesel costs account for 20 per cent of its entire budget. ... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080103.wind03/BNStory/National/ & here's Environment Canada's Wind Energy Atlas: http://www.windatlas.ca/en/maps.php

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