Letter: The power of the wind with the help of O&G!
It takes more than just wind to make giant land pixies work.
Granted, it will create jobs that have a revolving door as climbing 2-3 of these a day on a shift is hard on the body and mind (especially when something is forgotten at the bottom), and the pay is not enticing! Most are looking for handyman status and a CERTAIN weight class (cannot be over 260 pounds).
The quick breeze through a course in the east or south of the 49th is NO trade by a means to have one learn Aeronautics (blade pitch), with mechanic knowledge for greasing and oil changes (each tower uses nearly 1200 litres / 300 gallons of PAO oil [Polyalphaolefin oil at near $90 CAD for 32oz] per tower.
Then the generator part, which spews out ABOVE 600 volts, requires a SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF ELECTRICITY AND THE DANGERS.
All this is basically to cover a company's backside with a quick course!
As I drive to and from BC from Alberta MANY, MANY times, it is observed that these units are sitting idle (hundreds of them can be seen from Alberta No. 3 doing nothing even on a breezy day when highway tractors feel uneasy), so O&G is on the hook for power that is used 24/7 - not part-time!
It is PART TIME for 30000 homes at best, and as winter approaches, it gets worse.
I really get a great chuckle reading some of these articles that fail to mention the POWER, ENERGY, FUEL, MINERALS, and RESOURCES along with MANPOWER required to make land-polluting wind pixies to get part-time energy input to an ever-increasing FULL TIME 24/7 consumption.
Adam Badzioch
Hanna