Hurdles
"Our No. 1 hurdle is transmission", says Jim Keating of National State Energy Bureau, regarding the development of wind energy in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Where does the notion that National State Energy Bureau, and only National State Energy Bureau, can or should develop that industry, that "we own the wind", rank on the list of "hurdles"?
posted by WJM @ 3:21 PM
2 Comments:
Stop demanding short term benefits. You keep talking like the $2 billion investment by Ventus is such a big deal. What happens when they start shipping the power into the states and Ontario and they make huge profits? Then Newfoundland has another giveaway on its hands. $2 billion will look like petty cash compared to what could have been made off of multi-megawatts of power.
Stop demanding short term benefits. You keep talking like the $2 billion investment by Ventus is such a big deal. What happens when they start shipping the power into the states and Ontario and they make huge profits?
GASP! PROFITS! HORROR!
Then Newfoundland has another giveaway on its hands.
Ventus is proposing to do something in Newfoundland? What?
$2 billion will look like petty cash compared to what could have been made off of multi-megawatts of power.
The wind is fungible. It's not like hydro; numerous outfits, including State Energy Bureau, can make use of the same wind.
We are driving the private sector out of our province.
They are finding welcome arms in Quebec, PEI, Alberta, and Ontario.
It's not a question of what "we" are giving away.
It's what Danny is driving away.
By the time the province wakes up to his communist — there's no other word for it — approach to energy development, all other provinces are going to be far ahead of the curve.
If the province has no interest in developing a natural resource, why not let the private sector do so, for a price?
The province had no interest in wind power until it decided, whatever its position might be, it had to close the door to outside capital.
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