Battle River#5 went offline at 15:59 yesterday…Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia scolded Quebec Premier Jean Charest on Thursday for interfering in their energy plans, with Premier Danny Williams accusing Quebec of showing “unmitigated gall” by objecting to its financing application for a subsea transmission line for power from Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia are trying to get funding for a subsea cable to ship surplus power from Labrador across the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Cape Breton…The CEO of Shear Wind Inc. says his company could be producing up to 500 megawatts of wind-generated electricity within five years, including 100 megawatts at a large wind farm in northern New Brunswick including a plan for a 100-megawatt wind farm in New Brunswick’s Restigouche region. The planned location, referred to as the Mann Siding site, is situated on Crown-leased land just outside the town of Saint-Quentin. Shear Wind is waiting for the New Brunswick government to issue a request for more wind power production in the province…B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell gave California legislators a vote of encouragement Thursday in a rare appearance before the state’s assembly. The premier’s remarks are diplomatic but the subtext here is that the premier is voicing support for the assembly’s efforts to tackle greenhouse-gas emissions.
Battle River#5 Offline; Atlantic Canada and Quebec Continue Fight
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