| Nunavut
Aims to Map
Its Arctic Winds
North.cbc.ca
Posted July 30, 2003
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Work has begun to produce a wind map of
Nunavut. The territory's energy minister, Ed Picco, says the
map will help Nunavut harness wind as a source of power.
Ed Picco says wind-power is both cheap and environmentally
friendly.
But first, Picco needs to determine the best location for
wind farms, by mapping wind-speeds in Nunavut and finding
out if they're steady enough to provide energy.
If they are, Picco says, it could save Nunavut lots of money.
"We believe there is some huge potential cost savings
with the reduction in greenhouse gases, as well as reduction
in using fuel," he says.
Picco says wind is the cheapest and cleanest of all renewable
energies.
The Nunavut government has already issued a request-for-proposals
on the installation of wind turbines, and Picco says the response
was good. He says there are already a couple of turbines running
in Nunavut, and that's just the beginning.
"We would hope that probably by this time next year
– over the next seven or eight or nine months –
that we'd be in a position where we'd actually have a tender
call for the installation of some wind turbines," he
says.
Picco says the wind map should be complete by October. It
will be developed by the Meteorological Services Department
of Environment Canada.
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