6 of 10 turbines out of commission at P.E.I. wind farm, government says

19/07/2023
6 of 10 turbines out of commission at P.E.I. wind farm, government says

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Episode Synopsis

One of P.E.I.’s biggest provincially owned wind farms is operating at less than 40 per cent of its design capacity. The wind farm at Hermanville, near the eastern tip of the Island, came online with 10 turbines at a cost of $60 million in 2014. On Tuesday, the P.E.I. Energy Corporation said only four of those turbines remain functional – with no reason given as to why. “It’s something that needs to be rectified quickly, because it’s standing in the way . . .

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