![]() “The visual effects have turned landowners against the industry. “That’s quite an impression on the landscape,” said Scott. Towers in more recent projects are 175 metres. The first commercial wind facility in Canada at Cowley Ridge, erected in 1993-94, had turbines 24.5 metres high. “It seems like there’s a lot already but there’s another third yet to come and that begins to start to tell the story of where Pincher is … a question about land capacity and how much carrying capacity the land has for wind turbines,” Scott told the Southern Alberta Energy Forum. Projects now under construction or pending will increase that number to about 400. The municipality has 236 installed wind turbines. That had dropped to 54 percent in favour in the last survey done in 2017. He said the first survey of residents, done in 2006, showed 90 percent were in favour of wind development. ![]() Roland Milligan, director of development and community services with the Pincher Creek M.D., confirmed those figures. That leaves us at about 55 percent for, 45 percent against,” said Gavin Scott, senior planner with the Oldman River Regional Services Commission. ![]() “In each five year increment, starting with 1996, there’s been a 20 percent drop in the approval of the citizens for wind within our municipality. ![]()
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