Blowing in The Wind With Green Energy

The southern Georgian Bay area has seen its fair share of community uprisings over the years stemming from quarry expansions, unwanted developments and more.  Perhaps the most contentious of late has been the fight against wind farms, those massive turbines erected in the rural countryside.  Touted by the provincial Liberals via their Green Energy Act as being an integral part of Ontario's future energy, wind farms have ignited a civic protest through many parts of the province.
  South of us outside Shelbune, the landscape is dotted with dozens of wind turbines.  Last December while returning from a meeting in Stratford, I drove through that area late at night. In the dark you can't see them and you can't hear them but with their blinking red lights to fend off low flying aircraft, you know they are there! It was kind of spooky. 
  Another area where turbines are present in large numbers is along the Lake Huron shoreline to the west of us with further turbine installations slated to come.  A Goderich, Ontario couple have recently launched an injunction against the province to halt what is known as the Kingbridge 2 wind farm in that area.  As you recall Goderich was hit with a different wind problem last August in the form of a major tornado.  The latest ill wind to blow is residents looking to delay the project until such time as Health Canada completes a two year study to determine what if any health issues arise from living too close to these power generating behemoths.  Read more at CBC News.
  Closer to home, residents in the Township of Clearview are in their own fight against a wind farm project on the north side of County Road 91 west of Stayner by WPD Canada Corporation. Notwithstanding the unknown health implications the WPD wind farm allegedly impacts the flight path to the Collingwood airport.  Clearview Council has rejected the project on the same basis as the Goderich couples assertion that future projects should be put on hold until the Health Canada study is complete.
  In my next post I will discuss how the wind farms issue may impact a real estate transaction and what you need to do to protect yourself.