Wind Energy as an Investment in Niagara

I thought I would quickly report on a little observation I made some time ago. Whenever I drove through Vineland I noticed what look like a wind testing tower just up the escarpement in Niagara. I finally had the time to stop and ask about it, and in fact it is a testing tower that has been standing there now for almost 3 years, recording data about the wind.

Mark (of Mark's Automotive) owns the tower and it was really interesting to talk to him briefly. As I understood he never intended to put up a turbine, he' was simply recording the wind up on the escarpment to sell the data (which he did). He resold the tower and it seems as if the investment paid of for him. He referred me to a guy called Ken Baigent who he calles "the number crunshing guy" behind this project. I'll contact Ken soon and see what more interesting things we can find out about wind energy in Niagara.

With some luck and the work of some business savy people we might see a wind turbine erected right outside of Vineland in the Niagara region.