In the comments of my previous post on Manitoba Wind Farms, David Billington asked, ” It would be interesting to know the economics of wind energy compared to fossil fuels as a source of electric power.” Indeed it would. And as if it were simply meant to be… out came a very timely article. It’s …
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Blogging Links for DIGI… and posterity
I’m going to be giving a small talk to some students in the DIGI 110 course of our Media Studies Program at Malaspina University-College. I’ve given a similar talk to students in the CMC 290 class as well. They also have an ongoing “blog on blogging”. Here are some handy links to various blogging related …
Major Wind project in Manitoba takes flight
Manitoba is looking to rival Alberta as a major player in the growing Wind energy market in Canada. Westman (NRC profile). The CBC reports on a $1.5 Billion (CAD) project with the potential to produce as much as 1400MW of electricity. Enough to power “hundreds of thousands” of homes. The first phase is slated to …
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