Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 5, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free november 1981 electricity it might be blowing in the wind by Tom Goldstein Winnipeg free press Churchill the oversized egg beater dwarfs the scrub firs that Dot the Hudson Bay coastline two kilo metres East of turning in the wind that blows Over the precambrian the iy2 metre machine seems even More like a Well preserved ancient artefact ready to make omelettes for a lost civilization of vat is it someone with a mid dle european accent might vat is precisely what it is vertical Axis wind this simple piece of first recorded in seventh Century per May represent a future source of cheap Energy for Northern commune built As an experimental Model for the National research councils wind Energy resource project and officially opened this the Turbine represents a prototype for the said Alan Poxon of Daf the machines Mississauga bisect Man fac the people of Yellowknife and other Northern communities Are waiting to see How this will turn added Mark manager of the arcs wind Energy favourable winds the Churchill vat has been on the site for More than a month and is one of a Hal dozen used by the research Council throughout Canada to test Vari Ous applications of Aero electrical sys other locations include and Swift Churchill was chosen As a Field test site because it combines easy accessibility with favourable wind said Peter executive director of the Churchill Northern studies Centre which is sponsoring the the Centre was responsible for the vats onsite construction and per forms minor daily inspections and data the machine was purchased by the research Council for while the Northern studies Centre paid the instal lation Cost of the latter was funded by the provincial the Manitoba Energy Council and Manitoba the system can be operated manually or an average wind Speed of at least 24 Kilometres an hour is required to turn the which will shut itself Down when the blowing exceeds an average of 56 and risks damaging the the machine is the forerunner of much larger machines which May pro vide up to 20 per cent of electrical needs in Remote areas of my free poles Xvi windmills such As this experimental Model at Churchill May the electricity generated by the Light to about 20 average Chur vat flows directly into Church ills chill has about individual Resi Power which is fuelled by diesel powered because the machine supplies Only 50 kilowatts of Churchill Resi dents will not see their Energy costs diminish tomorrow or in the Chappell Churchill is supplied by a five megawatt system that kilo supplying one per cent through wind generation is not going to have any effector the he Dueck said the Turbine can provide a vat would have a significant Impact on the Cost of Chappell Bonnie operator of a tourist business said it costs an average of a month to Supply her family three bedroom Home with the Bill exceeds a month during the she what the Churchill project will do is provide a strenuous test the represent a future source of Chappell the information gathered by the Northern studies Centre will be sent to Ottawa to be compared with that provided by Simi Lar machines located the research Council official said it is not known How Long it will take to acquire the data necessary to deter mine whether the turbines can operate reliably and efficiently under the often severe weather conditions of the in one Well have 85 per cent of what we need to know but it May cheap electricity for Canadas Northern take 15 years to get 100 per he the test is to see if it generates if it generates then its if it its windmills have provided Energy for centuries and in the mid1850s about 25 per cent of the United states no transportation Energy was provided by such in windmills were first introduced around 1100 powered by cold North sea the windmills served Many purposes through the among them grinding Cocoa and Pepper and draining Low lying areas while irrigating there were about of these machines in Holland in the nineteenth Century and about remain Vaw Type windmills were first found in seventh Century where they were used to grind the largest Windmill of this Type operating in the world is located on the Magdalen islands off the coast of que it is about 46 metres High and can generate up to 230 enough Power to Light 600 City Calendar Barbara Canadian playwright and will give a Reading at tomorrow in the faculty lounge of the Fletcher argue University of will lecture on ends and Means is the proposed charter of rights Worth the Cost of unilateral action at 8 tomorrow in room 200 of Robson University of cil son Frano Tco h High Prum Rrt l Low cold front front Winnipeg area forecast sunny except for Cloudy periods this brisk northwesterly wind today with a High near Low tonight near sunny tomorrow with a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba sunny becoming Cloudy in the evening with temperatures above variable cloudiness sunday with temperatures slightly below Cloudy monday with temperatures a Little above Normal readings of 2 and Northern Manitoba variable cloudiness saturday and sunday with a few Snow flurries Cloudy temperatures near Normal sunday and above Normal readings of 2 and 10 Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny saturday with temperatures above variable cloudiness Cloudy temperatures below Normal sunday and above Normal readings of 3 and 5 temperatures Canada and the world Constitution plan to be discussed the Manitoba Coin club will hold its annual fall Coin and stamp exhibit from 10 to 9 saturday and from 1 to 6 sunday at the Airliner motor 1740 Ellice Bernice Toronto poet and editor of Waves Magazine will give a Reading of her poems at 4 sunday in the lecture Hall of the Winnipeg Art everyone holy Trinity anglican Church will celebrate its 114th birthday As the City of Winnipeg celebrates its 108th birthday in a joint Celebration service at the Church Donald Street and Graham the Power in Praise group 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