Appeal Of Port Dover And Nanticoke Wind Project's Approval Rejected

The Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) recently dismissed a renewable energy approval appeal concerning the Port Dover and Nanticoke Wind Project (Project). In Haldimand Wind Concerns v Director, Ministry of the Environment, the ERT found that the appellants did not show that the project will cause serious and irreversible harm to plant life, animal life or the natural environment. However, the ERT also recommended that the appropriate agencies conduct further research on the impact of wind farms on certain wildlife.

The appeal challenged the Minister of the Environment’s (MOE) approval of the planned 104.4 megawatt wind generation farm in the Counties of Norfolk and Haldimand. The MOE issued the Project’s Renewable Energy Approval (REA) on July 17, 2012.