Points of Interest | Green Energy News

August 17, 2003 – Vol.8 No.21

POINTS OF INTEREST.

A weekly collection of websites worth visiting.

The Government of Canada Climate Change Website is a clearinghouse for information on what Canada is doing about global warming/climate.

Recently the Canadian Government set aside CDN $1 billion for projects and incentives to battle the problem. Included in the package are incentives for individuals to make their homes more energy efficient, financial assistance for business and industry to adopt new low-emission technologies while building economic opportunities around them, and funding for partnerships that help Canadian provincial and territorial governments reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Links are included to connect with Canadian Federal Departments, provincial governments, other agencies and the international community. http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/

Atlantic Orient Corporation (AOC), a builder of a 50-kilowatt wind turbine, has survived bankruptcy and has moved its headquarters and production operations to the province of Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada. The company which builds the one model, the AOC 15/50, is again taking direct orders for the machine and will also be selling it through Southwest Windpower. The AOC 15/50 is well suited for use in remote locations.

PEI seems a good match for the company. The island off the north shore of New Brunswick is also the home of the Atlantic Wind Power Test Site where a 15/50 is in operation. AOC at http://www.aocwind.net/ , Southwest Windpower at http://www.windenergy.com/ Wind Test Site http://www.awts.pe.ca/ .

ALXION is maker of alternators developed for use in wind turbines.

Many might think that every part and component that goes into a wind turbine (or any renewable and alternative energy technology for that matter) is built by the end-product manufacturer. Not so. Often parts and components that make up the end-product are built by others - often developed by them too. ALXION is one of those others.

The company also makes high-torque motors that could possibly be used, with some further development, as traction motors for electric, fuel cell and hybrid electric vehicles. http://www.alxion.com/