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PEI could make ice with wind
by Scott Gilbreath ~ January 28th, 2009
Prince Edward Island communities are receiving information about setting up wind turbines to produce electricity for making ice at local skating rinks.
The projects were made more viable last month by the introduction of a net-metering program, essentially allowing electricity meters to run backward when the wind turbine is creating more energy than the rink needs.
“The purpose of this session is basically to advise community rinks what the program is all about,” said Scott Harper, CEO of the Wind Energy Institute of Canada.
Think of all the ice they could make by harnessing the hot air produced at the provincial legislature in Charlottetown.
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