Comments on: Canada’s First Sustainable Brewery http://www.futureofbusiness.info/canadas-first-sustainable-brewery/ News and information resource. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:31:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ken Schwantje http://www.futureofbusiness.info/canadas-first-sustainable-brewery/comment-page-1/#comment-32431 Ken Schwantje Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:19:55 +0000 http://www.futureofbusiness.info/?p=1192#comment-32431 While I applaud anyone taking steps for sustainability Turning Point Brewery’s step is in the wrong direction and wonder what their point really is or was. There is simply not enough wind in this area for a wind turbine to produce enough energy to make it viable. Never mind the fact that a 1kW turbine could never supply enough energy for such a facility, -no matter where it was located. So in the end ~95% of the time the company will have to either provide energy to it if they wish to show it turning, or have it stand there not spinning, as a visual reminder of what NOT to do **. **Never install a wind turbine without a physical assessment. While I applaud anyone taking steps for sustainability Turning Point Brewery’s step is in the wrong direction and wonder what their point really is or was. There is simply not enough wind in this area for a wind turbine to produce enough energy to make it viable. Never mind the fact that a 1kW turbine could never supply enough energy for such a facility, -no matter where it was located.

So in the end ~95% of the time the company will have to either provide energy to it if they wish to show it turning, or have it stand there not spinning, as a visual reminder of what NOT to do **.

**Never install a wind turbine without a physical assessment.

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