Excitement builds for proposed wind turbine project in Kinkora area [Video]

Some Prince County residents are walking away with more answers after attending Tuesday night’s public information session in Albany, P.E.I., on the Wejipek Wind Project.

The proposed project is a partnership between Lennox Island First Nation and Natural Forces, an independent power producer, that would see the construction of three 200-metre-tall wind turbine generators on privately-owned land in the Middleton and Kinkora area.

“I really enjoyed [the information session],” said Austin Johnston, who lives close to where the turbines would be built. “Talked to one of the gentlemen there and he answered all my questions.”

The turbines would be capable of producing roughly 12 to 18 megawatts of energy, which would be enough to power roughly 4,000 homes per year on P.E.I.

Johnston said he thinks there is a …