Category: Saint John

The Kent Hills wind farm in Albert County will be expanded, according to CBC.

TransAlta will build five new wind turbines to add to the 50 already on the site. They will add another 17 megawatts of generating capacity to the company’s wind farm. The new turbines are to make up for a lower-than-expected amount of energy produced by the wind farm so far.

NB Power’s Marc Belliveau said the lower than expected energy production can be attributed to a nationwide overestimating of wind capacity.

It’s not clear what’s happening with a young Beluga whale flown from the Nepisiquit River to the St. Lawrence off Quebec and whether he’s able to eat or has joined other belugas.

The Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals says the next few days will be critical. Satellite tracking suggests the young whale is spending a lot of time near the surface and may not be strong enough to swim against the strong currents there.