LAKE UIST- A change in strategy has emerged for the company planning a major wind/hydroelectric project for this community on the boundary line between Richmond County and the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
Cape Breton Hydro, a subdivision of Cape Breton Explorations Limited, has postponed its decision to set up two 50-75 megawatt hydro-reversible pump turbines that would generate energy from a man-made reservoir operating on Lake Uist property. News of the decision first emerged last week, when the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) confirmed on its Web site that it was no longer conducting an environmental assessment of the hydroelectric portion of the Cape Breton Hydro project, as “the proponent has withdrawn the project.”
However, when reached by The Reporter Tuesday morning, Cape Breton Explorations Limited president Luciano Lisi stressed that the company ...