Canada: Trillium Power Appeals Offshore Wind Motion Decision

Trillium Power Wind Corporation (Trillium Power) has served its Notice to Appeal regarding the Rule 21 Motion decision (a mechanism to summarily dispose of an action) delivered by Mr. Justice Robert Goldstein last month.

The Trillium Power Notice of Appeal cites both errors in points of law and evidence in the decision rendered in October.

The Government of Ontario filed the Rule 21 Motion in response to Trillium Power’s suit regarding the Province’s cancellation of all Near-shore and true Offshore Wind projects in February 2011. At that time Trillium Power was well advanced in developing a number of projects located between 10 and 120 km offshore in The Great Lakes.

Trillium Power contends that true Offshore Wind developments, appropriately sited from the mainland, should be provided a fair opportunity to follow Ontario’s existing rigorous environmental regulations, managed by the Ministry of the Environment and Ministry of Natural Resources, and complete a comprehensive series of studies, reports and public consultations so that Ontarians can make an informed decision on their renewable energy opportunities.

As the leading North American developer of Offshore Wind, Toronto-based Trillium Power remains poised to work with the Province to find a non-litigious solution to the present situation. Trillium Power believes that an open and frank discussion regarding Ontario’s far-offshore wind resources has the possibility of leading to a carefully crafted, long-term and sustainable plan that meets both the spirit and objectives of Ontario’s successful Green Energy and Green Economy Act.

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Press release, November 06, 2012; Image: trilliumpower