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BRITISH COLUMBIA: MAKING
PROGRESS ON SUSTAINABLE
ENERGY COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
QUEST RELEASES BC PROGRESS
REPORT ON INTEGRATED COMMU-
NITY ENERGY SOLUTIONS.
VICTORIA - QUEST - Quality
Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow
-
today released the’Integrated Com-
munity Energy Solutions Progress
Report for the Province of British Co-
lumbia’ containing a snapshot of in-
tegrated community energy solutions
(
ICES) progress in the province.
The report highlights British
Columbia’s rapid progress on ICES,
which has been driven largely by the
climate action commitments of the
Province and local governments with
support from utilities that are taking
an increasingly integrated approach to
energy.
Smart energy communities are
being successfully built all across Can-
ada with many leading edge examples
coming out of British Columbia,»
said Michael Harcourt, Former Pre-
mier of British Columbia and Chair of
QUEST. “The report will help QUEST
inspire other community builders to
think ‘smart’ about energy in their
own communities” continued Har-
court.
ICES are all about creating smart
energy communities by linking energy
with land use, buildings, transporta-
tion, waste, water and related commu-
nity infrastructure.
The report specifies a number of
integrated energy solutions currently
implemented in BC, including more
than 30 district energy systems and
over 500 electric vehicle charging sta-
tions. Other examples include the City
of Vancouver›s sewage heat capture
system, which turns waste sewage
heat into space and water heating; the
T›sou-ke First Nation›s solar initiative
which uses solar energy to meet hot
water and electricity needs; and the
Regional District of Nanaimo›s Land-
fill-Gas-to-Electricity facility which
converts the gas released by the land-
fill into electricity; as well as a range of
other initiatives that improve energy
efficiency at the community level in
BC.
The BC ICES progress report
supports the Province›s reporting
requirements to Natural Resources
Canada arising from the 2009 endorse-
ment of the «Integrated Community
Energy Solutions: A Roadmap for Ac-
tion”,” said Victoria Smith, Chair of
the QUEST British Columbia Caucus.
“
This is our first progress report. It
provides a baseline for which we can
measure future success” continued
Smith.
The full report is available
at:
QUEST - Quality Urban Energy Sys-
tems of Tomorrow - is a national non-
profit organization supported by a
collaborative network of partners that
undertakes research, policy analysis,
outreach, and capacity building to
advance smart energy communities
in Canada.
SOURCE QUEST - Quality Urban En-
ergy Systems of Tomorrow
For further information:
Tonja Leach - Director, Communications
&
Engagement
Tel: 613-748-0057 ext. 323
Email:
SKY HARVEST TO ACQUIRE
VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE
TECHNOLOGY AND
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES
Symbol: SKYH:OTC Markets
VANCOUVER - Sky Harvest
Windpower Corp. (“Sky Harvest”
or the “Company”) is pleased to an-
nounce that it has entered into an
agreement to acquire a vertical axis
wind turbine manufacturing and sales
business from a private Canadian com-
pany in consideration of the issuance
of 650,000 shares of its common stock,
cash payments totalling $65,000, and
the grant of an option to the vendor
to acquire up to 550,000 shares of its
common stock at a price of $0.10 for a
period of five years. This grant is pur-
suant to the Company’s previously
announced 2011 Stock Option Plan. In
addition, Sky Harvest has agreed to
pay the vendor a royalty of $200 for
every vertical axis wind turbine that
it sells for a period of ten years. The
vendor will also receive 500,000 voting
shares of the subsidiary company that
holds the turbine assets if that com-
pany’s shares trade publicly on a rec-
ognized stock exchange or quotation
system. As part of the agreement, Sky
Harvest has acquired the intellectual
property rights relating to the turbine
design, and leasehold interests in both
manufacturing facilities and equip-
ment.
Sky Harvest has received written
expressions of interest for the purchase
of over 13,000 vertical axis turbines
from parties in four different countries.
The sale of such number of turbines
would generate revenue of approxi-
mately $250 million. Sky Harvest has
also entered into discussions with ad-
ditional parties with compatible tech-
nology regarding the potential joint
venture development of additional
wind turbine products.
Unlike most wind turbines which
have blades that rotate around a hori-
zontal axis, a vertical axis wind turbine
has blades that spin vertically around
a horizontal mast. They are primar-
ily used in remote areas to provide
