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WindShare is a for-profit wind power co-operative that was officially launched in February 2002 in Toronto, Canada. It was created by the non-profit Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative (TREC) which was incorporated in 1998. TREC continues to exist as a separate non-profit entity.〔(website for Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative (TREC) - About page )〕〔(website for Windshare - history page )〕 WindShare's ExPlace wind turbine was erected on December 18, 2002, on the grounds of Exhibition Place, in Toronto. It was the first wind turbine installed in a major North American urban city centre. and the first community-owned wind power project in Ontario.〔(Explace turbine information on the Windshare website )〕 The tall ExPlace wind turbine is co-owned by the ''WindShare'' co-operative and Toronto Hydro, and annually adds an average of 1000 MWh of electricity to the city's main power grid. WindShare and its parent, the Toronto Renewable Energy Cooperative (TREC), have plans for more wind turbines. As of March, 2010 these plans are called "The Lakewind Project." (See below) ==History== * 1998 - Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative (TREC) was incorporated * 1999 - TREC received a grant to study three potential sites for an urban wind turbine project in Toronto.〔(website for Windshare - history page )〕 * June 30, 1999 - TREC forms ad hoc partnership with Toronto Hydro to build wind turbine(s) * February, 2002 - WindShare co-operative officially launched. (Members of non-profit TREC are asked to also become members of the for-profit WindShare co-operative.) * December 16–18, 2002 - WindShare's ExPlace wind turbine erected * January 23, 2003 - ExPlace turbine began generating electricity * 2006 - The government of Ontario introduced a feed-in tariff (renewable energy payments) * February 23, 2009 - Ontario Green Energy Act 2009 introduced in the Ontario legislature * March, 2009 - The government of Ontario revises feed-in tariff 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WindShare」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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