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Environmental Studies at York (1438 words) |
 | Windshare and Toronto Hydro expect the wind turbine to begin producing energy in October 2002 providing clean, renewable electricity for homes and businesses in Toronto. |
| Windshare members members receive an annual financial dividend proportional to the number of shares of the turbine they own and their share in the sale of the electricity generated by the turbine. |
| Windshare members will elect a Board of Directors and participate in the management of the wind turbine on a one member, one vote basis regardless of the number of shares they purchase. |
| Toronto's WindShare Coop (824 words) |
| In early 2006 WindShare's experiment in cooperative ownership now awaits a contract from the province as part of a campaign for Advanced Renewable Tariffs launched by the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association. |
| Despite the problems posed by the change in government policy, the WindShare turbine is both highly visible and highly popular. |
| WindShare and those pioneers who made it possible can serve as a model for the other great cities bordering the Great Lakes. |
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