On clear days at our family’s cottage on the eastern end of PEI’s North Shore, we have a view of the Hermanville / Clearspring wind farm. I take a small bit of comfort against climate nihilism when I see any of the large wind turbine installations and the spread of residential solar panels on PEI.

We’d been noticing that most of the windmills at the Hermanville installation haven’t been spinning this year. I was dismayed to read that, according to the CBC, “6 of 10 turbines out of commission” at the site.

I give the civil servants that are responsible for the operation of the site the benefit of the doubt that they’re doing what they can to get the turbines working again. In the meantime, though, it’s frustrating and sad to see such an important piece of public infrastructure sitting idle.