Grouse is not the first ski resort to erect a wind turbine.

Grouse Mountain ski area in Vancouver is celebrating the inauguration of its impressive new 65m high wind turbine, The Eye of the Wind.

This comes shortly after Whistler’s hydro electric plant began operations only a couple hours north of Grouse.

The Eye of the Wind is the only one of its kind in the world equipped with an elevator accessing a panoramic viewPOD to visitors, providing an close-up view of wind energy at work and panoramic views over the city and coastline. The structure also has the distinction of being the first commercial wind turbine in the Lower Mainland, and forever changes the face of alternative energy in British Columbia.

With no gears and minimal noise, a quiet revolution is underway at Grouse Mountain. As wind power rapidly revolutionizes the world of alternative energy, Grouse Mountain’s Quiet Revolution is a deliberate and sustained pursuit of balance and responsibility, both in ecological and economic terms.

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