The Nova Scotia government has approved a 20-turbine wind farm project as part of its 'Green Choice' program, aiming to reach 80% renewable electricity by 2030. This approval, along with five others, will contribute to the largest greenhouse gas reduction in the province's history. The program involves 11 large-scale customers, including public institutions and businesses, purchasing wind-generated electricity directly from Nova Scotia Power.
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says a program to bring wind-generated electricity to 11 large customers is keeping the province on track to meet its goal of producing 80 per cent of its electricity with renewables by 2030.
The province says this approval — along with five other wind projects planned under the “Green choice” program it launched in 2023 — will together yield “the single-largest greenhouse gas reduction in the province’s history.” “We’re putting wind to work as a made-in-Nova Scotia solution for clean electricity,” said Trevor Boudreau, the minister of energy, adding the projects are expected to help the province have 78 per cent of its electricity coming from renewable sources by 2028.
The province says the price paid by Nova Scotia Power for electricity from the wind farms will be substantially lower that what it pays for coal-generated power.
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