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Projects get wind taken out of sails
The majority of large-scale wind farms proposed across Nova Scotia won't be going ahead any time soon, the Energy Department confirmed Friday.
Nineteen projects were pitched to the province ...three ventures were approved when the renewable electricity administrator announced contracts on Thursday.
August 3, 2012
by Joann Alberstat
in Herald Business
The majority of large-scale wind farms proposed across Nova Scotia won't be going ahead any time soon, the Energy Department confirmed Friday.
Nineteen projects were pitched to the province, which issued a tender call earlier this summer aimed at adding about 100 megawatts of wind to the grid, starting in January 2015. But only three ventures were approved when the renewable electricity administrator announced contracts on Thursday.
"There are no plans for further (large-scale) wind procurement at this time," department spokeswoman Donna Chislett said via email.
"We are confident that we will meet our... [continue via Web link]
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