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From a release<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n HALIFAX:<\/strong> The Green Choice Program will add more clean energy to the grid, bring more green jobs and investments to Nova Scotia, help stabilize power rates and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. \u201cOur province has incredible onshore and offshore wind speeds. Now is the time to use it to our advantage.\u201d ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=’34”]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”71″] The developers are investing about $73.5 million in social and economic benefits for communities where the wind farms are located. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Benefits include training, skill development, capacity building grants and scholarships. There will be about 700 construction jobs and 30 full-time jobs to operate the wind farms. It includes initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, switch to clean energy, create a clean economy, make homes and buildings energy efficient and able to stand up to the impacts of climate change, and help Nova Scotians adapt to the changing climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”192″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″] \u201cThrough Glooscap First Nation\u2019s majority ownership with SWEB for Yellow Birch, Blueberry Acres, and Sugar Maple, we are committed to meaningful action that balances economic reconciliation with environmental stewardship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “We aim to build meaningful partnerships that protect the well-being of our community while addressing the need for cleaner, more sustainable energy sources that also reduce energy costs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “By advancing clean energy in Nova Scotia, we are protecting the land, water and ecosystems that sustain us and ensuring a healthier, more sustainable future for generations to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Glooscap First Nation looks forward to building strong local partnerships and fostering strong community connections.\u201d\u00a0 “All Nova Scotians will benefit from these new projects which will supply 625 MW of affordable, clean and reliable energy to the provincial grid starting by the end of 2028. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Our members are ready to support the energy transition and help grow Nova Scotia\u2019s new green economy.\u201d\u00a0 ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”127″] The Green Choice Program is a significant step to helping us, and other Nova Scotian companies, access renewable energy.\u201d\u00a0 “Our loans will reduce ratepayer impacts as well as provide equity to participating First Nations, supporting meaningful ownership opportunities in the recently awarded energy projects.\u201d ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”206″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”115″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Green Choice Program customers are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Province of Nova Scotia \u2013 government owned buildings and operations including public schools, most of Nova Scotia Health\u2019s hospitals and health centres, the IWK Health Centre and the Nova Scotia Provincial Housing Agency [adrotate banner=’105″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”111″] [adrotate banner=”92″] [adrotate banner=”188″] From a release HALIFAX: The Green Choice Program will add more clean energy to the grid, bring more green jobs and investments to Nova Scotia, help stabilize power rates and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. \u201cThe Green Choice Program is the single largest addition of clean electricity and the single largest reduction […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[5509,48,1077,5734],"class_list":["post-51889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-green-energy","tag-n-s","tag-nova-scotia","tag-trevor-boudreau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cThe Green Choice Program is the single largest addition of clean electricity and the single largest reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in Nova Scotia\u2019s history,\u201d said Energy Minister Trevor Boudreau. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eleven large-scale electricity customers are participating in the program. Most will get all their electricity through it. These customers include public institutions and some large industrial and commercial businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Six wind farms were chosen through a competitive independent procurement to support the program. They will start generating more than 2,000 gigawatt hours of clean electricity per year by the end of 2028. They will increase the clean electricity to the grid for program customers by more than 12 per cent and by nearly seven per cent for all Nova Scotia ratepayers.
Each wind farm is co-owned by a private developer and one or more Mi\u2019kmaw community in Nova Scotia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Green Choice Program is a commitment in Our Climate, Our Future: Nova Scotia\u2019s Climate Change Plan for Clean Growth. The plan aims to create a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable future for all Nova Scotians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quotes:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Chief Sidney Peters, Glooscap First Nation
<\/em>\u201cThe Canadian Renewable Energy Association congratulates its members and Indigenous partners for their successful bids in the Nova Scotia Green Choice Program procurement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Jean Habel, Senior Director for Quebec and Atlantic Canada, Canadian Renewable Energy Association<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs a global leader in sustainable mobility and a responsible company, Michelin is taking concrete actions to combat climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Andrew Mutch, President, Michelin North America (Canada)
<\/em>\u201cThrough the Green Choice Program, the Canada Infrastructure Bank\u2019s innovative financing is enabling non-emitting, reliable and affordable new energy infrastructure across Nova Scotia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Ehren Cory, CEO, Canada Infrastructure Bank
<\/em>Quick Facts:<\/strong>
– the Green Choice Program is open to Nova Scotia Power customers that pay the utility directly, not through a landlord, and had an average energy load of 10,000 megawatt hours per year over the past three years
– customers of municipal electric utilities are not included in the program; those utilities are increasingly providing clean electricity
– Nova Scotia Power will pay an average of $63.62 per megawatt hour for electricity from the wind farms, which is a substantial fuel cost saving compared with coal
– the wind farms will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least eight per cent and, along with other initiatives, bring the power grid to about 78 per cent renewables by 2028; further initiatives like community, residential and commercial solar will bring the grid to 80 per cent renewables by 2030
– the procurement for the new wind farms was managed independently by Coho Climate Advisors<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Government of Canada \u2013 federal departments, agencies and Canada Post\u2019s Crown facilities
– Nova Scotia Universities and Colleges Power Purchasing Partnership: Dalhousie University (all campuses), Acadia University, Cape Breton University, Mount Saint Vincent University, Saint Mary\u2019s University, University of Kings College, Universit\u00e9 Sainte-Anne, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
– all Nova Scotia Community College campuses
– Halifax Regional Municipality
– Halifax Water Commission
– Cape Breton Regional Municipality
– Halifax International Airport Authority
– WalMart Canada Corporation
– Michelin North America (Canada) Inc.
– PSA Canada Ventures Ltd.
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The successful wind projects in the independent procurement are:
– Yellow Birch, Pictou County; developed by SWEB in partnership with Glooscap First Nation
– Melvin Lake, Hants and Halifax counties; developed by ABO Energy Canada in partnership with Eskasoni, Potlotek, We\u2019koqma\u2019q L\u2019nue\u2019kati and Wagmatook First Nations
– Rhodena, Inverness County; developed by ABO Energy Canada in partnership with Eskasoni, Potlotek, We\u2019koqma\u2019q L\u2019nue\u2019kati and Wagmatook First Nations
– Blueberry Acres, Cumberland County; developed by SWEB in partnership with Glooscap First Nation
– Sugar Maple, Pictou County; developed by SWEB in partnership with Glooscap First Nation
– Eigg Mountain, Antigonish County; developed by Renewable Energy Systems Canada in partnership with Paq\u2019tnkek and Pictou Landing First Nations<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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