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HALIFAX:<\/strong> Identifying suitable areas for offshore wind farms is the next step to safely develop this new clean-energy industry that will create jobs and provide long-term energy security for Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Working with federal partners, the Province is proposing five wind energy areas for designation after a regional assessment of offshore wind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n – French Bank<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Middle Bank<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Sable Island Bank<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Sydney Bight<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Western\/Emerald Bank. More information is available at: https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/offshore-wind-energy-areas-engagement\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”192″] The process will include identifying specific parcels within wind energy areas for development. [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”206″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”235″] [adrotate banner=”127″] HALIFAX: Identifying suitable areas for offshore wind farms is the next step to safely develop this new clean-energy industry that will create jobs and provide long-term energy security for Nova Scotia. Working with federal partners, the Province is proposing five wind energy areas for designation after a regional assessment of offshore […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[48,1077,7959,7026,7960],"class_list":["post-53007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-n-s","tag-nova-scotia","tag-offshore-wind-farms","tag-sable-island","tag-wind-farms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53007","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=53007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Nova Scotians are welcome to provide feedback on the proposed wind energy areas by April 14. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later this year, after areas are designated, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator will manage a competitive licensing process for developing wind farms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quick Facts:<\/strong>
– the federal and provincial governments jointly manage Nova Scotia\u2019s offshore through the Canada-Nova Scotia accord acts
– the governments do this work in regular communication with the Mi\u2019kmaq, fishers, developers, communities and other important partners
– the regional assessment identified eight potential areas for offshore wind development; after further review, the governments shortlisted five to proceed as wind energy areas
Additional Resources:<\/strong>
More information about offshore wind is available at: https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/offshore-wind\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n