Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
‘Considerably more than a dozen’ bids for wind farms in Nova Scotia
Credit: By JOANN ALBERSTAT Business Reporter | thechronicleherald.ca 27 June 2012 ~~
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Nova Scotia’s renewable electricity administrator has received more bids from wind farm developers than he expected.
John Dalton of Power Advisory LLC has said he anticipated getting somewhere around 12 submissions.
“We’ve exceeded that. It’s considerably more than a dozen,” Dalton said late Wednesday afternoon, just minutes after the deadline for filing bids.
The independent administrator said he couldn’t give an exact tally because staff were still examining the paperwork.
“We’re very happy with the level of interest,” said the Massachusetts-based consultant. “It’s consistent with our expectations, which were quite high.
“We think this is good news for Nova Scotia (electricity) customers. We’re hoping that a good price for renewable electricity is being offered.”
The administrator is expected to announce the winning projects in early August.
Some developers have said they expect up to four or five wind farms to be approved.
Dalton has told developers they can expect a decision by July 19.
A further 10 days have been set aside for contracts to be negotiated and signed before the public announcement is made.
The province wants to add 300 gigawatts of renewable electricity to the Nova Scotia Power grid, starting in 2015.
The additional green energy will help the province meet its 2015 renewable energy target of 25 per cent.
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
Wind Watch relies entirely on User Contributions |
(via Stripe) |
(via Paypal) |
Share: