(Contributed Photo: The Pubnico Point Wind Farm)
Nova Scotia Power says they are making progress in reducing carbon and increasing renewable energy.
They say 2016 was a record year, with 28 per cent of electricity in the province coming from renewable resources.
That tops the previous high of 26.6 per cent set in 2015.
NSP spokesperson David Rodenhiser says renewable energy generation coming out of Yarmouth has played a major role.
“The Tusket Hydro System has been generating electricity since 1929, the Pubnico Point Wind Farm is the oldest multiple turbine wind farm in Nova Scotia. There are also smaller wind farm developments at Little River, Wellington, Black Pond, Brenton and Wedgeport.”
Rodenhiser says all of those generate enough electricity to power about 12,000 homes.
By law, 25 per cent of the province’s electricity has to be renewable, and that mark will increase to 40 per cent by 2020.
Rodenhiser says the company will bring in clean, hydro-electricity from Newfoundland and Labrador through the Maritime Link.
