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HUNTS POINT \u2013 A large crowd was on hand on Thursday, February 26th at White Point Beach Resort for the announcement of the Mersey River Wind Project, which will see construction and installation of 33 wind turbines with related grid connection infrastructure. The wind farm is expected to supply 148.5 MW of zero-emission electricity, capable of powering more than 50,000 homes.<\/p>\n
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is providing a $206 million loan to a partnership between Slate Asset Management and funds managed by Hamilton Lane to develop a wind farm at Mersey River. Project partner Renewall Energy Inc. will sell electricity to end customers in Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n
The announcement was made by the Honourable Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada, and the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.<\/p>\n
This large-scale project will help support the province\u2019s energy transition, as Nova Scotia moves from coal-based electricity generation to clean electricity by 2030. The wind farm is expected to avoid approximately 220,000 tonnes of emissions per year, equivalent to 1.5% of Nova Scotia\u2019s carbon output in 2022.<\/p>\n
Renewall secured Nova Scotia\u2019s first renewable-to-retail program licence to sell electricity from 100% renewable sources directly to end customers. This licence gives residents, public institutions, commercial and industrial customers the ability to achieve emissions reductions and sustainability objectives. Construction will take place in two phases, with the first phase expected to be completed in 2027. More than 200 workers are expected to be employed at the peak of construction activities.<\/p>\n
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Dan Roscoe, Renewall<\/p><\/div>\n
The project is being financed under the CIB\u2019s Clean Power priority sector, which addresses financing gaps in low-carbon emissions projects such as renewables, district energy systems and energy storage.<\/p>\n
Minister Hodgson also announced that NRCan will provide nearly $5 million in funding to Net Zero Atlantic for the Data Analysis and Modelling for Atlantic Offshore Wind and Transmission project, to support the next stage of offshore wind planning and the proposed Wind West and Atlantic Energy Strategy.<\/p>\n
The Province of Nova Scotia\u2019s contribution is both financial and in-kind support, valued at nearly $700,000.<\/p>\n
Jessica Fancy, Member of Parliament for South Shore\u2014St. Margarets, presided over the event, stating \u201cRenewall is bringing greater choice and affordability to Nova Scotia electricity consumers for the very first time. With the support of the Canada Infrastructure Bank and the Government of Canada, the Mersey River Wind project will harness our province\u2019s natural wind power advantage to provide clean renewable power to Nova Scotia families and businesses for decades to come.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n MP Jessica Fancy<\/p><\/div>\n Speakers also included Mike Shoen, Director of Investments at Canada Infrastructure Bank The Honourable Tim Houston, Premier of Nova Scotia; Dan Roscoe, President of Renewall Energy Inc; and Scott Christian, Mayor of the Region of Queens Municipality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HUNTS POINT \u2013 A large crowd was on hand on Thursday, February 26th at White Point Beach Resort for the announcement of the Mersey River Wind Project, which will see construction and installation of 33 wind turbines with related grid connection infrastructure. The wind farm is expected to supply 148.5 MW of zero-emission electricity, capable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[3777,3779,1105,3655,39,3778,3782,3781,241,3783,49,3780,1965],"class_list":["post-9791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-canada-infrastructure-bank","tag-hamilton-lane","tag-hunts-point","tag-jessica-fancy","tag-liverpool","tag-mersey-river-wind-project","tag-minister-of-energy-and-natural-resources","tag-minister-of-housing-and-infrastructure","tag-nova-scotia","tag-parliament-for-south-shore","tag-queens-county","tag-renewall-energy-inc","tag-white-point-beach-resort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9795,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9791\/revisions\/9795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"jessica](\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MP-Jessica-Fancy-768x1024.jpg\")