North America’s Largest Wind Turbines Start Construction

Construction for a project featuring 24 seven-megawatt (MW) wind turbines is now starting near Mulgrave, Nova Scotia. The project will cost roughly $450 million and is being co-developed by the UK’s RES and Port Hawkesbury Paper (PHP). The PHP’s local pulp and paper mill account for up to 25% of the provincial grid’s peak demand. This project will meet around 60% of power demand at PHP while cutting provincial carbon emissions by more than 350,000 tons a year.

These 7 MW turbines are huge, standing 180m tall (higher than any building in Atlantic Canada) with 87.5m blades.

In addition to meeting PHP’s power demand and cutting carbon emissions, this project will help the province in its goal of generating 80% of its electricity with renewable energy by the end of the decade. First Nations communities will hold a 10% equity stake in the project, and numerous construction and permanent jobs will be created.

Regarding future requests for procurement of renewable energy projects in Canada, Arthur Zhang says, "Wind is key to meeting future electricity needs in an affordable way". Borrum Energy solutions agrees, our microgeneration wind turbines and towers provide rural dwellers with an opportunity to invest in renewable energy, helping them lower costs on fossil fuels while reducing carbon emissions and dependence on the electrical grid.