Overview

• Premier Tim Houston says the transmission line to carry 40 gigawatts of offshore wind could cost between $5 billion and $10 billion.
• Wind West would license enough turbines to produce eight times more power than initially planned, potentially supplying 27 percent of Canada’s electricity demand.
• The proposal envisions hundreds of turbines positioned about 25 kilometres offshore in waters roughly 100 metres deep.
• Progress hinges on federal cost-sharing, environmental assessments and consultations with the fishing industry before construction can proceed.
• If completed within a decade, Nova Scotia could become an “energy superpower” and phase out federal equalization payments.