Nova Scotia aims for 40 renewable


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Lower Churchill hydroelectric project will supply Nova Scotia with renewable energy from Muskrat Falls, Labrador, via 1,100 km transmission lines and underwater cables, supporting a 40% power target through an 824 MW dam.

 

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An 824 MW Muskrat Falls dam and link supplying hydro power to Nova Scotia to help meet a 40% renewable target.

  • 824 MW hydro dam at Muskrat Falls, central Labrador
  • Partnership: Nalcor and Emera (Nova Scotia Power parent)
  • Supplies 8-10% of Nova Scotia electricity from 2017

 

The Lower Churchill hydroelectricity project is key to the Nova Scotia government's plan to meet tougher green energy targets.

 

The government proposed a legislative change that would allow hydroelectricity generated by the controversial $6.2-billion project — still in the planning stages in Labrador — to count toward a new target of 40 per cent green energy by 2020.

Energy Minister Charlie Parker said the project would account for eight to 10 per cent of Nova Scotia's total power needs, starting in 2017.

"This will be a significant contributor to us meeting the 2020 goal and it gives us confidence to make that goal a regulated target," he said.

Brennan Vogel, with the Ecology Action Centre, doubts the province can meet its goals without the Lower Churchill development in Labrador.

"Certainly we praise the high level of ambition here in Nova Scotia with respect to renewable energy targets. However, we have reservations and concerns with regards to how we're going to meet those targets," Vogel said.

The Lower Churchill project is an 824 megawatt MW hydroelectric dam on Muskrat Falls, in central Labrador. The project is a partnership, a deal between Nalcor, Newfoundland and Labrador's Crown-owned energy corporation, and Halifax-based Emera Inc.-the parent company of Nova Scotia Power.

The proposal is currently under environmental review.

The deal involves the construction of 1,100 kilometres of high-voltage transmission lines, including two underwater cables. The first would be used to send power from Labrador to the island of Newfoundland, and the second to transfer electricity to Nova Scotia, though Labrador power advocates argue it should stay in the Maritimes.

Regional demand is a factor, as efforts to sell hydro to the U.S. continue to face deadlines, according to Connecticut's governor.

Parker said if the Lower Churchill project doesn't go ahead, Nova Scotia Power could still meet the target using power generated by wind and solar projects as well as tidal sources.

But Vogel said he hasn't seen any plans to show how that could happen.

 

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