Nova Scotia Power Going Wind Power

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (Halifax, Nova Scotia), primary operating subsidiary of Emera Incorporated (TSX: EMA) (Halifax, Nova Scotia) is increasing its wind power activities. After installing wind turbine/generators at two sites and studying wind data at others, Nova Scotia Power is planning to purchase up to 25 megawatts (MW) of wind power from an Independent Power Producer for use by the fourth quarter of 2004.

Nova Scotia Power connected the 1.2 MW Little Brook wind turbine/generator (Turbowinds) to the grid on September 26, 2002. The Grand Etang wind turbine/generator (Vestas) started up on October 20, 2002. On June 23, 2003 the units had successfully completed seven months of operation and Nova Scotia Power determined wind power was feasible. These wind turbine generators produced 2,000 MWH of power without fossil fuel emissions. This would be equivalent to removing 300 automobiles a year from the road, and would also take 60 years for 14,000 trees to remove CO2 from such emissions.

Nova Scotia Power is now in negotiations with a windfarm developer to build, own, and operate a 25 MW windfarm in Nova Scotia. This would be the equivalent of taking 6,000 automobiles off the road. If negotiations and permitting go as planned, construction should start during the second quarter of 2004 and be completed by early 2005.

Nova Scotia Power is the regulated electrical utility arm of Emera and is responsible for the production of 97 percent of the energy utilized in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia has over 2,180 MW of thermal, hydroelectric & wind power.

Their generation system consists of five thermal plants, 33 hydroelectric plants, one tidal plant, three combustion turbines plus the two wind power plants.