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Category: Energy

Floating tidal generator.
Posted inEnergy, Fishery, Technology

DFO offered tidal developer one-year lease for Minas Basin site

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson May 18, 2023May 25, 2023

More information is surfacing concerning the departure of a tidal power developer Sustainable Marine Energy from the province. That company had for experimented for five years in the Bay of Fundy near Digby and had received a federal subsidy of nearly $30 million.  Last year, the company became the first in Canada to successfully connect […]

A red and white boat in the water.
Posted inEnergy, Fishery

DFO responds to Houston’s complaints that it killed tidal project

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson May 3, 2023May 10, 2023
A red and white boat in the water.
Posted inEnergy, Province House

Tidal generation company gives up on Nova Scotia

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson April 26, 2023May 3, 2023
A big ball of fire coming from a zeppelin.
Posted inMorning File

Nova Scotia’s looming hydrogen disaster

by Tim Bousquet April 26, 2023April 26, 2023
Posted inEnergy, Province House

John MacIsaac has problems holding a job. But he doesn’t have any problem getting paid.

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson April 21, 2023April 28, 2023
Posted inEnergy

Houston government says Nova Scotia Power should compensate ratepayers $2 million more per month for Muskrat Falls delays

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson April 20, 2023April 28, 2023
A map of the Maritimes shows a bright yellow loop leading from Labrador to Nova Scotia, through Quebec.
Posted inProvince House

Houston ‘no longer optimistic’ about Atlantic Loop

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson April 6, 2023April 14, 2023
Posted inMorning File

The Port of Sydney discovers wind

by Tim Bousquet March 27, 2023March 27, 2023
Three red and white smoke stacks against a bright sky are seen in the background of a street lined with trees with colourful leaves on a sunny afternoon.
Posted inEnergy, Province House, Utilities

Province hikes Nova Scotia Power’s potential maximum fine to $25 million

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson March 23, 2023March 30, 2023
EverWind Fuels website shows the words "Renewable Energy Solutions CLEAN ENERGY FOR A BETTER FUTURE" over an aerial view of the Point Tupper industrial site where it plans to build a green hydrogen and ammonia plant.
Posted inMorning File

A New York Times report casts doubt on the viability of ‘green hydrogen’ export schemes like that approved in Nova Scotia

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

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