Nova Scotia premier pitching ambitious Wind West offshore wind energy project – Halifax [Video]

In response to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s bid to make Canada an “energy superpower,” Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is floating the idea of dramatically ramping up the province’s nascent offshore wind energy industry.

In an online video released earlier this week, Houston said he’s hoping Carney’s Liberal government will support a new megaproject the premier has dubbed “Wind West.”

“Right now, Nova Scotia is on the edge of a clean energy breakthrough,” the Progressive Conservative premier says on the slickly produced video. “We’ve been handed a golden ticket …. We cannot afford to let this moment pass us by.”

Houston’s plan calls for construction of enough offshore wind turbines to supply 27 per cent of Canada’s total demand for electricity.”

“Sounds like a stretch, right?” Houston asks rhetorically. “Well, it’s not.”

The video was released with little fanfare on Monday, a day before Canada’s provincial and territorial leaders pitched …