Ellershouse, Nova Scotia: Partners in the Ellershouse Wind Farm - Alternative Resource Energy Authority (AREA), the facility owner, along with Bullfrog Power®, East Coast Credit Union, and developer Minas Energy announced the launch June 29 of the project’s phase two.
AREA, a partnership between the Towns of Antigonish, Berwick and Mahone Bay in Nova Scotia, was created by the towns to reduce energy costs, expand green mandates and develop new revenue streams for the municipalities. The second phase adds three turbines to the original four-turbine wind farm in West Hants, near Ellershouse, Nova Scotia. The seven Enercon E-92 wind turbines have a total capacity of 16.1 megawatts.
The project is the first wind development in Nova Scotia to be funded and built independently of the local power authority or any provincial government incentive program.
The Ellershouse Wind Farm is the latest wind project supported by Bullfrog Power. Bullfrog Power has been involved in the commissioning of wind farms across Canada, including some of Ontario's first commercial wind turbines. In Nova Scotia, Bullfrog Power funded community-based rooftop solar projects with both Hope Blooms and The Deanery Project.
All three of the towns' electric utilities, as well as the Riverport Electric Light Commission, purchase part of their energy requirements from the Ellershouse Wind Farm.