- First E3120’s for Pictou County
Dartmouth – A trio of Canadian-manufactured wind turbines was recently switched on in Pictou County and are now delivering clean energy to the residents of Riverton.
The Municipality of Pictou County invested in the project under the Nova Scotia ComFIT program and will generate clean electricity for the local residents of Riverton.
Moreover, the Municipality is planning to use the revenue stream to fund projects that enhance sustainability, such as water and sewer.
“Pictou County is pleased to be participating in Nova Scotia’s Community Feed-in-Tariff program and to be generating renewable energy for our local community. We feel we are playing a leadership role in Nova Scotia, being amongst the first municipalities to invest in clean energy generation to reduce our carbon footprint,” said Ronald Baillie of the Municipality of Pictou County.
Endurance is a leading global manufacturer of small wind turbines. Headquartered in Surrey BC, this Canadian clean-tech company has two manufacturing facilities: one in Surrey, BC manufactures the 50kW turbine as seen in Riverton, and the second in the West Midlands, UK where it builds a larger 225kW design.
Since opening its Darmouth NS office, Endurance Nova Scotia has hired five staff in its offices and service centre. Endurance Wind Power Co-Founder Glenn Johnson says, “We are thrilled to be building wind turbines in Canada and now selling them in Canada, too. Nova Scotia is an important growth market for us. Having gone out and proven our design and sales success internationally, opening a new office in Canada here in the Maritimes feels a bit like a homecoming.”
Endurance’s General Manager for Eastern North America, Mike Morris, says “We have a lot of customers with COMFIT approval who will be installing Endurance wind turbines this year. Our next project is underway for the Municipality of the District of Barrington and will be completed before summer arrives.”
The Nova Scotia COMFIT program allows municipalities, first nations, universities, co-operatives, not-for-profits and Nova Scotia CEDIF corporations to sell electricity to Nova Scotia Power at favourable rates. Community organizations generating clean power for Nova Scotia communities also generate COMFIT revenue.
The Ministry of Energy announced 15 January 2015 that the COMFIT program would temporaily stop accepting new applications. However, all approved projects can still be completed as normal under the community feed-in tariff program.
