by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Blog, Energy Innovation, Tidal Power
In a statement earlier today, Halifax Headquartered Emera, announced it’s intention to pull their involvement in Cape Sharp Tidal. Cape Sharp is a joint venture with Irish based OpenHydro, the 80% partner, that is now in the process of being liquidated, because...
by admin | Jul 27, 2018 | Blog, Electricity Grid, Energy Innovation, Renewable Energy, Tidal Power
The tide turned on OpenHydro, the first company to launch a turbine in the Minas Passage in Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy. (The first attempt was in 2009 when OpenHydro partnered with Nova Scotia Power deploying a smaller open centre turbine). The high cost...
by admin | Jun 18, 2018 | Blog, Electric vehicles, electricity consumers, Energy Innovation, Energy Transportation
Nova Scotia Power and parent company Emera, together with project partners, and electric vehicle owners, gathered around the new Elmsdale fast charger Monday, as Karen Hutt, President and CEO of Nova Scotia Power, announced the rollout of Nova Scotia’s 12...
by admin | May 31, 2018 | Blog, Electric vehicles, electricity consumers, Energy Innovation
“Plug ‘n Drive EV Discovery Centre in Ontario celebrates it’s first birthday,” tweeted Clara Clairmen, CEO of the non profit Plug ‘n Drive. Plug ‘n Drive is a non profit organization committed to accelerating the adoption of...
by admin | Apr 20, 2018 | Blog, electricity consumers, Energy Innovation, energy storage
“Storage has the capacity to change almost all the rules about everything when it comes to energy,” said Governor Charlie Baker in his keynote address on April 18th, to the Energy Storage Association’s Annual Convention, held this year in Boston,...
by admin | Jan 19, 2018 | Blog, Electric vehicles, electricity consumers, Electricity Grid, Energy Transportation
Jeremie Bernardin is not a car salesman, but as an electric vehicle enthusiast, he sees a need for a broad approach, like in British Columbia, to get Nova Scotians to consider buying EVs. That’s what he told CBC Radio Host Norma Lee MacLeod when he called into...
by admin | Jan 5, 2018 | Blog
Many parts of Halifax did loose power yesterday, including us, but Cam Farnell did not loose his electricity in his Tantallon home, because at his off grid home he was self generating his own solar electricity. When the sun went down he had enough energy stored in his...
by admin | Jan 4, 2018 | Blog
Stir frying eggs and veggies at 11:10am I wonder, “will this be my last home cooked meal for a few days?” With all the pre-storm weather bomb reporting, this Nor’ Easter has been described as a major wind event, I’m left with the question...
by admin | Dec 8, 2017 | Blog, electricity consumers, Electricity Grid, Energy Grid, energy security, Renewable Energy
For the first time, electricity has been exchanged between the Island of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia through Emera’s Maritime Link undersea cable project. This is a historic milestone for the transformative interconnection. The first electrons across the...
by admin | Nov 11, 2017 | Blog, Electricity Grid, Renewable Energy
The Canadian province of Nova Scotia announced 18 Solar Community Project winners at events around the province on Friday November 10, 2017. Rev. Neale Bennet, the President of Atlantic School of Theology, was at the announcement in the AST Library in Halifax. The...
