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Pubnico Point Wind Farm – 17 Windmills in SW Nova Scotia

The 17 Windmills of the Pubnico Point Wind Farm potentially produce approximately 3 1/2 times the required amount of energy for all of the Pubnico’s.

100 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, or enough to service up to 13,000 average households

-Ghyslain Charron, Natural Resources Canada, June 1, 2005.

Now all along I had the notion that these turbines were owned and operated by the community -Great, the area can be self-sufficient and sell the excess to the utility. But no! I found out recently that the wind farm is owned by a company and it sells the energy to Nova Scotia Power (which is no longer owned by the province) and the families are still “ On-the-Grid ”.To Top It All Off…PPWF – Pubnico Point Wind Farm – Is Now Owned by a Florida Company.

The wind farm is located on the southern portion of Pubnico Point, approximately 5 km south of West Pubnico, Nova Scotia. The 17 turbines are situated best suited to get maximum wind exposure. (as depicted in the digitally altered image below )

The prevailing wind direction at the Pubnico Point site is from the northwest to the southwest. This is comparable to, but distinguishable from, data from Yarmouth and Baccaro Point. To further assess the commercial viability of the Pubnico Point site, AWPC engaged the services of a professional wind energy consulting firm to analyze and report on the attributes of the wind data. – source

The “Company / Companies”

Pubnico Point Wind Farm Inc. c/o Atlantic Wind Power Corporaton (AWPC) is a leading wind farm developer based in Bedford, Nova Scotia. AWPC develop wind farms and single wind turbine installations.

AWPC focuses its development activity in Atlantic Canada. We have assembled a variety of sites at which we plan to locate wind farms. In addition, we have partnered with select groups to aid in the advancement of renewable energy in the region.

Charles Demond; President, Atlantic Wind Power Corporation, is a practicing lawyer in Bedford, Nova Scotia. He is Vice President and Secretary of PPWF Management Limited and President of Atlantic Wind Power Corporation (2005) Ltd. (AWPC).
Demond was involved in the planning, development and operation of Pubnico Point Wind Farm, Inc. (PPWF), Nova Scotia’s largest and first wind power development.

The Pubico Point Wind Farm is the first independent wind farm project to complete development and supply power to Nova Scotia Power Inc. The Wind Farm is a 30 MW facility consisting of 17 Vestas V80-2.0 MW turbines (.pdf). Read more at: Vestas Wind Turbines)

PPWF is now owned by NextEra Energy Resources LLC a subsidiary of FPL Group (Florida Power and Light Company). PPWF Management Limited provides on the ground management services to the current owners pursuant to a management contract. Through AWPC Demond has continued to be involved in other wind development projects in Nova Scotia. One such project, Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm (a subsidiary of EarthFirst Canada Inc.), obtained environmental assessment, other approvals and entered into a Power Purchase Agreement with NSPI (Nova Scotia Power Inc.).

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