The gusts that rip through Newfoundland and Labrador off the North Atlantic Ocean stunt the growth of tuckamore trees, set houses creaking and give the region the honour of perhaps the windiest place in Canada.
And the Paris-based International Energy Agency says increasing the percentage of wind power in the world’s electricity mix will be crucial to lowering global greenhouse-gas emissions. The province’s ban on wind farms was part of its 2007 energy plan, called Focusing our Energy, which expressly forbade issuing Crown land leases or grants for commercial wind energy generation projects.on onshore wind developments, the province this month announced a new green technology tax credit – 20 per cent for N.L.-based companies that invest in equipment for energy conservation and clean-energy generation.
Cenovus CEO Alex Pourbaix told an industry forum recently that the company will decide this spring whether to decommission or continue West White Rose, saying, “there really is no do-nothing option with the asset.”
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