Councillors in Richmond County have given their support to a research project on a floating
wind energy project proposed off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Brezo Energy Inc. is proposing to use the Strait of Canso region as the base of their operations to construct, transport and maintain floating wind energy platforms which will be set up hundreds of kilometres offshore.
During Monday night’s regular monthly meeting, council approved a recommendation from its committee of the whole to send a letter of support to the Strait of Canso working group for the Strait of Canso Offshore Wind Energy Project.
Richmond Warden Amanda Mombourquette stressed this letter, which has already been sent, was in response to an application from the Strait Area Chamber of Commerce to a Low Carbon Communities Education Grant to do more education and conduct more research into offshore wind energy