Nova Scotia has determined to focus first on constructing the regulatory framework for offshore wind power improvement in areas collectively managed with the federal authorities earlier than contemplating waters underneath solely provincial jurisdiction.
The Province, Pure Assets Canada, and the Impression Evaluation Company of Canada are working collectively on the regional evaluation in collectively managed waters.
“We’re pausing any consideration of waters inside provincial jurisdiction till the framework for collectively managed offshore areas is in place,” stated Tory Rushton, Minister of Pure Assets and Renewables.
“The regional evaluation that’s ongoing will assist inform our choices for the regulatory framework for each areas, and I encourage Nova Scotians to proceed collaborating and sharing their enter. Our choice to concentrate on collectively managed waters first displays that we’re listening to the suggestions by means of this course of.”
Nova Scotia has a aim of providing licences for five GW of offshore wind power by 2030, with the primary name for bids in 2025.
Whereas there are some builders, there are not any offshore wind tasks underneath improvement at the moment, in accordance with the press launch from the Nova Scotia Authorities.
In June, the Division launched the primary module of the Offshore Wind Roadmap, which set Nova Scotia’s imaginative and prescient for offshore wind and outlined the regulatory path for companies to put money into tasks.
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It additionally famous that the Province would think about whether or not to pursue tasks in waters underneath provincial jurisdiction.
The second module of the street map will probably be launched within the spring and can mirror the concentrate on growing one clear regulatory regime for collectively managed waters first in session with all events.
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