The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of National Revenue, Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, Tuesday announced that the Lamèque Wind Power Project, located on the Isle of Lamèque, will receive up to Cdn$13.79 million over 10 years through the ecoENERGY for Renewable Power program.
The Lamèque Wind Power Project, developed, owned and operated by ACCIONA Energy North America, consists of 30 wind turbines and is expected to produce enough energy per year to power 8,000 homes.
The $1.5-billion ecoENERGY for Renewable Power program provides a one cent per kilowatt-hour incentive, with the goal of increasing Canada's renewable electricity capacity by more than 4,000 megawatts - enough to power a million homes. Canada's Economic Action Plan builds on this investment with an additional $2.4 billion to support the development and deployment of cleaner energy technologies and supporting infrastructure, including the Clean Energy Fund and the Green Infrastructure Fund.