Renewable Energy Services (RES) has been serving as project developer; their experience and track record in wind development throughout North America is broad and deep. Since August 2021, RES has been working in collaboration with the project team to develop the project configuration, which has taken into consideration exclusion zones (environmentally sensitive zones) and regulations such as local by-laws, sound rules, resource assessment results and constructability.
Since the project was first publicly announced in 2019, the project team has undertaken significant due diligence work and project development activities. A project summary level has been developed, envisioning construction being underway throughout 2025-2026, and anticipating project completion and operation by 2026.
The project involves construction and installation of 24 Nordex N163-7.0 MW cold climate turbines at a 118 metre hub height with anti-icing system blade technology, producing a zero-emission sustainable electricity generation capacity of 168 megawatts. The lead building team is RES Canada Construction LP.
Nova Scotia’s Environment Assessment branch has established a limit of 40 dBA (outdoors) for receptors and this is taken into consideration in the project configuration and choice of turbine locations. For reference, 40dB is commonly known as equivalent to a quiet library or refrigerator sound level. The Goose Harbour Lake Wind Farm’s levels will not exceed these provincial regulatory standards.
