CBC: Mi’kmaw investment in Nova Scotia battery plants heralded as ‘economic reconciliation’
Project getting up to $18 million for an equity loan from the Canada Infrastructure Bank Alessia Passafiume · The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 15, 2024 1:44 PM AST | Last Updated: February 15, 2024 A corporation co-owned by 13 Mi’kmaw communities is investing in new battery plants with Nova Scotia Power in what both parties are calling a […]
WINDSPEAKER: First Indigenous equity loan from Canada Infrastructure Bank supports Mi’kmaw investment in green energy
By Shari Narine Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Windspeaker.com Thursday, February 15th, 2024 1:38pm The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) announced in Halifax this morning that its first Indigenous Equity Initiative is an $18 million loan made to Wskijinu’k Mtmo’taqnuow Agency (WMA), an economic limited partnership owned by 13 Mi’kmaw communities in Nova Scotia. WMA will work […]
CBC: Proposed Nova Scotia wind farms on track, says company, not affected by NSP issues
Environment department will decide if projects get conditional approval next month Paul Withers · CBC News · Posted: Jan 10, 2023 6:00 AM AST | Last Updated: January 10, 2023 Halifax-based Natural Forces Developments will find out next month if it gets conditional environmental approval for two wind farms it wants to build in Nova Scotia. Last August, the independent […]
CBC: N.S. selects five wind projects to produce electricity from renewable sources
Each project is majority-owned by one or more Mi’kmaw communities Simon Smith · CBC News · Posted: Aug 17, 2022 7:01 PM ADT | Last Updated: August 17, 2022 Nova Scotia has selected five wind projects in its largest ever procurement for low-cost renewable energy, each majority-owned by one or more Mi’kmaw communities. The five projects are expected to generate 372 megawatts […]