Higgins Mountain Wind Facility

On 15 March 2023, Higgins Mountain Wind Farm General Partner Inc, Sipekne’katik First Nation, Elemental Energy Renewables Inc and Stevens Wind Ltd, carrying on business as the Higgins Mountain Wind Farm Limited Partnership registered the HIGGINS MOUNTAIN WIND FARM PROJECT for environmental assessment, in accordance with Part IV of the Environment Act.

The purpose of the proposed undertaking is to construct and operate an up to 17 turbine wind project that will produce low-cost wind generated renewable electricity for Nova Scotians. The wind turbines will be up to 195.5 m tall to the tip of the blade and individually produce between 5.9 to 7 MW. The Project centre is located 9.95 km southeast of Westchester Station, 9.75 km southwest of Wentworth Station, and 4.95 km northeast of Londonderry, within the counties of Cumberland and Colchester, Nova Scotia. The Project intends to begin construction in 2024 and is expected to be operational for 35 years commencing in 2025.

Location Description

The Project lies primarily within the Philip River / Wallace River Watershed (1DN), which
reaches into the Economy River Watershed (IDJ) and Salmon River / Debert River
Watershed (1DH) along the Project’s southern extent and is located near the community of
Folly Lake in Colchester County, Nova Scotia (Drawing 2.1). The Study Area consists
primarily of private land, with one parcel of Crown Land. The Crown land is currently utilized
for forestry and recreational use. Options for easements and land lease agreements are in
place with the private landowners. Higgins Wind will be applying for a road use agreement
and easements from Nova Scotia Natural Resources and Renewables (NSNRR) where an
existing access road and a proposed collector transmission line cross through a Crown land
parcel.

Project Owner

Higgins Mountain Wind Farm Limited Partnership

Project Partners

Sipekne’katik First Nation

Elemental Energy

Stevens Wind Ltd

Higgins Mountain Wind Farm General Partner Inc.

Project Status

Proposed

Purpose

Local Grid

Onshore/Offshore

Onshore

Number of Turbines

Total Project Capacity (MW)

110.00

Commissioning Year

2025

Signed Offtake Deals

Links

Environmental Assessment

Proposed Site Plan

Nova Scotia Wind Turbines

This map is an attempt to document existing and proposed wind turbines in Nova Scotia

Areas outlined in yellow are the proposed project boundaries

Red dots represent turbine locations

Yellow areas with no dots are locations that I do not have turbine location data for

The data has been harvested from various project Environmental Assessment documents, company websites and databases from the Govt of Canada

Project boundary WKT polygons were created by overlaying company site plan images and tracing as best as possible... there may be discrepancies

Project boundaries that are represented as simple rectangular objects are projects that I do not have good data for so locations are estimated based on publicly available 'clues' as to locations

If any company would like to provide data for either project boundaries or turbine locations, I'd be happy to update the map

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Turbines in this project

		Turbine Model	Rotor Diameter (m)	Turbine Rated Capacity (kW)
HIGMTN1	45.57081, -63.59952	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN2	45.5441, -63.62937	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN3	45.53552, -63.62023	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN4	45.56229, -63.62793	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN5	45.57628, -63.61708	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN6	45.56556, -63.64105	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN7	45.56877, -63.62193	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN8	45.57921, -63.60118	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN9	45.52823, -63.61597	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN10	45.558, -63.60048	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN11	45.55154, -63.63297	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN12	45.51653, -63.61839	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN13	45.54028, -63.59346	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN14	45.50424, -63.59117	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN15	45.52576, -63.58427	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN16	45.54918, -63.60247	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00
HIGMTN17	45.53362, -63.58729	Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170	170.00	6600.00