A proposal to install windmills stretching from Long Point to Creignish has been rejected.
Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster says his office received many concerns about the proposed project. Adding that the decision should put local property owners at ease about any development in the area.
According to a release from MacMasters office the former Liberal Government created an external procurement agency to ask for renewable energy projects. The Rhodena Wind project was considered for the Creignish Area but not included in the final portfolio of approved projects.
MacMaster noted that there are other locations in the province to generate renewable energy such as offshore areas.
The provincial and federal governments have changed the name and mandate for the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board. The new Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Board will include regulation of renewable energy generation like offshore wind turbines.
