The inauguration is dated. This is not an AESO add in Alberta
Natural Resources Canada posted September 16 that Parliamentary Secretary Jaimie Battiste joined Nova Scotia Power, the Canada Infrastructure Bank, and the Wskijinu'k Mtmo'taqnuow Agency to mark the opening of three battery energy storage systems in Bridgewater, Waverley, and White Rock. Each site is 50 megawatts and 200 megawatt-hours. Together that is 150 megawatts and 600 megawatt-hours. Ottawa calls them Atlantic Canada's largest energy storage facilities.
The federal note puts $109 million into pre-development, installation, and grid upgrades, and a $138.2 million loan from the Canada Infrastructure Bank. It says the banks are expected to cut greenhouse gases by about 90,000 tonnes a year and that each site can cover roughly 45,000 average homes for four hours. Through the WMA, all 13 Mi'kmaw communities in Nova Scotia are equity partners. Nova Scotia Power president and chief executive Vivek Sood said all three sites are complete.
Nova Scotia Power is the regulated utility under Emera Inc. (TSX: EMA, NYSE: EMA). Emera did not post its own release with the federal note. This does not add Alberta pool megawatts and it does not change FortisBC's southern Interior wires file from yesterday.