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The province’s investment in biomass could result in sustainability dead end

HALIFAX, NS – July 26, 2010 – Scotian Carbon Services released its submission to the Department of Energy’s Renewable Electricity consultation process. The carbon management consulting firm is concerned about the government’s thrust to promote biomass combustion as part of its renewable electricity strategy.

The Scotian Carbon Services submission explains that most international protocols for greenhouse gas accounting dictate that emissions from biomass combustion is accounted for separately from all other greenhouse gas activities. There is a growing trend among jurisdictions in North America and Europe to exclude biomass from their renewable electricity totals.
 

Partnership formed to help businesses implement sustainability strategies

Carbon meets community in new business alliance announced today – Good & Co. and Scotian Carbon Services join forces, ramp up sustainability offering

 HALIFAX, NS – June 24, 2010 – Atlantic Canadian companies just gained better access to sustainability strategies and the burgeoning carbon economy. Good & Co., a pioneering corporate responsibility and stakeholder engagement consulting firm and Scotian Carbon Services, a CSA certified carbon management provider announced a strategic partnership today that will provide best-in-class consulting on corporate responsibility and sustainability strategies.

June 15th, 2010 Lake Echo, NS - Scotian WindFields Inc is pleased to announce the installation of its latest wind turbines in Lake Echo, Nova Scotia. Mountainview Estates, a manufactured home community owned by Killam Properties Inc., will enjoy the benefits of a 50kW Endurance wind turbine and a 6kW Scirocco wind turbine. The 50kw machine provides three phase power to the community’s water supply and waste water treatment facilities, while the single phase machine provides electricity to power the community’s street lights and Killam’s other electrical needs.

DARTMOUTH, NS – June 2, 2010 – Scotian WindFields Inc is pleased to announce that Gay Harley, Manager of their Scotian Carbon Services division is part of the first graduating class of CSA (Canadian Standards Association) certified Greenhouse Gas Inventory Quantifiers recently named by North America’s pre-eminent certification standards body.

Scotian WindFields Inc and Emera Inc have announced the signing of a Development Agreement for the 30MW Digby Neck Wind Project.

“We are excited to be able to move this project forward and have it completed in 2010. The Digby Neck Wind Project will play an important role in reducing Nova Scotia’s Greenhouse Gas emissions and represents a positive investment for the community shareholders of Scotian WindFields Inc.“ said Barry Zwicker, Chief Executive Officer of Scotian WindFields Inc.

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Scotian WindFields Inc is happy to announce that it has been awarded three wind power projects totaling 6MW capacity by NS Power. The projects were announced today by Nova Scotia Power.

Scotian WindFields will announce more information about these projects in the coming weeks. See the official release from NS Power below:

December 7, 2009 DARTMOUTH - Scotian Carbon Services Consultant, Gay Harley was chosen to lead Nova Scotia’s climate change observer delegation to Copenhagen this week. The Environmental Services Association of Nova Scotia (ESANS) is an observer organization that is accredited to attend the United Nations climate meetings in Denmark. ESANS has facilitated activities for Nova Scotia’s business delegation mission to the 15th Conference of Parties.

DARTMOUTH, NS – June 8, 2009 – Today Scotian WindFields Inc announced the launch of a new services company dedicated to helping Nova Scotia businesses navigate the North American carbon economy. Scotian Carbon Services was established as a new division of Scotian WindFields.

DARTMOUTH, NS – May 14, 2009 - Scotian WindFields Inc announced today the installation of a 100kW wind turbine at the Atlantic Superstore in Porters Lake , its first commercial scale wind generator in Nova Scotia. The turbine will provide onsite renewable energy to Canada's largest grocery store chain, Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw), and will account for approximately 25 per cent of the store’s energy usage. With this project, Loblaw continues to take a leadership role in green innovation by entering into an agreement with Scotian WindFields to provide onsite renewable energy generation.

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Scotian WindFields is proud to announce the launch of the Digby Wind Project website, www.digbywindproject.com. This website  provides an outline of the project, and answers to many common questions associated with wind energy development. The website should prove to be a useful resource to the community regarding events, progress, and frequent project updates. People are encouraged to follow the progress of the project through direct access to background documents and frequent updates by clicking through to www.digbywindproject.com.