List of generating stations in Nova Scotia

This is a list of electrical generating stations in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Nova Scotia has twenty-nine power stations, and is still largely dependent on coal-fired generation, with some natural gas and hydroelectric generating stations. Nova Scotia Power, a subsidiary of Emera, operates the integrated public utility serving most of the province.

Decommissioned facilities (year)

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Type	Ref
Burnside Combustion Turbine	44°42′54″N 63°36′35″W	132		Nova Scotia Power	Fuel oil	^[1]
Lingan Generating Station	46°14′12″N 60°2′14″W	600	(1979-1984)	Nova Scotia Power	Coal	^[1]
Point Aconi Generating Station	46°19′12″N 60°19′50″W	171	(1994)	Nova Scotia Power	Coal / petroleum coke	^[1]
Point Tupper Generating Station	45°35′14″N 61°20′53″W	154	(1973)	Nova Scotia Power	Coal	^[1]
Trenton Generating Station	45°37′13″N 62°38′53″W	307	(1969)	Nova Scotia Power	Coal	^[1]
Tufts Cove Generating Station	44°40′35″N 63°35′46″W	415	(1965)	Nova Scotia Power	Fuel oil / natural gas	^[1]
Tusket Combustion Turbine	43°51′38″N 65°59′35″W	24		Nova Scotia Power	Fuel oil	^[1]
Victoria Junction Combustion Turbines	46°9′43″N 60°6′46″W	66		Nova Scotia Power	Fuel oil	^[1]

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Ref
Brooklyn Energy Centre	Brooklyn	27		Emera Energy	^[2]
Port Hawkesbury Biomass	Port Hawkesbury	63.1		Nova Scotia Power	^[3]

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Ref
Annapolis	Annapolis	4		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Annapolis Royal Generating Station	44°45′07″N 65°30′40″W	20	1984–2019	Nova Scotia Power	^[5]
Avon	Avon	7		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Bear River	Bear River	13		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Black River	Black River	23		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Dickie Brook	Dickie Brook	4		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Fall River	Fall River	1		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Lequille	Dugway Road	11		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Mersey	Mersey	43		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Nictaux	Nictaux	7		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Paradise	Paradise	5		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Roseway	Roseway	2		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Sheet Harbour	44.98656°N 62.48313°W / 44.98656; -62.48313	11		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Sissiboo	Sissiboo	24		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
St. Margaret's Bay Hydro	44.69145°N 63.8917°W / 44.69145; -63.8917 (St. Margaret's Bay)	11	(1922)	Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Tusket	43.88204°N 65.97775°W / 43.88204; -65.97775 (Tusket Hydroelectric Station)	2		Nova Scotia Power	^[4]
Wreck Cove Hydroelectric System	46.531317°N 60.440333°W / 46.531317; -60.440333 (Wreck Cove Hydroelectric System)	215	(1978)	Nova Scotia Power	^[6]

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Ref
Amherst I Wind Farm	Amherst	31.5		Sprott Power Corporation	^[7]
Dalhousie Mountain Wind Farm	Mount Thom	51		RMS Energy	^[8]
Digby Neck Wind Project	Digby Neck	30		Sprott Power Corporation	^[9]
Ellershouse	Hants County	23	2017	Bullfrog Power	^[10]
Glen Dhu Wind Farm	Merigomish	62	2011	Capstone	^[11]
Lingan Power Project	Lingan	17.5		Confederation Power	^[12]
Higgins Mountain Wind Project	Cobequid Mountains	3.6		Sprott Power Corporation	^[13]
Nuttby Wind Farm	Nuttby Mountain	51	2010	Nova Scotia Limited	^[14]
Pubnico Point	Pubnico^[15]	30.6		NextEra	^[16]
South Canoe Wind Project	Lunenburg County	102	2015	Minas Basin Pulp and Power	^[17]
Springhill Wind Project	Springhill	3.6		Sprott Power Corporation	^[18]
Ellershouse	Hants County	23.15		Alternative Resource Energy Authority	^[19]

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