Earlier, I mentioned that farms are installing solar power. I was inspired by the story of the Bayview Dairy Farm in Cape Breton. The owner wanted to modernize operations of the farm, and through funding support from the federal government, the provincial government, and Nova Scotia Power, Bayview Dairy Farms was able to install 355 solar panels and electrify most of their key operations! This is just one example of the many cost-effective ways you can reduce emissions.
And it’s not only farms that are adding solar to their operations, several companies, utilities, and communities are incorporating it as well. For example, Glooscap Energy is a Mi’kmaq-owned company that work with communities to implement renewable energy projects, like the solar array for Seakist Lobster, a Glooscap-owned lobster pound in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. There’s also the Alternative Resource Energy Authority (AREA), a company owned by the towns of Antigonish, Berwick, and Mahone Bay, that develops and operates various clean energy projects, such as 9 MW of community solar gardens for those towns.