North America’s largest wind turbines head for construction in Nova Scotia

The biggest wind turbines yet installed in North America are set to soon be turning near the small town of Mulgrave, Nova Scotia. Construction is now underway on the $450 million Goose Harbour Lake development, a project featuring 24 giant seven megawatt (MW) machines supplied by German manufacturer Nordex.

The 168 MW wind power project in eastern Nova Scotia is being co-developed by the UK’s RES and Port Hawkesbury Paper (PHP), whose local pulp and paper mill accounts for up to 25 per cent of the provincial grid’s peak demand.

Once power starts flowing to the grid in 2026, the Goose Harbour Lake wind farm will be the largest operating in the Canadian Maritimes. The project will meet roughly 60 per cent of power demand at PHP, a major local employer, while cutting provincial greenhouse gas emissions by more than 350,000 tons a year.
more at: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/04/news/north-america-largest-wind-turbines-nova-scotia

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