Four communities and a university have received provincial government approval for green energy projects.

The projects will come under the community feed-in tariff program, created in 2010 to help provide green energy at stable prices, build community support for such projects and create jobs.

The projects are:

1. two 800-kilowatt wind projects in Barneys River, Pictou County, owned by Northumberland Wind Field.
2. a four-megawatt wind project in Barrachois, Cape Breton County, and a 2.3-megawatt wind project in Gaetz Brook, Halifax County, owned by Wind4all Inc.
3. a 50-kilowatt wind project
   on the campus of Universite Sainte-Anne in Church Point, Digby County.
4. a 4.8-megawatt project in Kemptown, Colchester County. Affinity Renewables owns the project. Affinity is a not-for-profit organization the Nova Scotia SPCA owns.
5. and a 1.6-megawatt project in Marion Bridge, Cape Breton County. Celtic Current owns it.

A committee that includes several provincial department representatives examines project applications.

Information on project requirements and the decision-making process can be found at www.nsrenewables.ca.

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