Clydesdale Ridge

November 2, 2023 Update: Natural Forces and RMS Energy intend to bid the proposed Clydesdale Ridge Wind Project into the provincial Green Choice Program Request for Proposals. Updates will be posted here on the project website and will be sent to our mailing list, which you can join below. The following notice was sent to members of the surrounding community:   November 2023 Green Choice Program Notice

For additional project information or to join the Clydesdale Ridge Wind Project mailing list, please visit the project webpage on Natural Forces’ website here.

The proposed Clydesdale Ridge Wind Project is being developed by a partnership formed between Natural Forces and RMS Energy. Together, the partnership will develop, construct, operate, and own the project. 

The initial plans are for the proposed project to consist of an estimated 19 wind turbines. Depending on which wind turbine generators are deemed most appropriate for the project, these 19 turbines could have a total installed capacity up to approximately 70 MW. The project is located on the border between Colchester County and Pictou County in the Berichan area, approximately 7 km northwest of the operational Dalhousie Mountain Wind Farm.

In October 2023, the project partners installed two meteorological towers on the project site. These meteorological towers are fitted with instrumentation to collect wind resource and atmospheric data.

The Clydesdale Ridge Wind Project previously gained Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approval from the Nova Scotia Minister of Environment and Climate Change in August 2012 for a historical proposed project of similar scope. Due to the time that has passed, the project partners are working to complete a new EIA. As such, experts, including biologists, botanists, and birders, were hired in 2022 to begin environmental studies on the project site and have continued their work through 2023. The final studies will be carried out in 2024. The results from these studies will be compiled in the EIA document that will be registered with the province.