By DAVENE JEFFREY Staff Reporter
Mon, Feb 28 - 6:54 AM

Ottawa is committing more than $9 million over the next decade to help fund a Digby County wind farm.

West Nova MP Greg Kerr announced funding Sunday for the Digby Neck Wind Farm, which has 20 turbines.

The $9.2 million comes from the federal ecoENERGY for Renewable Power program and is part of a series of investments in green energy projects totalling $63.8 million that have been announced across the country.

"Investing in clean energy technologies stimulates the growth of a domestic clean energy industry, creating high-quality jobs for Canadians," Kerr said in a news release.

The Digby Neck turbines are capable of producing enough emission-free electricity to power more than 10,000 homes.

"Nova Scotia Power is committed to replacing fossil fuel generation with renewable sources; ecoENERGY is helping to lower the cost of that change to customers," said Robin McAdam, Nova Scotia Power’s executive vice-president of sustainability.

Funding clean energy projects is part of Ottawa’s commitment to reduce Canada’s 2005 greenhouse gas emissions by 17 per cent by 2020, the release said.

Source: http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1230649.html