N.S. environment minister suggests offshore wind necessary to meet 2030 climate targets

09-Aug-2025

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Nova Scotia's environment minister says he believes his government can still reach its goal of having the province off coal and generating 80 per cent of electricity from renewable sources by 2030, but he also suggested August 5 that effort would require the help of offshore wind.

"I think it has to," Tim Halman said in an interview.

The problem for Halman is that bids for offshore wind development are not scheduled to open until the end of this year and industry experts say it takes at least seven years to build an offshore wind farm, a timeline considered to be ambitious.

Although the province has approved 14 onshore wind farms, which will play a major role in achieving the 2030 goals, the province needs other things, as well," said Halman, who went on to list expanded solar power and offshore wind.