The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is seeking to promote
clean, green renewable energies. In order to implement the targets
established by new comprehensive legislation in 2010, the province
has introduced the COMFIT-Program. Nova Scotia will become the
third Canadian province after Prince Edward Island and Ontario to
launch Feed-in Tariffs for renewable energy.
Currently, Nova Scotia still generates most of its power from
imported coal. On April 23, 2010, the province's
government established the Renewable Electricity Plan and committed
itself to increase the electricity supply generated by renewables
to 25 % by 2015 and 40 % by 2020. One of several initiatives
related to the implementation of this plan is the Community-Based
Feed In Tariff Program, or COMFIT-Program. This program establishes
uniform feed-tariff rates (i.e. the prices to be paid for the
electricity) in order to promote the development of local renewable
energy projects.
