Nova Scotia's Plan for Offshore Wind Power Faces Huge Challenges
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For two years, a twin-engine plane flew in a grid pattern over 1,100 square kilometres of the Atlantic Ocean off Canada's east coast. High-speed cameras captured detailed video, which was used to identify birds, fishing boats, whales and turtles. The imagery's resolution was so fine that it could reveal the birds' species and gender.
This aerial survey was early preparatory work for a proposed wind farm, to be located between 20 and 30 kilometres east of Goldboro, N.S. Water depths range from about 80 to 200 metres – ideal for...
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