For more than a year, people in the tiny community near Caraquet have been fighting plans for a wind farm development. Renewable energy project faces headwinds in northern NB community 2:53 People in Anse-Bleue say they're opposed to a Fredericton company's plan to build five windmills in the community. 2:53That would require NB Power to agree to amend its existing contract with Naveco to buy 20 megawatts of electricity from the Anse-Bleue site. "NB Power does not comment on the terms and conditions in any power purchase agreement as confidentiality conditions must be respected," spokesperson Marc Belliveau said in an email statement. That's too high a price for them, even if the goal is more emissions-free electricity for the NB Power grid.

Source: CBC News October 19, 2020 09:00 UTC