2009 Energy Strategy

In January 2009, the province of Nova Scotia released the 2009 Energy Strategy and its companion, the Climate Change Action Plan. (In April, the Government released its Renewable Electricity Plan of 2010. Click here to read the 2010 plan).

Both documents share the same goal: grow the economy while protecting the environment.

These documents are available here:

• Toward a Greener Future: Nova Scotia's 2009 Energy Strategy
• Vers un avenir plus vert: Stratégie de l'énergie 2009 de la Nouvelle-Écosse
• Toward a Greener Future: Nova Scotia's Climate Change Action Plan

Background summaries on key topics are available here:

• Adaptation
• Energy and the Economy
• Energy Security
• Greenhouse Gas Target
• Transportation

For more information on climate change, please visit Nova Scotia Environment or the Climate Change website.

To prepare the policies contained in these documents, the province:

• held 13 public consultation workshops across the province, with participation by more than 250 people.
• met with 19 organizations
• considered 145 written submissions
• surveyed 2,900 Nova Scotians

Support material:

• Energy Strategy Consultation Paper (2007)
• Climate Change Background Paper (2007)
• Document de consultation: Stratégie de l'énergie renouvelée (2007)
• Document de travail en vue de l'élaboration du plan d'action sur les changements climatiques en Nouvelle-écosse (2007)
• Energy Strategy 2001 Vol. 1
• Energy Strategy 2001 Vol. 2
• Workshop notes
• Written submissions
• Energy survey

Many of the policies contained in these documents have been directly influenced, informed, or created by the work of the participants in the energy consultation process through 2007 and 2008. The province is grateful to everyone involved; their insight will continue to inform Nova Scotia's approach to energy now and in the future.

MORE: For a background on the process to create the 2009 Energy Strategy, please see Context for Change.