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Project updates

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September 2026

Phase 2 consultation opens

Public comment period runs to November 30. The website has been rebuilt around the 2026 federal decisions. Land option discussions are under way with landowners in the study area.

17 August 2026

Ottawa finances Gull Island — the backstop for Atlantic wind

$10 billion in federal financing for Churchill Falls, Gull Island (2,700 MW) and 660 km of transmission, expressly to enable variable renewables in neighbouring provinces. This is the single most important development for the project since incorporation.

14 May 2026

National Electricity Strategy

A $20 billion clean energy target at the Canada Infrastructure Bank, a clean electricity tax credit, and an Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program doubled to $10 billion. The capital stack for a Mi'kmaw-co-owned project now exists.

27 March 2026

One-window environmental assessment

Canada and Nova Scotia agree to a single environmental review for major projects. We are planning the EA on that basis, with commercial operation as early as 2028.

5 March 2026

AWEL Wind Energy Ltd. incorporated

Registered under the Companies Act (Nova Scotia). Registered office at 45 Weatherbee Road, Mira Road.

February 2026

Phase 1 engagement

First conversations with landowners and Mi'kmaw communities. Wind resource desk study begun.

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