It’s easy to associate our neighbours across the provincial border with wind energy. As you cross into Nova Scotia you can’t miss the slowly spinning blades of about 15 turbines operated by Capstone Infrastructure.

But head over into the Amherst industrial park and you’ll see another impressive, though much smaller, renewable energy sight: about 4500 solar panels installed at a solar farm collecting energy on behalf of about 200 Nova Scotia Power customers, all paying a monthly fee to help run the pilot community solar program.

To find out more about how Amherst’s new community solar garden works, CHMA spoke with Shawn Connell, the director of customer solutions at Nova Scotia Power.

Hear the story as reported on CHMA's Tantramar Report: