Turbines are visible at Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm that is under construction off the coast of Montauk Point, New York, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Turbines are visible at Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm that is under construction off the coast of Montauk Point, New York, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s offshore energy regulator has released the names of companies that have qualified to bid on building Canada’s first offshore wind farms.
The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator identified five companies and two groups of companies that won approval after taking part a review process between October 2025 and January of this year.
The approved companies were required to meet certain financial, technical, legal and social criteria.
The regulator, however, says all of the companies that won approval had the option of keeping their status confidential, which means the names of some approved participants may remain a secret at this stage.
Meanwhile, the federal-provincial agency says a formal call for bids for seabed licences will be issued some time later this year.
Those bids will be subject to federal and provincial ministerial reviews.
This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published June 27, 2026.
Note to readers:This is a corrected story. A previous version incorrectly stated that six companies and two groups of companies had been approved to submit bids. In fact, the five companies and two groups have won approval.
