AREA Information

AREA is a 100% municipally-owned company formed in 2014 by the towns of Antigonish, Berwick and Mahone Bay. We believe in the strength of collaboration. The development of the 10-turbine, 23.5 MW Ellershouse Wind Farm in Winsor-West Hants is proof that when municipalities collaborate, they transform their communities. We develop clean energy projects and municipal electric utility customer programs to reduce our towns' costs and environmental footprint. The Ellershouse Wind Farm has saved 192,335 tCO2eq since commercial operation. With our projects and customer programs, AREA's mission is to create a realistic path towards net-zero in the supply and end-user sides of electrical power. It takes everyone in a community to make the transition to a greener future, and at the heart of it lies teamwork. Our successful collaboration with municipal partners, government, industry, and customers has resulted in financial benefits to our communities and accelerated decarbonization of our communities.