Higgins Mountain — Canada

Higgins Mountain is a 3.6 MW wind power plant in Nova Scotia, Canada. It ranks #1034 of 1,210 Canada power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 7.9% of Canada's electricity; the national grid averages 191 gCO₂/kWh (77.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CAN0007940.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 3.6 MW, Higgins Mountain is below the median wind plant in Canada (24 MW). Technically it is described as Onshore. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #207 largest wind power plant of 241 in Canada by capacity.

Canada has 241 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 12,127 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Nuttby Mountain · Wind · 50.6 MW · Nova Scotia
• Springhill · Wind · 1.2 MW · Nova Scotia
• Millbrook · Wind · 6 MW · Nova Scotia
• Truro Heights · Wind · 4 MW · Nova Scotia
• Kemptown · Wind · 5 MW · Nova Scotia
• Greenfield · Wind · 3.2 MW · Nova Scotia

Location

Coordinates 45.5892, -63.614 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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