Since taking power earlier this year, President Trump has made good on campaign threats to halt American offshore wind projects.

His anti-wind agenda has stifled clean energy growth in Maine and the rest of New England where ocean wind is regarded as crucial for meeting long-term electricity demands, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and boosting economic development.

Now some in the industry have turned their attention north, to the Canadian province of Nova Scotia where that country's first ocean wind development is gaining speed.

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston laid out the project's ambition in a promotional video released earlier this year.

"What if Nova Scotia could power up to 27% of Canada’s energy needs?" Houston said. "Think about that — that would make Nova Scotia an energ

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