Aimed at solving technical challenges, closing knowledge gaps across variety of industries
Official approval has pushed mega-project from an idea three decades in planning to $7.7-billion venture
Company says was most expensive of its plants to run because of isolated location, size
Some industrial customers in region currently buying electricity at rates established in 1960s
Energy sector, province’s export leader, projected to grow by eight per cent in 2013
Growth in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick expected to be limited to about one per cent this year
Issue largely regional, not national, as workers available
