HALIFAX – A Nova Scotia government document on the proposed initial phase of the Wind West offshore project pegs the capital cost at $60 billion.

The estimate is contained in the document released Thursday, following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement that Ottawa is prepared to work with Nova Scotia to ramp up the ambitious plan.

According to the document, $40 billion would go to building wind farms and $20 billion would go toward building new transmission lines.

The document does not indicate who would pay for these costs and how they would be divided.

However, the province says Ottawa will have a critical role to play in enabling investments, permits and approvals.

The document proposal also says the province expects to get a four per cent royalty on production from the offsh

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