In Depth: Canada's offshore wind sector runs onto the rocks

In British Columbia, the 396MW NaiKun project in the Hecate Strait appears to have ground to a halt.

In March last year, provincial utility BC Hydro rejected the Naikun Wind ­Energy Group’s proposal for a long-term power-purchase agreement (PPA) as too expen­sive relative to other ­options.

A report commissioned by the Council of the Haida ­Nation, a tribe that has an option to buy 40% of the C$2bn ($1.95bn)