Cape Breton Regional Municipality may soon be home to several large solar-panel gardens, thanks to Nova Scotia's newly announced community solar program.

TriMac Engineering of Sydney has partnered with Ontario developer SolarBank to develop a 10-megawatt solar garden in the rural community of Enon, which is near Loch Lomond toward the border with Richmond County, and a seven-megawatt project near the Mayflower Mall in Sydney.

Joel MacNeil, a principal with TriMac, said the provincial program is a…