Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities funded projects

Location: National

Investment: $164,069

The project will establish a negotiations program to support Indigenous peoples in developing negotiations skills, a gap identified as critical to ensuring Indigenous peoples are equipped to be equal partners in Nation building efforts and Canada’s natural resources sectors, including the clean energy sector. The Project will include preliminary workshops and dialogue with key Indigenous leaders, lawyers, negotiators and other knowledge holders to ensure the program is maximizing impact, while respecting the importance of its delivery through an Indigenized way.

Read more about our investment with Affinity North.

Location: Nine communities, NT (to be determined)

Investment: $797,000

This multi-year investment will work with NWT Indigenous communities to build community capacity and energy literacy to support and direct their local Community Energy Planning process;

Read more about our investment with the Arctic Energy Alliance.

Location: Inuvik, NT; Fort Simpson, NT; Yellowknife, NT

Investment: $380,000

This multi-year investment will support capacity building towards improving energy literacy for Indigenous women and youth.

Read more about our investment with the Centre for Indigenous and Environmental Resources.

Location: Vancouver, BC

Investment: $332,150

The "Capacity Development, Research and Advocacy for Indigenous and Remote Clean Energy" project will support increasing capacity in Indigenous and remote communities, and informing BC energy stakeholders about clean energy policy.

Read more about our investment with the Clean Energy Association of British Columbia.

Location: Fort Nelson, BC

Investment: $1,000,000

This investment will focus on community energy planning, feasibility modelling, design, permitting and resource assessment to support a geothermal electricity generation project under the Emerging Renewable Power Program.

Read more about our investment with the Deh Tai Limited Partnership.

Location: Sicamous, BC

Investment: $875,000

Sicamous will build a district heating system, using locally sourced forest biomass to heat commercial and industrial buildings, thereby reducing its dependence on fossil fuels.

Read more about our investment with the District of Sicamous.

Location: Kingcome Inlet, BC

Investment: $309,000

This "Joint Community Diesel Reduction Initiative & Nation-to-Nation Lessons Learned" project will be a training program that involves four remote coastal British Columbia First Nations (Dzawada’enuxw First Nation, Hesquiaht First Nation, Kitasoo First Nation, and Wuikinuxv Nation) and will include skillsets for community renewable energy projects and certification workshops.

Read more about our investment with the Dzawada’enuxw First Nation.

Location: Anahim Lake, BC

Investment: $242,800

The "Peer-to-Peer Capacity Building for Solar Energy Development" project will build local knowledge and capacity to enable the development of solar energy projects in the remote community of Anahim Lake, BC and other Indigenous communities.

Read more about our investment with EcoSmart Foundation Inc.

Location: Communties in AB

Investment: $20,000

Electricity and Human Resources Canada will promote careers in the electricity and renewable energy sector by building science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) literacy for Indigenous youth between the ages of 10 to 13.

Read more about our investment with Electricity Human Resources Canada.

Location: Saskatchewan

Investment: $975,000

This capacity-building project will create a Community Energy Planning for Saskatchewan Indigenous communities that currently do not receive natural gas service from SaskEnergy.

Read more about our investment with the First Nations Power Authority of Saskatchewan Inc.

Location: 43 First Nations in Quebec and Labrador

Investment: $230,000

The funding will allow FNQLSDI to educate communities about the importance and advantages of renewable energy through in-person training. First Nations communities will also receive ongoing project development guidance and technical support for renewable energy projects.

Read more about our investment with the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute.

Location: International

Investment: $500,000

IRENA will establish an international multi-stakeholder platform to pool knowledge and share best practises for transitioning off-grid communities to clean energy, as well as finance community-led clean energy transition projects globally.

Read more about our investment with the International Renewable Energy Agency.

Location: Communities in Nunavut

Investment: $400,000

The project aims to position the Government of Nunavut to develop Community Energy Plans across the Territory by supporting the implementation of the first stage in this process through the creation of a common understanding of Nunavut’s energy landscape and clean energy opportunities at the community level. The processes and results from these communities will serve as models for planning processes to be followed in future communities.

Read more about our investment with the Government of Nunavut.

Location: Teslin, Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, White River First Nation, Carcross/Tagish First Nation, and Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation, YT

Investment: $574,000

The Government of Yukon will to work collaboratively with Yukon First Nations to evaluate and address gaps that delay the deployment of energy projects in communities.

Read more about our investment with the Government of Yukon.

Location: Gitga'at, Nuxalk, Heiltsuk, Haida, Wuikinuvx, Kitasoo Xaixais, and Metlakatla, BC

Investment: $2,486,000

The "Building Skills and Capacity for Community Energy Management with Coastal First Nations" project will hire local climate action coordinators and enhance their capacity, skills and knowledge to enable First Nations in the Great Bear Region to lead climate action projects (mitigation and adaptation).

Read more about our investment with the Great Bear Initiative.

Location: Gitga'at, Nuxalk, Heiltsuk, Haida, Wuikinuvx, Kitasoo Xaixais, and Metlakatla, BC

Investment: $1,250,000

The "Indigenous Remote Community Capacity Building Program" project will design, implement and administer a 3 year capacity building program for up to 16 remote Indigenous communities that currently depend on community-scale diesel generator stations.

Read more about our investment with the Great Bear Initiative.

Location: First Nations communities across Ontario

Investment: $259,274

This project will provide technical, hands-on training for Community Energy Champions (“CECs”) that have been recently hired by Indigenous communities and organizations across Ontario. The training curriculum will include demonstrations of home energy audits, establishing an energy baseline, building retrofits, energy generation opportunities, community engagement strategies, and developing or updating a community energy plan. The Project will also provide support for the CECs to attend the Proponent’s 2022 First Nations Energy Symposium.

Read more about our investment with the Independent Electricity System Operator.

Location: National

Investment: $70,000

The Three Island Energy (TIE) Initiative aims to strengthen information and knowledge sharing on accelerating clean energy micro grids in Indigenous, island and coastal and unconnected communities. A key focus for this Project will be to build momentum with various levels of government, finance and industry leading up to a special session at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (CoP26).

Read more about our investment with the Indigenous Clean Energy.

Location: Aklavik, Inuvik, Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk, and Ulukhaktok, NT

Investment: $184,000

The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation will promote energy literacy in the communities, renew Inuvialuit dialect and culture, and promote cross-generational learning between Elders and youth on traditional practices, language and sustainability.

Read more about our investment in the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation.

Location: Matawa First Nations communities in Northern Ontario (Eabametoong, Marten Falls, Neskantaga, Nibinamik & Webequie)

Investment: $262,700

This project, taking place in five remote Matawa First Nations communities, will increase community members’ skills and capacity, encourage them to pursue careers in clean energy and support the development of renewable energy projects and energy-efficient solutions in their communities. The project also includes career mentorship for youth.

Read more about our investment with Matawa First Nations Management.

Location: Labrador, NL

Investment: $90,000

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro's study will focus on interconnecting isolated communities in Labrador (both southern and northern) to reduce fossil fuel reliance and GHG emission, increase system reliability and reduce operating cost.

Read more about our investment with Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Location: Inuvik, NT

Investment: $403,963

The Inuvik Grid High Penetration Renewable Pre-Feasibility Study will test methods of integrating renewables into isolated grids while maintaining Indigenous participation and building community knowledge on energy planning processes.

Read more about our investment with Nihtat Energy Ltd.

Location: NunatuKavut Region of Labrador

Investment: $245,000

This project aims to increase clean energy research and development capacity in NunatuKavut by hiring a Clean Energy Research Coordinator to liaise between NCC, research and not-for-profit partners, and communities.

Read more about our investment with the NunatuKavut Community Council Inc.

Location: 24 First Nations in Northwestern Ontario

Investment: $400,000

This multi-year investment will create pathways for interested youth to pursue employment in the clean energy field among 24 First Nations and will focus on teaching participants about the fundamentals of electricity transmission and distribution and provide them with job-shadowing opportunities and technical training.

Read more about our investment with Opiikapawiin Services Ltd.

Location: 22 First Nations in Northwestern Ontario

Investment: $208,223

The Plugged into a Brighter Future initiative is a youth-focused energy engagement initiative for First Nations communities with the Wataynikaneyap Power project. In partnership with the Independent Electricity System Operator, this initiative will bolster Indigenous youths’ knowledge of energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions so they may participate in future community energy planning.

Read more about our investment with Opiikapawiin Services Ltd.

Location: Paulatuk and Ulukhaktok, NT

Investment: $442,000

The Beaufort Hamlet Energy Initiative will develop community energy plans to support future energy efficiency initiatives and renewable energy projects. This includes increasing energy literacy and skills development to reduce diesel dependency in both Paulatuk and Ulukhaktok communitites.

Read more about our investment with Paulatuk Community Corporation.

Location: Piapot First Nation, SK

Investment: $236,335

The “Piapot Energy Efficiency Capacity Building” project will support building local capacity and implement an action plan for implementing energy efficiency retrofits. Piapot First Nation, in partnership with Community Power, will develop an energy efficiency training program, deliver community workshops, and conduct energy auditing job shadowing.

Location: Hazelton, BC

Investment: $136,821

The Empowered Energy Solutions: Forestry, Farms and Communities project will deliver a community-level energy plan to increase clean energy opportunities and reduce diesel and fossil fuel reliance for the rural community of the Kispiox Valley of BC, which includes the Anspayaxw Band and the remote community of the House of Luutkudziiwus. The project team will investigate innovative solutions with an emphasis on local biomass to meet the energy needs of their communities, while further developing capacity of local women and youth and creating an energy planning template for neighbouring communities.

Read more about our investment with the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition.

Location: Whitecap Dakota Nation & Saskatoon, SK

Investment: $385,000

This project will support designing, promoting, and hosting another SevenGen Summit in September 2022 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Program funding will support the 2022 organizing committee, including Indigenous youth staff and a coordinator, as well as an "Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program" for the design and implementation of 10 youth-led sustainable energy projects in Canadian and Indigenous communities.

Read more about our investment in Student Energy.

Location: Nunavik

Investment: $3,350,000

The project will build capacity for renewable energy in the Nunavik region of Québec through the following: 1) Creation of a regional team from the communities to lead the energy transition in Nunavik, and their training; 2) Community energy planning for twelve (12) Inuit villages in Nunavik; and 3) Development of five (5) renewable energy projects for these communities.

Read more about our investment in Tarquti Energy Inc.

Location: Powell River, BC

Investment: $187,500

This project is to conduct research and analysis to evaluate the feasibility of commercially operating the biomass boiler at the Tiskwat site.

Read more about our investment with the Tla’amin Nation

Location: Nunatsiavut

Investment: $190,433

NRCan supported Titjaluk Logistics’ pilot project to explore the feasibility of establishing a firewood supply network for remote communities on the Northern Coast of Labrador. Titjaluk set up a trucking and shipping network to provide pallets of cut and split firewood to Nain and Hopedale in Nunatsiavut (Labrador) to reduce community consumption of diesel fuel for home heating.

Read more about our investment with the Titjaluk Logistics Ltd.

Location: Atlin, BC

Investment: $2,966,000

Tlingit Homeland Energy Limited Partnership aims to expand the existing hydropower facility in Atlin B.C. and export this new power to Yukon’s southern isolated grid via a new transmission line. This project will focus on completing the feasibility and permitting phases of the project which are key steps to get it to a construction-ready position.

Read more about our investment with the Tlingit Homeland Energy Limited Partnership.

Location: Riske Creek, BC

Investment: $94,143

Toosey Indian Band will use NRCan funding to explore the heating requirements for a sawmill and the potential for development of a district biomass heating system.

Read more about our investment with the Toosey Indian Band.

Location: Prince George, BC

Investment: $1,000,000

The Tsay Keh Dene Band intends to design, build and operate a sustainable heat and power biomass system in Tsay Keh Dene, B.C. that will be integrated to an existing diesel power plant. This project will focus on planning and feasibility stages, as well as creating an operational training program.

Read more about our investment with the Tsay Keh Dene Band.

Location: Uchuck Creek, BC

Investment: $991,000

The "Uchuck Creek Hydro Project – Phase IV Detailed Design & Engineering" project will support the detailed design and engineering phase for the development of a ~150 kW run-of-river hydroelectric generation facility at Uchuck Creek that will supply power to the nearby diesel reliant, non-grid connected Proponent village of Ehthlateese in British Columbia.

Read more about our investment with the Uchucklesaht Tribe Government.

Location: Saskatchewan

Investment: $840,000

The University of Saskatchewan will create a master’s of sustainability in security degree to meet the training needs of northern, remote and Indigenous communities through distance education and purpose-driven practical experience to lead to sustainable community energy development.

Read more about our investment with the University of Saskatchewan.

Location: Port Hardy, BC

Investment: $57,800

Wuikinuxv Nation intends to carry out a feasibility study that will examine the potential for developing a biomass-fired district heating system to provide heat to community buildings.

Read more about our investment with the Wuikinuxv First Nation.

Location: Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation and Pikangikum First Nation, ON

Investment: $1,670,000

Askii Environmental Inc. will install biomass heating systems in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation and Pikangikum First Nation, which will be used to heat schools in these communities offsetting fossil fuel use.

Read more about our investment with Askii Environmental Inc.

Location: Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, Sand Point FN, ON

Investment: $1,051,000

Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek is replacing the community’s sawmill heat source from diesel to a biomass system and is installing biomass-compatible heating systems in three new housing units in preparation for future biomass heating expansion. This will demonstrate the economic development benefits and cost effectiveness of biomass heating.

Read more about our investment with Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek.

Location: Carcross, YT

Investment: $2,100,000

Carcross and the Tagish First Nation will install a biomass district heating system to displace existing electric and fossil fuel heating systems in five community buildings.

Read more about our investment in the Carcross / Tagish First Nation.

Location: Tsay Keh Dene Nation, BC

Investment: $475,000

The funding will enable Chu Cho Environmental — a Tsay Keh Dene Nation–owned company — to assess the feasibility of using biomass to generate heat and power. Once completed, this project would be among the first of its kind to heat and power an Indigenous community in the province, demonstrating the power of innovation to create opportunities in a remote community.

Read more about our investment with Chu Cho Environmental Ltd.

Location: Tsay Keh Dene Nation, Prince George, BC

Investment: $475,000

Chu Cho Environmental Ltd. is undertaking technical system studies and planning to support the Tsay Keh Dene Nation vision to generate heat and power with forest-based biomass, replacing diesel as the source of power for the community.

Read more about our investment in Chu Cho Environmental Ltd.

Location: Beaver Creek, YT

Investment: $13,422,346

The Beaver Creek Solar Project will deploy a 1.9 MW DC solar photovoltaic system, 1.2 MW AC of inverters and a 3.5 MWh battery energy storage system in Beaver Creek, Yukon, beside ATCO Electric Yukon power plant to facilitate grid interconnection.

Read more about our investment with Copper Niisuu Limited Partnership.

Location: Lutsel K'e First Nation, NT

Investment: $400,000

This investment will support the completion of a study on hybrid renewable energy options for the Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation.

Read more about our investment with Denesoline Corporation Ltd.

Location: Whitehorse, YT

Investment: $8,000,000

This investment will replace two existing wind turbines with four technologically advanced, cold climate wind turbines totaling 4 megawatts (MW).

Read more about our investment with Eagle Hill Energy Limited Partnership.

Location: Alkali Lake, BC

Investment: $1,500,000

This investment will support the expansion of the Esk'etemc First Nation's wood-based biomass district heating system — helping them use more renewable fuels.

Read more about our investment with the Esk'etemc First Nation.

Location: Fort Severn, ON

Investment: $865,817

Fort Severn First Nation will install a 240 kilowatt (kW) ground-mounted PV solar array, 10kW of rooftop PV solar arrays, a 10 kW wind turbine, a battery, and a microgrid control computer.

Read more about our investment with Fort Severn First Nation.

Location: Hazelton, BC

Investment: $686,000

This multi-year investment will deploy a forest-based biomass system to replace propane as the heating fuel, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 255 tonnes a year in a recreation complex.

Read more about our investment with Gitxsan Energy Inc.

Location: Hazelton, BC

Investment: $593,000

Gitxsan Energy Inc. converted the Gitksan Wet’suwet’en Education Society (GWES) college from propane heating to biomass heating to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operational costs for the college. The project involved demolition of the current boiler room, construction of a new boiler room and pellet/wood chip bin and installation of two new biomass boilers.

Read more about our investment with Gitxsan Energy Inc.

Location: Aklavik, NT

Investment: $640,000

This investment will install a biomass heating system that will heat community infrastructure.

Read more about our investment with the Hamlet of Aklavik.

Location: Hot Springs Cove, BC

Investment: $4,870,000

This "Ahtaapq Creek Hydropower Project" will install a 350 kW run-of-the-river hydropower facility, integrated to the existing diesel generation system of the remote Hesquiaht First Nation community.

Read more about our investment with the Hesquiaht First Nation.

Location: Narrows Point, AB

Investment: $1,500,000

The funding is for the community to design and install a renewable and eco-friendly heating system that will help to reduce the community’s reliance on diesel, cut energy costs and generate jobs for the surrounding communities.

Read more about our investment with the Kapawe’no First Nation.

Location: Destruction Bay, YT

Investment: $2,000,000

The Kluane First Nation will install, own, operate, and maintain three 100 kilowatt (kW) wind turbines in Destruction Bay, Yukon. In order to capture the full wind power generation and to maintain a stable and reliable power grid, the utility will install, own, operate, and maintain a 250kWh battery and energy management system.

Read more about our investment with the Kluane First Nation.

Location: Burwash Landing, YT

Investment: $345,900

The Kluane First Nation will develop a forest resources management plan for the First Nation’s settlement lands to meet current and future local biomass heating needs.

Read more about our investment with the Kluane First Nation.

Location: Fort Ware, British Columbia

Investment: $748,661

Kwadacha will be producing compressed sawdust logs called “briquettes” for use in woodstoves for residential space heating within the community. The briquettes are made from accumulated waste from the wood chipping operation that supplies fuel to Kwadacha’s CHP bioenergy plant. Briquette production will offset diesel-generated electricity and propane.

Read more about our investment in Kwadacha First Nation.

Location: Gwa’yas’dums, BC

Investment: $2,300,000

The primary objective of the project is to implement a hybrid, smart-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery system to offer a new and predictable source of clean energy generation for the remote village of Gwa’yas’dums.  The project will include system design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning of a PV, battery energy storage system integrated with the diesel power plant.

Read more about our investment in the Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation.

Location: Burns Lake, BC

Investment: $828,472

Lake Babine Nation is installing a biomass district heating system to supply heat to four community buildings that currently depend on propane for heating. The project will use local wood chips/pellets from local suppliers and will provide opportunities for capacity building and training for First Nation members.

Read more about our investment with Lake Babine Nation.

Location: Anahim Lake, BC

Investment: $900,000

This project will support a reduction of diesel use to generate heat and power in an Indigenous community through the installation of a new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system paired with a battery energy storage system. This will replace the two diesel generators, which are costly and pose environmental and health risks, currently powering the community. This project will promote energy self-reliance, aid in fire prevention and create jobs for community members in the harvesting and processing of biomass for the new CHP system, as well as other commercial and industrial applications in and around the reserve. The community has access to a considerable amount of biomass following recent forest fires and the pine beetle infestation. To read more about this project, please consult: https://web.fpinnovations.ca/indigenous-forestry-program-focusing-on-col....

Read more about our investment with Lhoosk’uz Dene Nation.

Location: Northeast Saskatchewan

Investment: $2,000,000

This investment will install and operate biomass heating systems to supply heating in two schools. The two 300kW biomass boiler systems will be fueld with wood chips from fire salvage and harvest residual logs and will employ community members from each community.

Read more about our investment with Mee-Toos Forest Products Ltd.

Location: Yuquot, BC

Investment: $1,077,085

The objective of the project is to conduct a front-end engineering and design study of a 200-kW wave energy plant that would displace current diesel fuel use of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation residents at the remote reserve community of Yuquot, BC and the nearby Government of Canada Nootka Lighthouse.

Read more about our investment with the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation.

Location: Inuvik, NT; Iqaluit, NU

Investment: $3,300,000

This multi-year investment will combine solar power with battery storage to help three local businesses and 32 residential units in Inuvik, NT and Iqaluit, NU run almost exclusively on solar energy during the spring and summer months. This project will improve electricity reliability, create local employment and generate 1.25 megawatts of new reliable electricity annually, cutting local diesel consumption by 380,000 litres per year.

Read more about our investment with Nihtat Corporation.

Location: Inuvik, NT

Investment: $220,000

This investment supports a capacity development study to look into options for wood pellet plant development, wood-based biomass opportunities and biomass supply chain enhancements in the Beaufort Delta region. This project will encourage the use of biomass as a healthy and economical choice for heating that will reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions.

Read more about our investment with Nihtat Corporation.

Location: Northern Ontario

Investment: $2,532,000

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation will replace existing woodstove heating appliances in six of the nation’s communities with upgraded high efficiency woodstoves, reducing fossil fuel heating use by lowering demand on the community’s electricity supply, currently provided by diesel generators.

Read more about our investment with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation.

Location: Hamlet of Arviat, NU

Investment: $764,600

The project will conduct an engineering and design study for a hybrid wind, solar and energy storage system to enhance the community’s ability to deliver renewable energy and reduce emissions.

Read more about our investment with NRStor Inc.

Location: Gull Bay, ON

Investment: $2,200,000

The Gull Bay Diesel Offset Micro Grid project will demonstrate the integration of a high-penetration solar photovoltaic system into the existing diesel microgrid on the Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (KZA) / Gull Bay First Nation (GBFN) reserve. This micro grid (electricity distribution system) will manage loads and distributed energy resources (solar photovoltaic, battery storage, and diesel generators) that can be operated in a controlled and integrated fashion.

Read more about our investment in the Ontario Power Generation.

Location: Oujé-Bougoumou, QC

Investment: $2,700,000

Oujé-Bougoumou Cree Nation is renovating their biomass heating system to improve the efficiency and reliability for their district heating system.

Read more about our investment with the Oujé-Bougoumou Cree First Nation.

Location: Iqaluit, NU

Investment: $1,200,000

QBDC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qikiqtaaluk Corporation, will conduct a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study to determine the best approach to integrate solar and wind power, energy storage, and the latest monitoring and control systems into a better electricity system. The study will identify the best mix of energy sources to support the sustainable development of the land.

Read more about our investment in Qikiqtaaluk Business Development Corporation.

Location: Sanikiluaq, NU

Investment: $5,813,000

The Sanikiluaq High Displacement Renewable Energy Demonstration Project will see 1 MW of wind generation coupled with 800 kWh of battery energy storage installed in the Hamlet of Sanikiluaq. Producing over 4 GWh per year of clean electricity, it is anticipated that the Project will offset over 50% of the community’s diesel fuel usage for electricity.

Read more about our investment in Qikiqtaaluk Business Development Corporation.

Location: Gwich’in Nation, Fort McPherson, NT

Investment: $200,000

Rat River Development Corporation will build a sustainable wood chip supply chain for the Gwich’in Nation. These wood chips will be locally harvested from willow trees for use in biomass systems in and around Fort McPherson, resulting in more Indigenous employment and participation in economic opportunities in the bioenergy and forestry sectors.

Read more about our investment with the Rat River Development Corporation.

Location: Whitesand First Nation, ON

Investment: $4,168,000

Sagatay Cogeneration Limited Partnership will develop engineering plans for a biomass cogeneration system, which, once constructed, would reduce the community’s dependence on diesel fuel for heat and electricity.

Read more about our investment with the Sagatay Cogeneration Limited Partnership.

Location: Skidegate, BC; Old Masset, BC

Investment: $10,400,000

This multi-year investment will begin transitioning Haida Gwaii to 100 percent renewable energy — bringing clean power to communities by expanding an existing hydroelectricity installation and deploying a solar photovoltaic and energy storage system to significantly reduce diesel fuel use.

Read more about our investment with the Skidegate Band Council.

Location: Mary’s Harbour, NL

Investment: $2,500,000

The St. Mary's River Energy Project will refurbish an existing hydroelectricity dam and integrate it with new solar panels and lithium-ion battery. This will reduce diesel consumption In Mary's Harbour by 30 percent per year.

Read more about our investment in St. Mary’s River Energy.

Location: Teslin First Nation, YT

Investment: $800,000

The Teslin Tlingit Council will construct a biomass district heating system for eight new duplexes, including 16 housing units, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs for the community.

Read more about our investment with the Teslin Tlingit Council.

Location: Fort Chipewyan, AB

Investment: $4,500,000

This multi-year investment will deploy a new 2.2-megawatt solar farm to complement an existing 400 kilowatt installation, making it the largest off-grid solar project in Canada. In addition, a battery storage system and micro-grid control system will improve reliability of the grid. The project’s combined solar and battery energy storage system will displace 650,000 litres of diesel fuel per year, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 1,743 tonnes annually.

Read more about our investment in Three Nations Energy.

Location: Inuvik, NT

Investment: $1,700,000

The Town of Inuvik will install a biomass system that will replace the diesel boilers currently used for heating and protect the municipal water tank from freezing.

Read more about our investment with the the Town of Inuvik.

Location: Tulita, NT

Investment: $2,600,000

The Tulita Land Corporation will install biomass boilers to heat seven municipal buildings and will establish a forest-based value chain to produce wood chips to fuel the boilers.

Read more about our investment with Tulita Land Corporation.

Location: Moberly Lake, BC

Investment: $733,000

The Twin Sisters Native Plant Nursery, which grows tree saplings for reforestation projects, is receiving funding to replace its current forced air and propane-fueled system with a biomass-fueled heating system.

Read more about our investment with Twin Sisters Native Plant Nursery.

Location: Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, YT

Investment: $2,450,437

The Old Crow Solar project consists of 940 kW of solar generation. With inverter capacity of 480kW, a battery energy storage system and micro-grid controller, the project will provide 650Mwh/year to the grid.

Read more about our investment with Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.

Location: Wahgoshig First Nation, ON

Investment: $983,000

Wahgoshig First Nation will install a forest-based biomass heating system for four community buildings, the Community Firehall, Lands and Resources Office, Community Centre and Community Elder’s Residence, which will reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

Read more about our investment with the Wahgoshig First Nation.

Location: Wikwemikong Unceded Territory, ON

Investment: $2,452,750

Wikwemikong Development Commission will demonstrate the effectiveness of forest-based biomass and efficient residential heating source in Wikwemikong Unceded Territory through the installation of pellet stoves, biomass boilers, wood pellet furnaces, and wood pellet storage silos.

Read more about our investment with the Wikwemikong Development Commission.

Location: Nemiah Valley, BC

Investment: $1,999,523

The project will demonstrate the integration of 250 kW of PV and 1 Megawatt hour of lithium ion energy storage with the three 95 kW diesel gensets to support two banks of load each from the Central and West communities.

Read more about our investment with the Xeni Gwet’in First Nations Government.

Location: BC

Investment: $2,479,266

The purpose of this investment is to conduct a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study to develop a shovel-ready project to generate hydropower on Klokon Creek utilizing Augers Lake for storage.

Read more about our investment with the Xeni Gwet’in First Nations Government .

Location: BC

Investment: $1,291,157

The objective of this project is to conduct a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study to assess the opportunity for a 500kw tidal energy generation system combining pumped hydroelectric storage to displace diesel with clean, reliable, and firm power generation on the north grid of Haida Gwaii.

Read more about our investment with the Yourbrook Energy Systems Ltd.

Location: Whitehorse, YT

Investment: $1,600,000

The Yukon Conservation Society will evaluate the technical feasibility and customer acceptance of utility-controlled electric thermal storage heaters that can provide reliable electricity capacity.

Read more about our investment with the Yukon Conservation Society.