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Bulk of federal clean-energy investments go to remote Haida Gwaii

By District Energy posted 05-28-2019 00:00

  

The Canadian Press, The Province

Summary

The federal government has announced over $15 million in funding for clean-energy projects, with most of the money going to the remote B.C. island of Haida Gwaii.

Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi told a news conference in Vancouver that an investment of $10.4 million will allow the Skidegate Band Council and the Old Massett Village Council to transition Haida Gwaii to 100-per-cent renewable energy.

The project would involve expanding an existing hydroelectricity installation and reducing use of diesel fuel.

Sohi says the Esk’etemc First Nation will get a total of $3 million for renewable energy projects, including the expansion of its wood-based biomass district heating system in Alkali Lake, about 40 kilometres south of Williams Lake.

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