{"id":201264,"date":"2019-02-08T00:24:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T05:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=201264"},"modified":"2025-01-20T23:41:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T04:41:59","slug":"alberta-contributes-3-3m-for-huge-solar-farm-in-remote-fort-chipewyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/08\/alberta-contributes-3-3m-for-huge-solar-farm-in-remote-fort-chipewyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta contributes $3.3M for huge solar farm in remote Fort Chipewyan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aerial view of Fort Chipewyan (Photo By Mark S. Elliott at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EDMONTON — Alberta will work with Indigenous groups in the province’s remote northeast corner on what the government says will be Canada’s largest off-the-grid solar power project.<\/p>\n

The plan is for 7,500 solar panels to be erected at the power plant near the airport at Fort Chipewyan.<\/p>\n

It’s expected the solar farm will be operating by next year and replace the equivalent of 800,000 litres of diesel fuel — about 25 per cent of the community’s energy use.<\/p>\n

Alberta is contributing $3.3 million for the project with local Metis and the Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations.<\/p>\n

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Fort Chipewyan is not connected to Alberta’s electricity grid and must burn diesel fuel for heat and power.<\/p>\n

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The project’s size and storage capacity is required because of the lack of sunlight in the winter at that latitude.<\/p>\n

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Sunlight in the region swings from about six useful hours a day in winter to 18 hours in the summer.<\/p>\n

The battery capacity will allow excess energy to be stored for use at night and in winter periods.<\/p>\n

The total cost of the project is $7.8 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to reducing costs, this project helps make life better for residents by reducing pollution and increasing safety,\u201d Indigenous Relations Minister Richard Feehan said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The project is expected to make roads safer by reducing tanker-truck traffic.<\/p>\n

Athabasca Chipewyan Chief Allan Adam said his First Nation wants to be part of the solution to climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile our regional economy depends on the oil industry, we feel the effects of climate change in our community and see the growing impacts on our delta lands,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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