The Huu-ay-aht First Nations are taking advantage of green technology to generate a new source of revenue for the community with the construction of a clean-energy power plant on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The Huu-ay-aht community received $500,000 in equity funding from the B.C. government’s First Nations Clean Energy…
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By DeSmog Canada Editors • Wednesday, December 27, 2017 Being an environmental journalist at this point in history can be a bit, well, depressing. It often means bringing negative stories to light: stories about government failing to balance development with environmental protection, or about companies getting away with harmful practices, or about Indigenous peoples’ rights…
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On Dec. 11, BC Hydro advised Huu-ay-aht First Nation Councillor Trevor Cootes that it would not proceed with an application for an Electricity Purchase Agreement for a proposed Sarita River mini-hydro project. That same day, the province announced it would go forward with the controversial Site C mega-project. Later that…
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By Jimmy Thomson • DeSmog Canada • Tuesday, November 7, 2017 The rain comes down in a dense mist as John Ebell shows off the construction site of the Nicknaqueet River Hydro project, high on a hillside above the Wannock River in Rivers Inlet, a fjord on the central coast of B.C. It’s the perfect weather, he says,…
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Hot Springs Cove, BC — Each year more than half a million dollars in diesel is shipped by barges to generate electricity for the 50 or so people living in Hot Springs Cove. For the Hesquiaht First Nation north of Tofino, it’s a costly reliance on non-renewable energy. And as…
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The proposed project is a 350-kilowatt hydro-diesel hybrid on the Nicknaqueet River Residents of Wuikinuxv Village have been successful in their bid for funding to build a hydroelectricity facility in their remote community on the central coast. The community houses approximately 80 people on-reserve and is located on the banks…
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$7 million facility would decrease First Nation’s diesel dependency The Hesquiaht First Nation is putting a hydro power project together to decrease Hot Spring Cove’s dependence on diesel fuel. “The village of Hot Springs Cove has long been dependent on diesel generation for electricity…The diesel emissions are 580 tonnes annually,…
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Idea is to research territory's potential for geothermic energy An attempt to measure geothermal energy potential could soon have researchers in Yukon drilling a hole one kilometre deep near the Takhini Hot Springs. The idea was discussed Friday at a conference called the Future of Arctic Entrepreneurship in Whitehorse. "The objective is…