11 First Nations in BC are set to benefit from last year’s intake of the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund.
Said fund provides Indigenous communities with clean-energy project support with studies and planning, equity funding, and revenue sharing.
On Haida Gwaii, the Tll Yahda Energy solar-farm project with the Skidegate First Nation, will receive 400,000 dollars in funding.
Similarly, the Northern Haida Gwaii Hospital’s heating project will also get 400,000 dollars in funding.
Both projects look to shift Haida Gwaii’s reliance on Diesel-generated power to renewable energy.
They will join three other projects on the North Coast which have received funding in 2021.
The Heiltsuk Nation received 29,000 dollars to complete their heat pump initiative, the Kitselas First Nation got 500,000 to replace fossil fuels with geothermal resources for heating, and Wuikinuxv Nation received 202,000 for a smart-energy metering system.
Moving further from the coast, six other projects received funding in 2021:
Both the Saulteau First Nation, and the Doig River First Nations received 150,000 in equity funding towards solar panel expansion.
30,000 dollars in capacity funding will go toward the Binche Whut’en community energy plan.
100,000 will go to the Fort Nelson First Nation’s Geothermal project to repurpose the Clarke Lake gas field in to a geothermal facility.
The Daylu Dene Council gets 30,000 in capacity funding to develop a community energy plan.
And the Wet’suwet’en Nation gets 150,000 for community solar power installation and related training.
In total, 27 First Nations received more than 3.8 million dollars from the Fund in 2021.
Capacity funding will be reset to 50,000 for the next intake, which applications are being accepted for until January 31st.
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