Leveraging Solar Photovoltaic Technology for Sustainable Development in Ontario's Aboriginal Communities
International audience The Ontario feed-in tariff (FIT) for solar photovoltaic (PV) technology has provided Ontario's Aboriginal communities with an opportunity to i) weaken the cycle of poverty; ii) directly counteract climate change by producing renewable energy; and iii) become more self-suf...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.4kiws9 2023-05-15T16:15:32+02:00 Leveraging Solar Photovoltaic Technology for Sustainable Development in Ontario's Aboriginal Communities Mclaughlin, Dirk V. P. Mcdonald, Nicole C. Nguyen, Ha T. Pearce, J Queen's University Kingston, Canada Michigan Technological University (MTU) 2010-01-01 https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v3n3p3 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02120496/file/Leveraging_Photovoltaic_Technology_for_S.pdf https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02120496 en eng HAL CCSD Canadian Center of Science and Education hal-02120496 doi:10.5539/jsd.v3n3p3 10670/1.4kiws9 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02120496/file/Leveraging_Photovoltaic_Technology_for_S.pdf https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02120496 other Hyper Article en Ligne - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société ISSN: 1913-9063 Journal of Sustainable Development Journal of Sustainable Development, Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2010, 3 (3), pp.3-13. ⟨10.5539/jsd.v3n3p3⟩ Solar photovoltaics Feed-in tariff First Nation communities Sustainable development envir scipo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2010 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v3n3p3 2023-01-22T16:39:01Z International audience The Ontario feed-in tariff (FIT) for solar photovoltaic (PV) technology has provided Ontario's Aboriginal communities with an opportunity to i) weaken the cycle of poverty; ii) directly counteract climate change by producing renewable energy; and iii) become more self-sufficient. This paper critically analyzes the technical, cultural, and economic viability of leveraging the FIT for PV to provide green electricity and revenue to assist First Nations communities in sustainable development. A generalized free GIS energy-based protocol was developed to determine the PV potential for Aboriginal communities. This model was applied to a case study of the Constance Lake First Nations community and an economic analysis showed financially viable rates of return over 20 years. By generalizing these findings to Ontario, the potential PV deployment on First Nation rooftops alone is over 200 MW, which clearly provides an opportunity for developing pride associated with owning a community-led, environmentally beneficial, local energy project. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Unknown Journal of Sustainable Development 3 3 |
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International audience The Ontario feed-in tariff (FIT) for solar photovoltaic (PV) technology has provided Ontario's Aboriginal communities with an opportunity to i) weaken the cycle of poverty; ii) directly counteract climate change by producing renewable energy; and iii) become more self-sufficient. This paper critically analyzes the technical, cultural, and economic viability of leveraging the FIT for PV to provide green electricity and revenue to assist First Nations communities in sustainable development. A generalized free GIS energy-based protocol was developed to determine the PV potential for Aboriginal communities. This model was applied to a case study of the Constance Lake First Nations community and an economic analysis showed financially viable rates of return over 20 years. By generalizing these findings to Ontario, the potential PV deployment on First Nation rooftops alone is over 200 MW, which clearly provides an opportunity for developing pride associated with owning a community-led, environmentally beneficial, local energy project. |
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Leveraging Solar Photovoltaic Technology for Sustainable Development in Ontario's Aboriginal Communities |
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Leveraging Solar Photovoltaic Technology for Sustainable Development in Ontario's Aboriginal Communities |
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Leveraging Solar Photovoltaic Technology for Sustainable Development in Ontario's Aboriginal Communities |
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Hyper Article en Ligne - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société ISSN: 1913-9063 Journal of Sustainable Development Journal of Sustainable Development, Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2010, 3 (3), pp.3-13. ⟨10.5539/jsd.v3n3p3⟩ |
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