Recent Developments in Renewable Energy in Remote Aboriginal Communities, Nunavut, Canada
Remote aboriginal communities in Nunavut are entirely dependent on diesel powered electricity. This paper reviews the electricity systems in 25 remote communities, past renewable electricity projects and available renewable resources. Despite past efforts to introduce renewable energy into these com...
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ftuniwaterlooojs:oai:openjournals.uwaterloo.ca:article/3859 2024-09-15T18:26:54+00:00 Recent Developments in Renewable Energy in Remote Aboriginal Communities, Nunavut, Canada Karanasios, Konstantinos Parker, Paul 2017-02-06 application/pdf https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/pced/article/view/3859 eng eng University of Waterloo https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/pced/article/view/3859/4814 https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/pced/article/view/3859 Copyright (c) 2017 Papers in Canadian Economic Development Papers in Canadian Economic Development; Vol. 16; 54-64 0833-1871 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2017 ftuniwaterlooojs 2024-07-26T03:04:01Z Remote aboriginal communities in Nunavut are entirely dependent on diesel powered electricity. This paper reviews the electricity systems in 25 remote communities, past renewable electricity projects and available renewable resources. Despite past efforts to introduce renewable energy into these communities, alternative energy generation is limited to a few district heating installations, and wind and solar demonstration projects. The high cost of deployment of renewable technologies in Nunavut’s isolated locations and limited government financial resources hinder communities’ participation in renewable electricity generation. However, growing demand and the necessity for diesel plant replacements or upgrades in 17 of the 25 communities, combined with recent decreases in the cost of solar and battery storage technologies, provide an opportunity for communities with high wind resources to integrate wind and solar projects into their electricity systems and to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.Keywords: Nunavut, remote aboriginal communities, indigenous communities, diesel, renewable electricity, wind, solar Article in Journal/Newspaper Nunavut Waterloo Library Journal Publishing Service (University of Waterloo, Canada) |
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Remote aboriginal communities in Nunavut are entirely dependent on diesel powered electricity. This paper reviews the electricity systems in 25 remote communities, past renewable electricity projects and available renewable resources. Despite past efforts to introduce renewable energy into these communities, alternative energy generation is limited to a few district heating installations, and wind and solar demonstration projects. The high cost of deployment of renewable technologies in Nunavut’s isolated locations and limited government financial resources hinder communities’ participation in renewable electricity generation. However, growing demand and the necessity for diesel plant replacements or upgrades in 17 of the 25 communities, combined with recent decreases in the cost of solar and battery storage technologies, provide an opportunity for communities with high wind resources to integrate wind and solar projects into their electricity systems and to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.Keywords: Nunavut, remote aboriginal communities, indigenous communities, diesel, renewable electricity, wind, solar |
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Recent Developments in Renewable Energy in Remote Aboriginal Communities, Nunavut, Canada |
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