Published: 24 Feb 2021, 08:31
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Andy Colthorpe
Site selected by Yukon Energy for what is thought will be the northernmost large-scale battery system in Canada. Image: Yukon Energy.
Steps forward have been taken in the development of a grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Yukon Territory, northern Canada, which will help stabilise the region’s grid and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Local utility Yukon Energy, which is publicly-owned, is planning the 7MW / 40MWh battery in Whitehorse, near the Alaska Highway. Yukon Energy described the project as a “critical investment” in the group’s ability to meet growing electricity demand and for responding to emergency shortfalls of power. The utility has to date been heavily dependent on burning diesel fuel as backup.
Here s when N.W.T. communities can get 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Vaccination clinics in 11 N.W.T. communities have been scheduled, allowing residents to receive their second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
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Posted: Feb 10, 2021 11:49 AM CT | Last Updated: February 10
Joseph Judas gives the thumbs up after receiving his first dose of the Moderna vaccine on Jan. 13 in Wekweètı̀. Dates have been added for residents to receive their second dose of the vaccine, as well as for any residents who wish to receive their first dose.(Kate Kyle/CBC)
Vaccination clinics in 11 N.W.T. communities have been scheduled, allowing residents to receive their second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Posted: Jan 29, 2021 2:17 PM CT | Last Updated: January 29
Colville Lake, N.W.T., a community with a population of about 129, got off to a chaotic start Thursday morning when a planned power outage in extreme cold caused pipes to freeze across the community. (Alex Brockman/CBC)
Colville Lake, N.W.T., got off to a chilly start Thursday morning after a two-hour power outage resulted in frozen pipes.
The Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) scheduled community-wide power outages in Colville Lake Jan. 28 and 29, from 5 to 7 a.m. to carry out maintenance at the local plant. But with temperatures around -40 C on Thursday morning, several buildings and homes lost heat for hours after pipes froze.
Who s responsible for getting CBC North on the air in Fort Liard? It s complicated
CBC has been off the air for about a year in Fort Liard, N.W.T. It turns out the CBC isn’t responsible for most of the equipment that sends its signal to many northern residents, and in some cases, it’s not clear who is.
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CBC has been off the air for about a year in a community now facing an outbreak of COVID-19
Posted: Jan 25, 2021 8:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 25
Each triangle on this map represents a community that s expected to maintain and repair the radio equipment that passes on the CBC signal. Of the 70 sites in Canada, most are in remote, rural communities, and many are in the North. (CBC)
The N.W.T. government is now gearing up to inoculate more priority residents and other adults with the first round of the vaccines throughout January, based on its newly-released vaccine strategy on Tuesday.