New solar site opens at Cowessess First Nation - battery energy storage
The first country in Cowessess launched a solar project on Wednesday.
The Cowessess renewable energy storage facility now has solar panels for use with existing wind turbine batteries
This is probably the first wind.
Solar cell storage project in Canada.
The facility is located a few kilometers east of Regina, generating 340 KW of its electricity (0. 34 megawatts)
Solar and 57 KW (0. 057 megawatts)
For use by the facility itself.
"One of the values of our First Nation is to make sure that this land is prepared for our children and children who are not yet born, and it is an economic self
Sustainability projects, which means we will make a little profit while following our values, "said lead Cadmus Delorme.
All the electricity produced by the factory is purchased by SaskPower.
Delorme said the facility also created opportunities for members of the First Nations, as engineers and scientists are required to operate the facility.
"It is good to show the first nation to the province that they want to play a leading role, and we have a lot (
A knowledge base
We learn and develop on the basis of these two projects, we are open and willing to share with other businesses, First Nations, to let them know when the door is closed, he said: "Just look at the open door next door. ".
He also made it clear that Cowessess would not stop here in terms of producing and storing renewable energy.
"We want more . . . . . . We are looking for 10 MW and 20 MW and we will continue to look until we find this opportunity.
Doug Opseth, power asset management director at SaskPower, is also hopeful about the facts.
Crown aims to have 50 renewable energy sources by 2030.
Projects like this, and the willingness of First Nations like Cowessess to continue to expand, "gives us great hope that we can achieve our emissions targets, Opseth said. ”Regina-
Ralph Goodale, Wascana MP and minister of public safety, noted that the facility would sell "relatively small" power to SaskPower grid, but called the project "breakthrough ".
"This is the beginning of something very important and it's really great to see the future," he said . ".
"You can connect sound environmental policies to sound economic policies and growth, and at the same time connect all of them, which is really real.
Goodale also talked about how the project "opens the door for other communities that want to create similar projects.