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Technicians training and measuring water flows in Pine Creek.
The First Nation Regeneration Fund’s first deal was with the Taku River Tlingit First Nation in Atlin, BC. Xeitl is a Tlingit-owned power company that recently built a run-of-river, two-megawatt hydro power project on Pine Creek about five kilometres from Atlin.
The hydro plant began operations on April 1, 2009, allowing Atlin to turn off its diesel-powered electricity generator. Each year, Atlin has burned almost 1.5 million litres of fuel which created 4,500 tonnes of greenhouse gases. The new run-of-river hydro plant will reduce Atlin’s carbon footprint the equivalent of removing 1,600 cars off city streets.
For more information, visit www.regenerationfund.ca
Photos courtesy of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation.
Technicians training and measuring water flows in Pine Creek.
The First Nation Regeneration Fund’s first deal was with the Taku River Tlingit First Nation in Atlin, BC. Xeitl is a Tlingit-owned power company that recently built a run-of-river, two-megawatt hydro power project on Pine Creek about five kilometres from Atlin.
The hydro plant began operations on April 1, 2009, allowing Atlin to turn off its diesel-powered electricity generator. Each year, Atlin has burned almost 1.5 million litres of fuel which created 4,500 tonnes of greenhouse gases. The new run-of-river hydro plant will reduce Atlin’s carbon footprint the equivalent of removing 1,600 cars off city streets.
For more information, visit www.regenerationfund.ca
Photos courtesy of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation.