Clean Energy

CBC's Northbeat reports on Xeitl, 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 Atlins carbon footprint the equivalent of removing 1,600 cars from city streets.

Judith Sayers is the former chief of the Hupacasath First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island near Port Alberni. When she was chief she negotiated the construction of a 6.5 megawatt run of river project that met high environmental standards and ensured the First Nation had a majority ownership stake. Learn all about it here.

shishalh Nation Chief Calvin Craigan and Regional Chief of British Columbia Shane Gottfriedson take a tour of Klahoose First Nation's and Alterra Power's Jimmie Creek Run-Of-River Hydro Project…a blueprint for First Nations Partnerships for Green Energy projects in Canada.

Watch and share this music video composed and performed by Kitsumkalum Youth & ‘Na Aksa Gyilak’yoo School with the help of performing artist Rachelle van Zanten and Elijah Larsen. Kitsumkalum Fish & Wildlife received direction from band council to research Climate Change, its many effects on the land, and food security.

Chief Patrick Michell from Kanaka Bar Indian Band talks about how Community Power is helping his community to achieve their energy self-sufficiency goals.

Note: This is an updated version of a video posted in 2016.

See how the T'Sou-ke First Nation on Vancouver Island has become a leader in the innovative use of renewable energy in Canada and how it became the most solar intensive community in Canada. For more information about Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, please visit. For more information about T'Sou-ke First Nation, please visit.

Read a transcript of this video on the AANDC web site.