HGT Magazine #101 September/October 2019

Youth Centres Go Solar!
Spark!'s First Installation
Solar-powered Youth Camp
Submitted by the Swiilawiid
Sustainability Society
Solar-powered Youth Camp
Organization: Rediscovery Haida Gwaii
Location: T’aalan Stl’ang
Type: Off-grid solar
Tll Yahda Energy, Make It Right
Tidal Energy Prototype
Organization: Yourbrook Energy Systems
Type : Tidal
Solar Powered Schooling
Organization: GidG
Location: Daajing Giids
Type: Grid-tied solar
Youth Centres Go Solar!
Organization: Old Massett Youth Center
Location:
Gaw
Type: Grid-tied solar
“We are a strong community, surrounded by
beautiful and bountiful land and waters on Haida
Gwaii; strong in our traditional laws, foods,
protocol and our connections to each other.” These
words were shared in the Skidegate Band Council
Investing in Solar
Location:
Gaw
Type: Grid-tied solar
and Old Massett Village Council press release on
May 28, 2019. The statement describes a new
partnership called, Tll Yahda Energy (Make it Right).
Tll Yahda Energy (TYE) is an initiative to expand,
build, and invest in clean energy projects on Haida
Gwaii. It’s a phased approach bringing in partners
such as Atlantic Power and Natural Resources
Solar Powered Guest House
Organization: Mike and Dorothy’s Guest House
Location: Daajing Giids
Type: Solar Hot Water
Canada (NRCan). With a framework, plan and a
funding commitment of $10.4 million, this new
partnership will see local ownership of the existing
Village Office Solar Installation
hydroelectric generating
Organization: Village
station
of Queen Charlotte
at Mitchell Inlet.
Location: Daajing Giids
Type: Grid-tied solar
Launched in 1990, this hydro project operates
through Atlantic Power, a company based in
Grid-Tied Solar House
Massachusetts. With this partnership
Location: Daajing Giids
agreement,
Type : Grid-tied solar
Old Massett and Skidegate Band are assuming 50%
ownership in the clean power project, slated for an
expansion in the coming years.
TYE will also see a significant new solar project on
the north grid, including battery storage. Local
training and employment are high priorities for
Solar-powered Youth Camp
Organization: Mount Moresby
Location: Mosquito Lake
Type: Off-grid Solar
all of this work, a priority that the Village Councils
made to maximum on-Island benefits. In addition,
this initiative will identify options for future
renewable energy projects.
This 100th edition of the Haida Gwaii Trader has a
powerful and positive theme that we were
invited to feature in our submission this month:
Spark!'s First Installation
gratitude. Organization: Spark! Swiilawiid Sustainable Energy Solutions was thrilled to bring that
Location: Taaw
to the Type: forefront. Wind/Solar Our work is built on an attitude of
gratitude and we were founded because of a
shared love for this place. Swiilawiid’s volunteer
board, supporters, and founders have a deep
A School's Solar Solution
Organization: Sk'aadGaa Naay Elementary
Location:
HlGaagilda
Type: Grid-tied Solar
Off-Grid Farming
Organization: Maude Island Farms
Location: Maude Island
Type: Micro Hydro
Off-grid Solar Cabin
Location: Taaw
Type: Off-grid Solar
sense of responsibility to Haida Gwaii, her waters
and lands and our organization’s vision is to
see our communities, resilient and living in balance
with our natural world. We appreciate all of
the phenomenal work elected and community
School and Village Office
Organization: Village of Port Clements
Location: Gamadiis
Type: Grid-tied solar
leaders accomplished to help us achieve local
energy independence.
complete energy sovereignty. It is also actualizing
Reduction and Solar Solutions
the People’s Clean Energy Location:
HlGaagild Declaration a for Haida
Type: Grid-tied Solar, heat pumps, solar hot water
Gwaii that local governments signed last fall. It’s a
commitment to take our future into our own hands,
Youth Centres Go Solar!
an act of making things Organization: right Skidegate with Youth Centre our lands and
Location:
HlGaagilda
waters, and balance that Type: Grid-tied with solar healthy economies
and communities.
See the full press release at posted on Swiilawiid’s
website: swiilawiid.org
Off-grid Solar House
Location: K’il Kun Llnagaay
Type: Off-grid solar
PODCAST ALERT: Mission Transition –
produced by Sierra Club BC – will be
featuring the voices and vision from
the Renewable Energy Symposium.
Tune in, download it and share. Visit
swiilawiid.org for the link.
This announcement is a giant step towards our
shared end goal: 100% renewable power and
Haida Gwaii Renewable Energy Initiatives
Off-Grid Solar Youth Camp
Organization: Swan Bay Rediscovery Camp
Location: Burnaby Island
Type: Off-grid Solar
These are just a few of the
renewable energy initiatives
on Haida Gwaii. Add yours and
explore more at: swiilawiid.org
swiilawiid
sustainability society
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