Federal government gives $4.2 million to renewables projects at northern mines

Publication: CIM Magazine

Topic: Innovation & Technology, Sustainability & Environment

Article Type: Blog post

Client: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum

Published on: January 29, 2019

Wind turbines and compressed air energy storage to displace diesel at Raglan and Hope Bay

The federal government is investing $4.2 million in two renewable energy projects in Quebec and Nunavut to reduce reliance on fossil fuels at mines in Canada’s north.

Both projects will be managed by Tugliq Energy Corporation, a renewable energy company focused on remote regions.

The projects will be funded through Natural Resources Canada’s Energy Innovation Program, said Paul Lefebvre, the parliamentary secretary to Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, at the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia’s (AME) Roundup conference in Vancouver on Monday.

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