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One wind project could inspire a carbon-free future for the North

On Friday, an energy purchase agreement was signed between Nunavut’s Crown electrical utility and Nunavut Nukkiksautiit Corporation, an Inuit-owned renewable energy developer, to build a 1 MW wind turbine and a 1 MWh battery storage system in Sanikiluaq, which aims to cut diesel use in the 1,000-resident hamlet in half.

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