Ulkatcho First Nation hosted a signing ceremony in their community Friday, April 19 to celebrate a new solar energy project that is expected to reduce the need for diesel generation in the remote B.C. community by about 64 per cent, equal to a reduction of 1.1 million litres of diesel a year.
Estimated to be the largest off-grid solar project in Canada, the project is moving forward thanks to a combined investment of $15,841,000 from the federal and provincial governments.
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