Environment

The North is experiencing the dramatic effects of climate change, from extreme weather events to landslides and shrinking glaciers, and the need for action has never been more urgent.

The Atlin Hydro Expansion Project will provide clean energy to our region, reducing GHG emissions by 27,500 tonnes annually, or 27 kilotonnes — that’s over 9 million litres of diesel generation eliminated every year!

At present, there is ~13 MW winter-energy shortfall in southern Yukon, which requires that the LNG facility and/or diesel generators are turned on in the winter months. The proposed Project would provide 65% of the winter energy shortfall. Further, Yukon’s climate change action plan requires that GHG emissions be reduced by 30% below 2010 levels by 2030, equivalent to 263 kilotonnes per year. As such, the Project would account for 10% of that goal.