‘A large step forward’: Arctic First Nation goes solar | APTN News

The Yukon’s northernmost First Nations community has officially completed an ambitious project that will help it tackle climate change.

On Aug. 17 the government arm of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (VGFN) in Old Crow, Yukon, announced the completion of Sree Vyah, a solar energy project that will reduce its dependence on diesel generators by 24 per cent annually.

“This is a large step forward for our community of Old Crow to move into the energy sector as well as energy sovereign,” Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm tells APTN News.

“This shows the direction that our community is giving to the government and re-establishing our traditional values of balance are being realized with actions today in harmony with new technologies.”

According to a VGFN press release, Sree Vyah consists of “2,160 single sided mono-crystalline panels that are configured in an east-west orientation to maximize solar generation during the long summer daylight hours and the wide arc of the Arctic summer sun.”
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