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Iyuhána Solar LP has been selected to build a 100-megawatt solar facility, Saskatchewan’s biggest ever, near the city of Estevan, provincial utility SaskPower announced yesterday.
The C$200-million project is a partnership between New York-based Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure (GSI), Baden, Ontario’s Saturn Power Inc., and the Ocean Man First Nation, located about 80 kilometres north of the city, the Discover Estevan news site reports.
The deal gives the First Nation a 10% ownership stake in the project, and “band members will receive specialized training to maintain solar facilities and employment opportunities with the project,” the Regina Leader-Post writes, citing Greenwood.
GSI said Iyuhána will also fund scholarships, internships, and clean energy research projects in the community.
Construction is slated to begin next year, and the project is expected to go online in December, 2026. SaskPower said it will produce enough electricity to power about 25,000 homes. Iyuhána Solar will permit, finance, build, own, maintain, and operate the project under a 25-year power purchase agreement with the utility, the local paper says.
Read the full post at The Energy Mix.
