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The Canadian government places more than CAD 33 million in the direction of a 32 MW of native solar project in the South Center province of Saskatchewan.
The Wicehtowak Solar Project, which is located in the capital of the province, Regina, will be built by George Gordon First Nation via Wicehtowak Solar Ltd.
The Canadian Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources said that the project serves as a pilot who makes the sale of electricity from private developers to customers in the province. A 30-year-old electricity purchase agreement, described as the first of its kind in Saskatchewan, will supply electricity to mining group K+S Potash Canada via the Saskpower Grid.
The Canadian State Secretary (rural development) Buckley said that the project will add “more clean power to the net, create long -term jobs and will keep the energy costs stable for families and companies in Saskatchewan.”
The investment of the government is part of the Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program, a CAD 4.5 billion federally funded initiative that was launched in 2021. From May this year, the program had supported 71 projects, 43 of them native.
The Wicehtowak Solar Project is the newest in a series supported by the Solar projects supported by the Canadian government, including one 2.85 MW project in Yukon and a 3.8 MW Array in British Columbia, the largest off-grid solar project in the country so far.
Canada installed 314 MW Zonne -Energy In 2024, which brought the cumulative installed PV capacity to more than 5 GW.
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