MONTREAL, May 27, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin is
pleased to announce that it has been awarded a design and
engineering contract by Tlingit Homeland Energy, owned by the Taku
River Tlingit First Nation band government in Northern British Columbia (BC), to support
additional power capacity for the local hydro facility in
Atlin, BC.
''This project is one of many examples of how SNC-Lavalin
continues to build on its long history of collaborating and working
with Indigenous people across Canada,'' said Ian L. Edwards,
President and CEO. We will use our deep expertise in hydropower to
help communities such as the Taku River Tlingit First Nation
continue to implement sustainable solutions that will accelerate
their transition to renewable energy and support a carbon-free
future for their community.''
As design engineer, SNC-Lavalin will provide conceptual and
advanced design, as well as support the selection of a contractor
through the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) process. The
proposed work will involve expansion of the generating facility to
enhance its capacity from 2,1 MW to 10 MW by using the
available power potential of Pine Creek, located in the
Atlin region.
"The path to decarbonization for remote communities in
Canada must include a transition
toward renewable energy and BC, with its rich hydro reserves, is
well suited for clean energy production," said Dale Clarke,
President, Infrastructure Services. This project will produce
hydropower in BC and feed into the Yukon grid, transcending provincial boundaries
and exemplifying a collaborative approach to decarbonize
Canada by 2050."
"We continue to own and operate the first project we built 11
years ago, which supplies all the electricity required by the
community of Atlin, BC, and avoids
about 4400t CO2 per year of diesel emissions," added
Peter Kirby, President & CEO,
Taku Group of Companies. "Once
operational, the electricity produced by this second project will
be exported to the Yukon, and it
will increase dependable renewable hydroelectricity in Yukon by nearly 10% and displace thermal
generation in the process."
SNC-Lavalin recently launched its Vision for Engineering a
Sustainable Society with enhanced Environmental, Social, and
Governance (ESG) targets, including a Routemap to achieving Net
Zero Carbon emissions by 2030. It has also published two reports,
which examine the blueprint to achieve net zero carbon targets by
2050:
Engineering Net Zero Technical Report (Canada)
Engineering Net Zero Summary Report (UK)
About SNC-Lavalin
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