A 2020 report by national not-for-profit organization Indigenous Clean Energy Social Enterprise identified 197 medium-to-large renewable energy generating projects with Indigenous involvement, either in operation or in the final stages of planning and construction.
“They’re the largest asset owners, outside of utilities,” Henderson said. “Indigenous communities across the country right now are, quite literally, the largest change agents for clean energy.” “We can’t have a net-zero transition without continued and growing Indigenous participation,” Henderson said. “If you’re going to modernize the electricity grid, you’re going to be using land, which means you’re going to have to work with the Indigenous communities whose land it is.”Article content
Indigenous communities are also asserting that right, increasingly seeking to get involved in clean energy projects as full owners.Article content Henderson said Canada’s energy and electricity sectors have historically been dominated by large oil and gas companies, large utilities, and governments.Article content
gunna be a sad day when the community realizes this provides little to nothing for their community and what they could have done instead with those millions upon millions of dollars wasted on this vanity project for white privileged people
Of course the solar project connects to the grid...why doesn't the article mention storage?...if you're using the grid as storage, why not just use the grid?