Rural communities and First Nations can now access new information and tools to help them explore green energy opportunities with the launch of a dedicated website for the Green Energy as a Rural Development Tool Project.
The Green Energy project was designed to develop and circulate new information and tools that will assist rural communities and First Nations in exploring the economic opportunities around green energy development.
The multi-year project will complete case studies on successful green energy projects and develop and circulate information and tools that will help assist rural communities and First Nations in developing Green Energy projects. All information developed as part of the project will be made available on the project website.
The Green Energy project was created and funded by a partnership that includes the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition, Columbia Basin Trust, the Omineca Beetle Action Coalition, the Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition (SIBAC), the federal government’s Rural Partnership and the provincial government’s Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic Response Branch.
“The green-energy sector has significant potential to contribute to rural economic development,” added Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett, who is the parliamentary secretary for rural communities.
“We are pleased to support this project in partnership with the BACs, the Columbia Basin Trust and the federal government.”
The Beetle Action Coalitions were created in 2005-2006 to develop and implement mitigation plans to help communities impacted by the mountain pine beetle epidemic. SIBAC is managing the Green Energy as a Rural Development Tool project on behalf of the project partners.
To read a new case study report on the District of Lake Country’s successful micro-hydro power plant and other Green Energy information resources, visit the Rural BC Green Energy website at www.ruralbcgreenenergy.com.
