The remote Canadian community of Colville Lake is now powered by a hybrid power system that integrates solar panels with new diesel generation and a Saft Li-ion battery energy system housed in a container including a special cold temperature package. NTPC (Northwest Territories Power Corporation) is a power utility serving 43,000 people spread across 33 communities and 1.1 million square kilometers in northern Canada. The corporation has an ambitious strategic plan to transform the region’s power supply to be cheaper, cleaner and more reliable by replacing expensive diesel generation with renewable energy, especially for remote ‘off-grid’ communities. Expensive diesel generation community switches to solar power One of the most remote communities served by NTPC is Colville Lake, which l

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