Progress is underway on the new grid-scale battery energy storage system located in Whitehorse. Once complete, the battery storage system will help Yukon Energy meet peak demands for electricity during the winter and improve reliability. A new transmission line will connect the battery system to the Whitehorse Rapids Generating Station and the Yukon grid. The project is being carried…
Learn moreIn the future, buying power from the Atlin Hydro Expansion project would increase the amount of dependable renewable electricity available in Yukon to meet winter peaks for power and growing demands for energy. The project has the potential to add 8 megawatts of dependable capacity to Yukon’s grid. That’s about the same as…
Learn moreYukon Energy will build two new thermal power centres and one new substation in the Whitehorse area to meet electricity needs until 2040. Demands for electricity in the Yukon are increasing faster than firm sources of renewable electricity can be built. The Yukon’s population is growing and, with it, the…
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