Old Crow is a First Nation community of approximately 260 people located north of the Arctic Circle without permanent road access. The community relies on diesel generators and a new 940 kW solar plant for their electricity.

3EYOND Consulting was mandated to evaluate the technical and financial potential of wind energy to reduce diesel consumption as much as possible.

• Grant Writing and Funding Application
• Pre-feasibility Study
• Construction and Commissioning Management
• Operational Maintenance and Support

• Size a power generation system in a microgrid / remote community
• Operate and maintain a MET mast in a remote arctic location
• Consider severe icing formation in winter impacting power generation
• No access road to community

• Secure grant funding
• Evaluate of wind energy potential for two potential sites
• Determine the wind turbine size and number of turbines
• Determine energy storage requirement
• Evaluate the business case
• Support community consultation process
• Provide construction management for wind monitoring (MET tower) installation
• Support Operation and Maintenance of the MET tower with online platform

• Wind measurement on-going since November 2020
• Wind farm of about 750 kW with energy storage would increase renewable energy penetration above 80%
• Small turbines (100 kW) likely not practical for Old Crow