Barge delays didnSA国际影视传媒檛 just limit the amount of fuel available in the the communities of Ulukhaktok, Paulatuk and Sachs Harbour this year.

Green Sun Rising owner Klaus Dohring had plans to install four solar arrays in Ulukhaktok SA国际影视传媒� enough to save the community 16,800 litres in diesel per year and avoid 44,300 kilograms of Carbon Dioxide emissions, but the three week delay in arrival meant he ended up paying a technician to sit around.

SA国际影视传媒淏ecause of the terrible delay in the barge, our teams were only able to do two out of four installations,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淲e had planned to do Tsiigehtchic and Ulukhaktok one after the other. Initial plan was we would be starting in Ulukhaktok. We went by what the barge service told us SA国际影视传媒� but then there was delay, delay, delay, delay, delay SA国际影视传媒� in total three weeks delayed. So we changed plans and did Tsiigehtchic first and split the team.

SA国际影视传媒淚 sent two people to Ulukhaktok expecting the barge would arrive when they said it would be there. They ended up sitting there doing nothing. Nine days they were idle.SA国际影视传媒�

Ulukhaktok will now have to wait until the spring, when Dohring said he intends to drive up the Dempster Highway with a trailer of equipment to finish the job.

ItSA国际影视传媒檚 the lone grey cloud on an otherwise sunny year for Green Sun Rising, which also installed a 10 kW solar array in Grise Fiord on Elsmere Island SA国际影视传媒� saving 3,000 litres of diesel per year in North AmericaSA国际影视传媒檚 northernmost civilian settlement. Here in the Beaufort Delta, TsiigehtchicSA国际影视传媒檚 water treatment plant and maintenance garage installed 3 kW and 15 kW systems, which Dohring said would save the community approximately 5,000 L of diesel per year.

While the solar arrays arenSA国际影视传媒檛 useful for much more than decoration in the dark winter months, during the endless days of Arctic summers their energy output can be as high as at the equator, offsetting the fossil fuels currently used for generating power. Dohring added he can monitor the solar arraysSA国际影视传媒� output from his base in Windsor Ont. and catch any malfunctions right away.

He said he could be saving people in the Delta a lot more fuel if the Northwest Territories Power Corporation would let him.

SA国际影视传媒淭siigehtchic had limitations from the grid side SA国际影视传媒� we basically used what we could and distributed between the two sides,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淔or the garage, weSA国际影视传媒檙e at the maximum the utility allows for net metering, which is 15 kW, and the water treatment plant is only three kW - thatSA国际影视传媒檚 really dinky little. When the system in Ulukhaktok is done it will be a total of four solar installations SA国际影视传媒� Hamlet Office 15kW, Mechanic Shop 15kW, 3-Bay Garage eight kW and Fire Hall seven kW. Combined 45kW alternating current is the maximum capacity that NTPC presently allows for Ululukhaktok, so we are maxing it out. Annual combined generation calculated at 58,691 kW hour.

SA国际影视传媒淲e can do more. We did a 110 kW system in Rankin Inlet last year and that has made 30,000 kW hours this year SA国际影视传媒� that translates into 22,000L saved. ThatSA国际影视传媒檚 diesel in the community, not including the energy it takes to get it there.SA国际影视传媒�

Dohring added over the last eight years his company has installed 48 solar systems in diesel-using communities across the North. Together, that amounts to 330,000 L of diesel not burned for electricity in the summer, which the community can put towards other needs such as winter heating or hunting expeditions. Dohring first started Green Sun Rising in 2007.

Among the places heSA国际影视传媒檚 installed solar arrays are all four major communities in Nunatsiavut in Northern Labrador.

Practically free electricity may not be spreading in the NWT as fast as Dohring would like, but Nunavut is keeping him plenty busy. Next year heSA国际影视传媒檚 planning to install 115kW and 150kW systems in Pond Inlet, offsetting tens of thousands of litres of diesel.

He also plans to be back in the Delta before spring break-up to move the Ulukhaktok project along.

SA国际影视传媒淭he material is all there,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淲eSA国际影视传媒檒l try to do that early.

SA国际影视传媒淲e have been doing this more and longer than anyone else.SA国际影视传媒�