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The proposed water power plant northeast of Iqaluit that would replace all of the city’s diesel-generated electricity could be operational by 2033, says Jess Puddister, manager of strategy and operations at Nunavut Nukkiksautiit Corp.
“We will no longer have to depend on southern companies to provide us with the means to generate energy,” she said during a public meeting at the Aqsarnitt hotel in Iqaluit Tuesday night attended by more than 50 people, including Premier P.J. Akeeagok, Justice Minister David Akeeagok and Iqaluit MLAs George Hickes and Adam Arreak Lightstone.
Hydroelectric power generation uses moving water to turn turbines, which spin to produce electricity. The project would include an approximately 50-metre-high dam and a powerhouse built along the Kuugaluk River, about 60 kilometres northeast of Iqaluit.
Nunavut Nukkiksautiit Corp. is an Inuit-owned subsidiary of Qikiqtaaluk Corp. It started work on the hydroelectric plant in 2022. Qulliq Energy Corp. initiated the project, but in 2014 it was put on hold due to a lack of funding.