Renewables in Remote Communities

Renewable energy provides a pathway to energy security.

Across Canada, remote communities rely on diesel fuel to heat and power their homes. This reliance creates local health, environmental, and economic inequities for these communities.

The transition to renewable and clean energy disrupts this reliant relationship and provides a pathway for healthier communities, strengthens local decision-making, and advances federal, provincial, and territorial commitments toward climate action and reconciliation. 

The transition to clean energy will bring a wide range of benefits to remote communities. However, the work to get there is not easy.  

We support remote and Indigenous energy leaders and communities as they embark on a clean energy transformation, by:

• Developing tools and resources;
• Holding workshops and webinars;
• Helping build technical and policy capacity in communities

For over two decades, our Remote Communities Program has carried out extensive research on diesel reduction, clean energy financing, Indigenous rights, and more. Through this work, we highlight how the clean energy transition is full of opportunities for community and business development, and more reliable energy.