Yukon Energy gets funding to build battery storage, upgrade transmission line

Battery will allow Yukon Energy to save renewable power for periods of high demand

Sep 05, 2019

Yukon Energy will spend nearly $60 million to build a new battery storage facility in Whitehorse and replace a dilapidated 31-kilometre stretch of the Stewart-Keno transmission line.

The projects, announced Thursday, include $39.2 million in funding from Ottawa, and $19.7 million from the Yukon government and Yukon Energy.

The battery storage will allow Yukon Energy to generate renewable power from its hydro dam in Whitehorse overnight and during periods of low demand and store it in the battery for use when demand is higher.

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