NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Gall, Patrick N.
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5159. The objective of this wind monitoring proposal is to continue to measure the wind energy potential at CN Hill (approximately 130 km from Yellowknife) until the site is next serviced and the equipment removed. This is part of an alternative energy study for the Yellowknife area. Wind data will be collected using instru...

Principal Investigator: Gall, Patrick N.
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5158. The goal of this project is to verify that wind LiDaR technology has reached a suitable maturity that it can be used in place of a meteorological tower to perform wind resource assessment in subarctic and arctic conditions. The study will use an existing NRG 60m Meteorological tower located in Norman Wells, and a ...

Principal Investigator: Gall, Patrick N.
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5156. The objective of this solar resource monitoring campaign is to calibrate existing local solar resource monitoring equipment as well as confirm data available through various national and international solar irradiance databases such as the Canadian Weather Energy and Engineering Dataset (CWEEDS). Providing this calibr...

Principal Investigator: Gall, Patrick N.
Licensed Year(s): 2021 2020 2019 2018
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4927. Aurora Research Institute (ARI) will determine the economic, social, and environmental value from local production of pellets for biomass boilers. During this study ARI work with an industry partner to valuate and improve the quality of the product, and measure the efficiency and maintenance costs imposed by the cardb...