NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Noble, Bram F
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5799. The overall goal of the Community Appropriate Sustainable Energy Security (CASES) Partnership is to co-create and broker the knowledge, understanding, and capacity to design, implement and manage renewable energy systems that support and enhance social and economic values in northern and Indigenous communities. The P...

Principal Investigator: Ross, Michael
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5488. The objectives of this project are: 1. To assess the integration of the wind energy project into the Hamlet of Paulatuk electric power system. 2. To perform a field review of the Paulatuk electrical power system, develop an electric power system model in relevant software, analyze/simulate the electric power system ...

Principal Investigator: Raymond, Jasmin
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5553. The research proposed in this application aims to reduce the consumption of petroleum products used for heating. Indeed, the objective of the proposed project is to develop resources and advance the maturity of technologies associated with the direct use of geothermal energy in Canada. What is targeted is the direct u...

Principal Investigator: Collier, Joe
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5529. The objective is to identify these technical obstacles within specific neighborhoods that anticipate high rates of EV and smart heating unit adoption. We will model these neighborhoods in high detail and present our stakeholders with a suite of possible solutions to any encountered challenges. The Yukon portion of ...

Principal Investigator: Schwarz, David
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5482. The objective of this project is to conduct a solar resource assessment monitoring campaign at the Inuvik Satellite Station Facility (ISSF). NRG Systems designs solar resource assessment systems that suit a variety of climates, terrains, and applications. Aurora Research Institute (ARI) is currently in the process ...

Principal Investigator: Schwarz, David
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5366. The objective of this project is to conduct a wind and solar resource assessment monitoring campaign in the community of Paulatuk, NT. Lidar has emerged as a powerful tool to remotely sense wind characteristics via measurement of the Doppler shift of light emitted by the lidar and scattered back from particles in ...

Principal Investigator: Schwarz, David
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5384. The objectives of this project are to conduct wind and solar resource assessment monitoring campaigns in the communities of Fort McPherson and Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories. Lidar has emerged as a powerful tool to remotely sense wind characteristics via measurement of the Doppler shift of light emitted by the...

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: Fiess, Kathryn M
Licensed Year(s): 2020
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4819. The objective of the project is to develop reliable approaches to estimate the geothermal potential of flooded mines, using the Con Mine as a field example, and contributing to the development of renewable energy alternatives to the benefit of the Northwest Territories. The geothermal potential of a flooded mine mostl...