Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This project examines the factors for success of alternative energy initiatives in remote northern Indigenous communities, and the link between northern community energy and resilience. The case study, in the Gwich'in village of Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, focuses upon a biomass boiler district heating project that provides renewable heat fuelled by local wood chips, and… more Full Text: ENERGY RESILIENCE IN NORTHERN COMMUNITIES: CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR SUSTAINABLE NORTHERN ENERGY A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts …