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Rankin Inlet will soon become the largest independent power producer in Nunavut thanks to the installation of solar panels on the community’s new arena.

The hamlet planned to develop the system as part of Qulliq Energy Corporation’s new Commercial and Institutional Power Producer program (CIPP), which is designed to allow existing commercial and institutional customers to generate electricity using renewable energy systems and sell it to the corporation.

“Rankin can now pride itself to not only be the first to take part in the CIPP but also the largest solar system in Nunavut,” said Klaus Dohring the president of Green Sun Rising Inc., which installed the panels.

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Klaus took the unique opportunity of bicycling on the frozen, Arctic Ocean during our latest Diesel-reduction solar PV system installations in the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories. Tuk is located at the end of the ITH (Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway or Northwest Territories Highway 10) which is the first all-weather road to Canada’s Arctic coast. You can see just how challenging cycling in those conditions can be.

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A First Nation community school in northern B.C. has been granted provincial funds for a solar energy project that aims to reduce reliance on fossil-fuel generators.

“Our CleanBC goal is to reduce diesel consumption for power generation in remote communities by 80 per cent by 2030,” said Bruce Ralston, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources in a press release.

“By building partnerships and creating opportunities with Indigenous communities and businesses, we can help remote communities get off diesel and benefit from more efficient, healthier and cleaner fuel sources.”

For questions and inquiries, you can contact us through our contact page, by phone at 519-946-0408, or email us at info@greensunrising.com.

Although the majority of solar cooking occurs closer to the equator where the sun is strongest, it doesn’t limit the usefulness of solar cookers to those areas exclusively. Looking at the SCI distribution map, one can see cookers as far south as Wellington, New Zealand to as far north as Tuktoyaktuk, Canada. This may come as a surprise, but did you know that solar cooking can also be effective in the Arctic? Klaus Dohring has traveled to some of the northernmost communities in Canada and used that opportunity to demonstrate the effectiveness of solar cookers, then donating them to those communities.

Klaus is a member and frequent visitor of the Bike Kitchen. His work often takes him up north in Canada, where he works to make solar energy available to northern communities. Not one to turn down a way to bring bikes into the adventure, he frequently slips a bike or two into the shipping crate before he leaves.

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A man who owns a solar energy company in Windsor has been installing generating systems all over the Canadian Arctic. And lately he’s been taking bicycles with him, and leaving them behind for people who live there. Tony Doucette talks to Klaus Dohring about his dual fascinations, the Arctic and bikes.

Students in Tuktoyaktuk are gearing up to assemble a new solar cooker donated by a green entrepreneur with a long history in the north.

In the solar energy business for 13 years, Klaus Dohring started getting involved in projects in the Arctic about eight years ago. Since then, he’s set up dozens of solar power systems and donated solar cookers to several communities, including in Paulatuk and now Mangilaluk School in Tuktoyaktuk.

“Finding an adhesive cold weather tape that can mount aluminum profiles in frigid sub-zero temperatures (-25C to -30C) without them falling down prior to fastening them permanently was a challenge,” says Dohring. That is until they found ECHOtape. “The extreme cold properties allow us to seal the aluminum profile against the metal façade at the point where the bolt penetrates the metal.”

This year has been very difficult for many of us because of the global pandemic. This is why we want to extend an extra special happy holidays and New Year 2021 to all of you and your loved ones! Stay safe and take care. Don’t forget to spend time with friends and family – even if it’s only virtual this year! 💻🎅🎄❄

Business owners are pivoting to sustainable practices amid environmental concerns. Consumers are interested in buying from environmentally friendly companies, with a Harvard Business Review survey finding 65 per cent of people want to buy from sustainable brands.

Klaus Dohring is the president of Green Sun Rising, a local solar panel provider at 1680 Kildare Rd. in Windsor. He said an obstacle to adopting sustainable practices is cost.