New Videos | Friday, February 10, 2012

We have just completed two new videos about two of our projects...Mayo B and our research into Waste to Energy. Take a look and let us know if you have any questions.

Our plan is to produce short videos about all our current major initiatives. It's one more way of sharing information about the work we do here at Yukon Energy.

What Was Said | Thursday, February 9, 2012

In December, we held the second in a series of workshops on the energy options that we are considering. The December session was focussed on biomass (using firekill or bettle kill wood to produce electricity and district heat). The summary of what was said at that workshop and public meeting is now available and we want to share it with you. We welcome your comments on this or any of the other energy options we are investigating.

A Reminder About Tomorrow’s Workshop | Friday, February 3, 2012

A reminder that tomorrow we are holding another in a series of workshops on the Marsh Lake/Southern Lakes Enhanced Storage Concept.

The purpose of this workshop is to provide technical information about the existing Southern Lakes ecosystem and to discuss the potential effects of the storage concept on aquatic and terrestrial species and habitats.

Saturday, February 4, 2012
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Marsh Lake Fire Hall

Door prizes, food and refreshments will be provided.

We are offering free transportation to Carcross and Tagish residents wishing to attend.

To arrange a ride or for more information, call (867) 393-5333 by 4 p.m. this afternoon or email communications@yukonenergy.ca.

The End Product | Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Our newly completed Mayo B hydro plant is now feeding power into our transmission grid. Here are some pictures of the inside of the new power plant. Photo credit: www.archbould.com. 

Photo #1 is an overview of the plant, showing the two hydro generators and turbines (the turbines in royal blue and the generators a greenish-blue colour). Photo #2 is of one of the intakes that allows water to come from an underground pipe (known as the penstock) to the turbine.

LNG Workshop Presentations | Thursday, January 19, 2012

Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday's workshop and public meeting on Liquefied Natural Gas. If you weren't able to be there, all the presentations along with a background paper can be found on our website.

Near-Record Breaking Energy Consumption | Monday, January 16, 2012

With Yukon in an Arctic freeze, we are producing almost 80 megawatts of electricity this morning! We haven't seen those kinds of numbers since the Faro mine was in production in the late 1990s.

But there's some good news. Because we are running our new Mayo B powerhouse plus the new hydro generator at our Aishihik plant (Aishihik 3), we are only having to use diesel to generate about six megawatts of power. Without those two new renewable projects, we'd be faced with generating more than 15 megawatts of diesel-generated power.
 

LNG Public Meeting Reminder | Thursday, January 12, 2012

This is a reminder about a public meeting we have planned for next Wednesday evening. Yukon Energy is looking into using liquefied natural gas to transition from diesel to renewable energy options.

You are invited to join us for a frank and open discussion on this subject:

Wednesday January 18, 2012

Gold Rush Inn (Town Hall Room), Whitehorse

7 - 9 p.m.

There'll be presentations from LNG experts plus you'll have a chance to ask questions and share your views. You might be interested in reading the background paper that has been prepared on this subject.

Is Liquefied Natural Gas an Energy Option for Yukon? | Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Yukon  Energy is looking into the possibility of using Liquefied Natural Gas to transition from diesel to renewable energy options. We'd like you to join us for a open and frank discussion on this subject.

You're invited to a public meeting next Wednesday, January 18th from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Gold Rush Inn (Town Hall Room) in Whitehorse.

There'll be presentations from LNG experts and you'll have a chance to ask questions and share your views. We hope you can join us.

Call 393-5333 for more information.
 

Cause of the Elsa/Keno Outage | Thursday, January 5, 2012

We reported yesterday that we were flying our transmission line between Mayo and Keno yesterday to try to determine the cause of the most recent outage. We did that, and as suspected, we found that heavy snow was the culprit.

We were helped in our sleuthing by an employee of the Alexco mine, who reported seeing a flash of light on the line near the minesite.

We inspected the area, and found that heavy snow had pressed a conduction down onto a crossarm on one of our poles, causing the outage. We cleared the snow from the conduction and returned it to its proper position, and it is now working as it should.

We re-energized the line at 2:12 yesterday afternoon and the Alexco mine had power very shortly after that. We kep the residents of Keno on our back-up generator as a precautionary measure and they remain on diesel for now. We are watching the weather forecasts and will make a decision soon about whether to put Keno back onto our grid.