Partnerships with Indigenous Communities
CA Case Study: Blood Tribe of Alberta
Chief Roy Fox and Tim Tailfeathers take EDFR team
to visit a Medicine Wheel, near the existing EDFR;
Blackspring Ridge site.
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Chief Roy Fox and Tribal Council members visit EDER's
300MW Blackspring Ridge Project in Alberta.
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EDFR has developed a long-lasting and mutually beneficial relationship
with the Blood Tribe (Kainai Nation), in Alberta.
In 2017, we developed the equity partnership, to develop the 250 MW
Cypress Wind Project located near Medicine Hat, AB. (25% of the project
is owned by the Blood Tribe.)
The project is started construction in the summer of 2021 and expected
to be complete by the end of 2022.
The parties have worked closely to develop an opportunities agreement
of over $1 million, to ensure training and long-term job opportunities for
Blood Tribe members.
The opportunities agreement, will result in over 220 Blood Tribe members
trained in; construction, wind turbine maintenance and solar installation.
A second partnership has been formed, to develop the Pe Na Koam 200MW
wind project, which will be located on the Blood Tribe's reserve (the largest
reserve in Canada).
The EDFR development team is working closely with key tribe members, to ensure
siting is sensitive to both on-going agricultural practices, but also to ensure
minimum impacts on traditional plants, medicines and wildlife.
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