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An electricity battery storage facility said to be the largest in Canada is set to open in two years in Haldimand County with Six Nations of the Grand River and Ottawa as investors. The province said Friday it has directed the Independent Electricity System Operator to enter into a 20-year deal with the Oneida Energy storage project as part of its push for more clean energy supply. ``Today's announcement is one way in which we are doing our part to create a sustainable future, reducing emissions, as well as providing reliable source of green energy for the benefit of all of our families,'' said Six Nations Chief Mark B. Hill at a news conference in Ohsweken. The project, which has been in development for years and is currently under construction, is set to begin operating in
Six Nations Elected Chief Mark Hill and Ontario Premier Doug Ford were part of a national press conference held at The Gathering Place on Six Nations Friday, to announce a provincial and federal investment in the Oneida Energy Storage facility along with Six Nations. TRT
2025 and will more than double the amount of the province's clean energy storage. The project will draw and store electricity offpeak when power demand is low and return it when demand increases. Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation is an investor in the project, said its CEO, Matt Jamieson. ``There's going to be an economic return and
those economic returns will go a long way to help plug things that are important to our community,'' Jamieson said. ``Like right now, we are facing a $1.6 billion infrastructure gap in our community. We can't wait for funding from federal transfer payments, and we need to take control of our destiny and this is one example of how we can do that.'' He said that construc-
tion of the project has put $50 million into the community and the workforce building it is 97 per cent Indigenous. NRStore, Northland Power, Aecon and Tesla are partners in the venture along with the federal government. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Ottawa is investing $50 million more in addition to the $170 million in
funding from the Canada Infrastructure Bank to build the ``largest battery storage project in Canada and one of the largest in the whole world.'' ``This project is going to help create great jobs for people in Ontario,'' Freeland said. ``It will store and supply the clean electricity that our province needs, and it will help create economic opportunities for Indigenous communities like Six Nations.'' Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the project will store up to 250 megawatts of electricity. ``It will more than double our province's energy storage resources, and will provide enough electricity to power a city approximately the size of Oshawa,'' he said, which has a population of 175,000. The province is facing an energy crunch with demand quickly rising due to the proliferation of electric vehicles and increased manufacturer's needs.
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