The Kokish Facility: A Unique Partnership

摘要

The Kokish hydroelectric facility is located on northeastern Vancouver Island, approximately 15 km east of Port Mc-Neill, British Columbia. This run-of-river facility is owned and operated by Kwagis Power - a partnership between Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners and the 'Namgis First Nation. Commissioned in 2014, Kokish has an installed capacity of 45 MW and can generate enough clean renewable energy to power 13,000 homes annually. The project has been 20 years in the making, as Brookfield Renewable purchased the water rights interests on the Kokish River in 1995. The Kokish watershed has seen over 100 years of industrial activity including logging, saw milling, mining and aquaculture but never a hydroelectric facility.