A remote Indigenous community in northern BC is poised to create the first commercial-scale geothermal electricity generating plant in British Columbia, in a project that its chief describes as ‘nation-building’. It will create jobs that will bring people home, power the community and its neighbours, increase food security through a greenhouse, and do it all renewably from a site that used to produce natural gas.

“Fort Nelson First Nation is paving the way in Canada’s emerging geothermal industry—Tu Deh-Kah Geothermal is leading the energy transition and bringing new life to the depleted Clarke Lake gas field,” says Chief Sharleen Gale. “Our people’s future depends on our ability to transform into a renewable-energy economy that can also support food security in our territory. We are proud of the sustainable future we are building for generations to come.”