{"id":18421,"date":"2016-12-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/toward-energy-solutions-for-northern-regions\/"},"modified":"2020-11-17T10:48:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:48:26","slug":"toward-energy-solutions-for-northern-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/en\/news\/toward-energy-solutions-for-northern-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Toward energy solutions for northern regions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Emphasis should be on the energy needs of companies and communities rather than locally available resources. Furthermore, social acceptability and active involvement of the aboriginal communities are key to developing renewable energy in the North. These were two main takeaways that emerged from the workshop on defining energy solutions for northern regions held at INRS on December 9, 2016, in the wake of the\u00a0international research cooperation agreement between Quebec and Iceland.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jos\u00e9 Acu\u00f1a Sequra (KTH Royal Institute of Technology \u00e0 Stockholm), Ren\u00e9 Therrien (Universit\u00e9 Laval), Louis Gosselin (Universit\u00e9 Laval), F\u00e9lix-Antoine Comeau (Institut national de la recherche scientifique), \u00d3li Gr\u00e9tar Bl\u00f6ndal Sveinsson (Landsvirkjun), Jasmin Raymond (Institut national de la recherche scientifique), Ren\u00e9 Roy (Ouranos), Ga\u00e9tan Lantagne (Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec), Hakim Nesreddine (Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec), Juliet Ann Newson (Universit\u00e9 de Reykjavik), Ari Kristinn J\u00f3nsson (Universit\u00e9 de Reykjavik), Sigr\u00fan Nanna Karlsd\u00f3ttir (Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Islande).<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The workshop, which brought together INRS (which initiated the agreement), Universit\u00e9 Laval, Reykjavik University, University of Iceland, Landsvirkjun (Iceland\u2019s national power company), Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s Research Institute (IREQ), and Ouranos Consortium, was an opportunity for university partners and energy producers to discuss and define collaborative projects aimed at replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy, not only to preserve the environment but also to reduce price volatility. Participants highlighted the importance of improving:<\/p>\n\n\n\n