Click to learn more about Solar Electricity.

Use photovoltaic cells (PV) to transform sunlight into electricity.

Solar panels should face south where they will get lots of sunlight.

Solar panels work in any temperature.

Funding is available through the Alternative Energy Technologies Program and for community funded and non-profit organizations through the Energy Conservation Program.

The Nunavut Arctic College has had PV panels installed since 1995.

Click to learn more about Wind Turbines.

Wind turbines use wind to generate electricity.

The winds turns the blades and the blades turn a generator.

Funding is available through the Alternative Energy Technologies Program as well as the Energy Conservation Program for community funded and non-profit organizations.

The image to the right shows the wind turbine in Rankin Inlet.