Electric Vehicle and Smart Heating Opportunities in Yukon and NWT

在育空地区，三分之二用于交通和取暖的能源来自化石燃料。为了减少该地区对化石燃料的依赖，育空政府制定了几项雄心勃勃的政策，以确保该地区2030年的温室气体排放量比2010年的水平低30%，他们的目标是到2050年实现碳中和。这些政策的基石之一是广泛采用电动汽车和智能电加热技术，如热泵和电储热装置。到2030年，育空政府的目标是至少有4800辆电动汽车注册并上路，约占该地区注册车辆的八分之一，并安装各种住宅智能电采暖，如电储热装置，育空保护协会正在进行试点。这些智能电加热负载和电动汽车快速充电器与育空地区隔离电力系统设计的传统住宅电力负载相比，具有不同的能量和功率特性。这些清洁能源技术将给电力系统带来前所未有的挑战。电蓄热试点项目已经遇到了许多技术瓶颈，当地的公用事业公司——育空能源公司和ATCO育空电力公司——预计他们只是触及了表面。为了实现育空地区政府的温室气体减排目标，育空地区能源公司、ATCO电力育空地区、育空地区政府和育空保护协会渴望与育空大学合作，不仅要确定电力系统中可能阻碍这些绿色倡议实现的具体瓶颈，还要开发新的解决方案和具体的基础设施升级，以减轻这些技术障碍。这项工作的结果将影响当地公用事业的运营预算，并确定实现温室气体排放目标的政策。尽管育空地区迫切需要解决这些挑战，但这也是西北地区等其他北部司法管辖区所关注的问题。NT能源公司热衷于在该项目的第二年与育空大学合作，通过新颖的解决方案解决西北地区电动汽车快速充电器和智能供暖的具体瓶颈。

Within the Yukon, two thirds of the energy used for transportation and heating comes from fossil fuels. To reduce the territory's reliance on fossil fuels, Yukon Government has developed several ambitious policies to ensure that the territory's greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 are 30% lower than 2010 levels and they are aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050. One of the cornerstones of these policies is the widespread adoption of electric vehicles and smart electric heating technologies, such as heat pumps and electric thermal storage units. By 2030, Yukon Government aims to have at least 4800 electric vehicles registered and on the road - constituting approximately 1 in 8 registered vehicles within the territory - as well as installing a wide variety of residential smart electric heating such as electric thermal storage units, which are being piloted by Yukon Conservation Society. These smart electric heating loads and electric vehicle fast chargers have different energy and power characteristics than traditional residential electrical loads for which Yukon's isolated power system was designed. These clean energy technologies will bring challenges to the electric power system that the utilities have not faced before. Many technical bottlenecks have already been encountered with the electric thermal storage pilot project, and the local utilities - Yukon Energy Corporation and ATCO Electric Yukon - anticipate that they are just scratching the surface. In order to meet Yukon Government's greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, Yukon Energy Corporation, ATCO Electric Yukon, Yukon Government, and Yukon Conservation Society are eager to work with Yukon University on not only identifying the specific bottlenecks in the electric power system that could prevent these green initiatives from coming to fruition, but also developing novel solutions and specific infrastructure upgrades to mitigate these technical barriers. The results of this work will impact the operating budget of the local utilities and identify policies to meet greenhouse gas emission targets. While there is a burgeoning demand for a solution to these challenges in the Yukon, this is also a concern for other northern jurisdictions such as the Northwest Territories. NT Energy is keen on working with Yukon University in Year 2 of this project to address the specific bottlenecks for electric vehicle fast chargers and smart heating in the Northwest Territories through novel solutions.