Project Experience

Midgard advised the Nisga'a Lisims Government (an aboriginal government with a modern treaty located in British Columbia, Canada), regarding the technical and commercial development of the Anudol hydroelectric project.  The project goals included developing both improved local reliability through islanding and black start (i.e., micro-grid equivalent) capability for multiple Nisga'a communities. During the pre-feasibility stage, Midgard studied the Anudol Project as both as an 8.5 MW run-of-river project and as a 12 MW project with potential storage benefit. The analysis included preliminary hydrology and energy estimates, cost estimations, financial analysis, interconnection study, potential black-start, and grid islanding (micro-grid) capability.  The development plan identified key policy, financial, technical, and environmental challenges. Midgard also advised the client in negotiations with BC Hydro, the provincial regulated electrical utility, on the means to secure the rights for a hydroelectric energy purchase agreement. In the pre-feasibility study, two alternatives were proposed to interconnect the project with BC Hydro, Interconnection Option 1 assumed a simple tap into existing 25 kV distribution feeder and Interconnection Option 2 assumed a new dedicated 25 kV power line to the Aiyansh substation.