Great Spirit clean energy project to go ahead

Paul First Nation and Focus Equities Inc. intend to move forward with connecting the proposed 1,000 MW Great Spirit Power Project to the Alberta grid. The new combined cycle, clean burning natural gas-fired power plant is proposed for the Paul First Nation’s industrial park, with construction of the facility to be completed in 2017. Paul First Nation and Focus Equities signed a memorandum of understanding last November to jointly develop the project. “As a Nation that lives in the shadow of large, aging coal plants, we are proud to be a part of such an environmentally-friendly project …at a time when Alberta First Nations are all striving for greater economic self-sufficiency and diversification, and real economic opportunity for participating First Nations,” said Paul First Nation Chief Casey Bird, in a news release.