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RAPAPORT... The Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (NAPEG) selected Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. as its 2013 ''Environmental Excellence'' award winner. The purpose of the award is to recognize NAPEG members, individuals or organizations who have applied environmental excellence to efforts undertaken within the Northwest Territories or Nunavut in Canada. The Diavik Diamond Mine was selected for installing a wind farm at its remote off-grid mining site. The wind farm began delivering power to the mine’s grid in September 2012, and is projected to lower the mine’s diesel fuel consumption by approximately 4 million liters per year, in turn reducing the mine’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 12,000 tonnes per year, according to the miner. This facility is the first large-scale wind farm in the Northwest Territories and, with the successful commissioning, Diavik now operates the world’s largest wind-diesel hybrid power facility. “Diavik looked at local and renewable power supply options such as wind and the wind farm was scoped to maximize the amount of diesel offset, while maintaining a high level of grid stability and reliable power generation,” said John Carr, the chair of NAPEG’s environment committee. Carr presented the award to Diavik Diamond Mines' manager of sustaining capital projects, Grant Stewart, in Yellowknife on May 15. Niels Kristensen, Diavik Diamond Mines' president, said, ''We are extremely pleased to have been recognized by NAPEG for our wind farm. Numerous teams across our operations worked extremely hard on this project. Driving us was our commitment to integrating renewable energy into our mine operations.'' View a short video on the project at diavik.ca under the website's ''quick links'' section.
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