b'LIQUIFIED NATURAL GASADDITIONAL LGN PROJETS September 2022 only served to empha-size the need for reliable energy part-ners in the future. From a geopolitical While LNG NL is a significant liquid natural gas (LNG) project in Canada involvingperspective, we are a very safe bet to Indigenous partners, it is by no means the only one in the country. Below aredo long-term business with, says Power other notable projects on the West Coasteither in the planning stages oron supplying EU countries with a steady already under constructionwith Indigenous businesses and communitiessource of LNG.playing a key role.Recently, there have been encouraging CEDAR LNG signs that the government is willing to Cedar LNG is a proposed floating LNG facility in Kitimat, B.C., within theaccelerate potential LNG projects to traditional territory of the Haisla Nation. It is a Haisla Nation-owned projectassist the EU energy crisis. Easing the with Pembina Pipeline Corporation and represents the first Indigenous- processes because of the difficulty that majority-owned LNG export facility project in Canada. Once operational, it willGermany is facing to make sure that we produce about three million tonnes of LNG per year for export to the Asiancan move through regulatory hurdles market. Gas will be delivered to the project site through an approximatelymore quickly is something were willing eight-kilometre pipeline that connects to the coastal GasLink pipeline. It willto do, said Trudeau during Scholzs visit be turned to liquid through a chilling process on the floating site and loadedto Canada last fall.onto carriers directly from there. Commercial operations are expected to begin in 2027.In 2021, Germany imported more than KSI LISIMS LNG 27 million tonnes of gas from Russia, Ksi Lisims LNG is another proposed floating LNG export facility on Firstbut when supply via the Nord Stream 1 Nations territory, in this case on a site owned by the Nisgaa Nation nearpipeline was halted in August, it dramat-Gingolx on the northwestern B.C. coast. (Ksi Lisims means from the Nassically dwindled. Norway and France River in the Nisgaa language.) The project represents a unique alliancehave stepped up their supply of gas between the Nisgaa Nation, Rockies LNG and Western LNG. The facilityto Germany in the short term, but a has capacity for 12 million tonnes of LNG per year, destined for markets inlong-term solution to European energy the Pacific basin. It is expected to generate $50 billion in economic activity,needs is required. LNG NL is preparing including creating education, training and employment opportunities forto supply the shortfall once its project First Nation residents. Touted as having one of the lowest carbon intensitiesis operational. of any LNG project in the world, the projects plan is to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions within three years of start-up. The project has,ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS however, recently faced opposition from Lax Kwalaams First Nation, whichThe Newfoundland project boasts that it reportedly withdrew its consent for an environmental assessment due towill be the worlds cleanest LNG source, concerns over its ability to meet net-zero emissions. a claim Power is only happy to back up. What makes LNG NL stand out is not just WOODFIBRE LNGits proximity to the European market (it is Woodfibre LNG is a proposed LNG export facility near Squamish, B.C. It is tohalf the distance to Germany compared be built with consent from Skwx wu7mesh Uxwumixw (Squamish Nation), withto the Gulf of Mexico), but Power says the Nation acting as a full regulator on the project. The construction companyit is the lowest-carbon LNG available. chosen for the projectGraham Constructionis endorsed by the NationEnvironmental awareness and impact are and has strong links to the community. The company plans to hire localincredibly important for EU governments, suppliers, including Squamish vendors for barging, water taxi, waste bins,and LNG NL will be able to produce surveying and vacuum trucks. It also provides hiring priority to SquamishLNG with no net incremental emissions.Nation members. Once operational in 2027, Woodfibre will be able to export up to 2.1 million tonnes of LNG per year.LNG CANADALNG Canada is a consortium of some of the worlds largest fossil fuel companies, and its investment of $40 million in a liquified natural gas project in B.C. represents one of the largest energy investments in Canadian history. It includes a liquification and export facility currently under construction on Haisla Nation in Kitimat, which is expected to open up numerous job opportunities for First Nation residents, allowing them to remain on their traditional territory. The facility includes LNG processing units, storage tanks, a rail yard and a water treatment facility. The first phase is expected to be operational in 2025.22A CCAB PUBLICATION2023'