The community of Coral Harbour is the proposed location for one of the first utility-scale renewable energy and battery storage systems in the territory of Nunavut. The combined solar energy generation and storage project will be integrated with the community’s microgrid, which operates remotely as part of the regional electrical utility network run by Qulliq Energy Corporation (QEC). The Project is proposed to include a 0.96 MW solar PV installation, with a complementary 1 MWh battery. Together, this system would have the capacity to provide up to 31% of the community’s existing energy demand, displacing an estimated 360,000 L of diesel fuel consumption annually, or more than 10 million litres over the project’s 30-year lifetime. This equates to total carbon emission savings of approximately 28,000 tonnes of CO2. The Project began with the development of the Coral Harbour Community Energy Plan (the CEP), funded through the Indigenous Off Diesel Initiative. The CEP was created in collaboration with community stakeholders and concluded with a community open house hosted in Coral Harbour in June of 2022. Through the work of the CEP, the project team narrowed its carbon reduction focus towards development of a solar PV energy project which will contribute to achieving the community’s renewable energy goals: a clean energy system, capable of displacing fossil fuel consumption on a utility-scale, developed for and operated within Nunavut’s upcoming Independent Power Producer policy. To date, preliminary feasibility work following the creation of the Community Energy Plan has included narrowing of the project scope to an appropriate size and type of energy production, engaging with key stakeholders, selecting a project site, developing the preliminary solar project design, modelling energy output, creating a project budget, and conducting a topographical survey of the project area. The project team has also hired a contractor to conduct upcoming geotechnical assessment work. Further development work is scheduled to take place in 2022-2024. This work will include execution of a geotechnical assessment at the site, detailed design and engineering, securing a land lease, environmental and regulatory permitting, contractor and supplier procurement, and interconnection studies with QEC. The project is also awaiting the release of QEC’s Independent Power Producer policy, currently under development in cooperation with the Government of Nunavut, which is required in order for a non-utility owned energy project to be constructed and operated within Nunavut. Finally, construction of the project is scheduled to take place in 2024. Construction activities will include capital equipment purchases, preparation of the site, contract execution for the delivery and installation of all equipment including the solar array, battery, microgrid controller, and supporting electrical infrastructure, as well as project and development management services, commissioning, and clean up. Permanent structures to be built on the 2.6 ha (6.5 acre) site area will include: solar PV arrays, several inverters, transformers, electrical meters, point of interconnection equipment, battery and battery housing, a microgrid control system, underground and overhead electrical collection systems, and the associated concrete pads for all equipment. Additionally, a new or updated electrical distribution line connecting the project site to the QEC powerhouse may also be required. This project has received funding for early-stage development work through to 2024, and is in the process of seeking additional funding for a portion of the construction activities.