How Canada’s biggest energy storage project got built

Published: May 21, 2025

On this episode of WONK, host Amanda Lang talks to the driving forces behind the Oneida Energy Storage Project about Indigenous partnership and the secrets to their success

One of the biggest clean energy storage facilities in the world — the Oneida Energy Storage Project in Ontario — connected to the grid this month. It’s a big clean energy win, but it’s also a model for how Indigenous partnerships can drive energy projects in Canada. The driving forces behind the project, Matt Jamieson, president and chief executive officer of Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation, and Annette Verschuren, chair and CEO of NRStor, talk to host Amanda Lang about the challenges they faced and why their project represents the future of how to get big infrastructure projects built.

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