Overview
- The Department of National Defence awarded a $187 million energy‑performance contract to MCW Custom Energy Solutions to upgrade 5 Wing Goose Bay, in a deal announced Wednesday that sets work to start in May 2026 and finish by December 2030.
- The upgrade will replace diesel heat with electric boilers that draw on Labrador’s hydro grid and will add new control systems and utility metering.
- Ottawa projects about $8.6 million in yearly energy savings at the base and a cut of roughly 19,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases.
- Goose Bay is identified as a site in a planned NORAD northern basing program that could bring up to $8 billion to the facility over time.
- The broader plan outlines $32 billion for northern airfields and support sites and includes nine more energy‑performance contracts worth over $650 million over the next three to five years.