Posted: Jan 23, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 23 A file photo of solar panels in Colville Lake, N.W.T. Nihtat Energy Ltd. was recently awarded $800,000 for two solar projects in and around Inuvik. (John Last/CBC) Less gas, more green. That is the motto behind the Indigenous Off-Diesel Initiative, a federal program that recently awarded $800,000 toward green energy projects in Inuvik — one of the biggest consumers of diesel in the north. The money was awarded to Grant Sullivan, president of Nihtat Energy Ltd., a Gwich'in development corporation. Sullivan said he is hopeful to put the money to use this summer.