Kingston Solar wraps up Canada’s largest solar project

Kingston Solar wraps up Canada’s largest solar project

Chances are that the new record for the largest bond financing by a Canadian-based solar power company will stand for longer than the previous record. It was back in June that Grand Renewable Solar LP’s closed the book on a $612.7 million financing that provided investors with a yield of 3.926 per cent.

Financial Post – Financial Post – PV-Tech

Windstream aims to complete cancelled wind farm

Windstream Energy LLC, the company that recently won $25-million in damages from a NAFTA tribunal because its offshore wind farm was cancelled by the Ontario government, says it still wants to go ahead with the project. The proposed 100-turbine wind farm, planned for five kilometres off Kingston in Lake Ontario, is still viable Windstream director David Mars said.

Globe and Mail – Canadian Manufacturing

GM buys world’s largest wind turbine blade manufacturer

General Electric is buying one of the world’s largest wind turbine blade manufacturers, LM Wind Power, for $1.65 billion.  The acquisition will allow GE to bring wind turbine blade design in-house to drive down cost faster than it would have with LM Wind as an independent supplier, according to Jérôme Pécresse, president and CEO of GE Renewable Energy.

Green Tech Media

Tesla and Panasonic announce solar cell partnership

Tesla and Panasonic have signed a non-binding letter of intent to collaborate on the manufacture and production of photovoltaic cells and modules in SolarCity’s Buffalo, NY, facility.

Energy Manager Today

Wal-Mart leads in corporate adaptation of solar

The leading corporate adopter of solar doesn’t hail from California, as might be expected, but from Bentonville, Arkansas.

Green Tech Media

Google’s sustainability head talks solar

Managing sustainability for one of the nation’s leading tech giants sounds impressive enough, but Kate Brandt used to do that for the leader of the free world.

Green Tech Media

Would you like solar with that Airbnb?

Airbnb Inc. is teaming up with SolarCity Corp. to encourage the home-sharing company’s hosts to install solar-panel systems.

Bloomberg News

	U of Vic studying ocean wave energy potential
	The University of Victoria has reeled in funding to support research into the potential of ocean waves to generate clean, renewable and affordable electricity.
	Saanich News, October 18, 2016

 

Renewable Choice Energy celebrates 15 years in business

Renewable Choice Energy, a leading global provider of clean energy products and services to the commercial & industrial (C&I) sector, announced this week that it is celebrating its 15^th anniversary.

Renewable Choice Energy

NEB report: Canada a world leader in renewable power

Canada is a world leader in renewable power and generates almost two-thirds of its electricity from renewable sources according to a new report released by the National Energy Board (NEB).

Globe-Net

Clean technology makes “staggering progress” in U.S.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has been charting the progress of five key green technologies since 2008: LED lighting; electric vehicle; wind power; utility-scale solar PV; and distributed solar.

Green Biz

Fortis closes massive U.S. acquisition

Fortis Inc. made its latest foray into the U.S. electric transmission system at just the right time, its top executive said Friday.

Financial Post

Here are the six latest trends in utilities

Last month utilities, renewable energy developers, financiers, major corporations, NGOs and others came together in Santa Clara, California, at GreenBiz’s annual VERGE conference for its inaugural “Utility of the Future” summit.

Green Biz

Distributed energy generation challenges traditional utilities

The growth of distributed energy generation — particularly in the form of solar energy — leaves the aging, monopolistic electric utility system a daunting choice.

Green Biz

U.S. examining microgrids’ role within wholesale energy markets

Federal regulators next month will begin looking at how to compensate multi-use energy storage, a move that could lead to new inroads for microgrids and batteries in wholesale markets.

Microgrid Knowledge

Global energy efficiency continues to make gains

A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) highlights the progress made by energy efficiency policies around the world over the past year, particularly in China and other emerging economies.

Globe-Net

Companies in the news

Fortis lists on the New York Stock Exchange

Utility giant Fortis Inc. marked its entrance to the world of Wall Street Tuesday morning, when its CEO rang the morning bell to open the New York Stock Exchange.

CBC News

Renewable Energy

North Vancouver, Enbridge win Smart Energy Communities Awards

QUEST announced the winners for the 2016 Smart Energy Communities Awards, which were presented at QUEST’s 10th Annual Awards and Gala in Calgary.

ReNew Canada

How communities are getting involved in power generation

In the San Francisco Bay Area, a major shift is quietly taking place in how local governments facing aggressive climate targets pursue increasingly in-demand renewable energy.

Green Biz

Maximize your investment in renewable energy

More businesses are focusing on the concept of “additionality,” or making sure their money truly makes a dent in new renewable energy capacity — especially as the financial conditions for investment are also becoming more favorable.

Green Biz

Clean energy, public art meet in new designs

When the topic of energy infrastructure comes up, works of art don’t usually come to mind.

Yale Environment 360

Company pilots hydrogen from solar power, polluted water

HyperSolar believes it has the next step for producing low-cost, scalable, renewable hydrogen, with the source being polluted or dirty water, and the energy from the sun.

Treehugger

How communities are getting involved in power generation

In the San Francisco Bay Area, a major shift is quietly taking place in how local governments facing aggressive climate targets pursue increasingly in-demand renewable energy.

Green Biz

Market reports and research

U.S. interest grows in Canadian hydro resources

Several projects underway across America, including a successful Minnesota model, show the Northeast how to overcome traditional siting challenges to access Canadian hydroelectric resources.

Green Tech Media

Solar energy

US Energy Department pushes for community-shared solar

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced this July that it plans to host an event to bring together local bankers and regulators to discuss expanding community-shared solar nationally.

Clean Energy Finance Forum

U.S. utilities pursue solar projects in New Mexico

Two utilities with large stakes in the renewable energy, just laid the groundwork for an even bigger piece of the pie.

Environmental Leader

Geothermal

Orphaned oil wells could be repurposed for geothermal

There are still questions to answer. But Alberta could generate clean electrical energy – and reduce its “orphan” well issues – by adopting new geothermal technology.

Lethbridge Herald

France launches country’s first marine geothermal power station

French utility Engie (EPA:ENGI) on Monday evening inaugurated France’s first marine geothermal power station in Marseille.

See News

Electrical grids and transmission

EU approves mandatory electric car chargers for residential construction

The European Union has just approved regulations requiring that an electric car charger be included in every new and renovated home and all apartment buildings starting in 2019.

Gas2

Hydro One gets green light for power company purchase

The Ontario Energy Board has approved Hydro One’s $373-million deal to buy Great Lakes Power Transmission, which operates north and east of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

CBC News

Linked microgrids project gains U.S. federal support

Pittsburgh’s smart city project, one that includes a grid of microgrids, last week won an $11 million grant from the Department of Transportation.

Microgrid Knowledge

New investments point to up-and-coming microgrid market

The fledgling microgrid industry eagerly awaits indicators that it is coming of age. And now two recent microgrid investments indicate it may be on its way.

Microgrid Knowledge

New technology and products

German battery company, Sonnen, raises new venture capital

Sonnen, the German startup that’s taking on Tesla in the business of behind-the-meter batteries for solar-equipped homes, has just raised $85 million in venture capital.

Green Tech Media

Clean tech is attracting the unions. Here’s why

Ironworker Roy Coulombe was one of the union reps approached by Deepwater Wind, a renewable energy firm, with a daring proposal.

Christian Science Monitor

Canadian lithium stocks could rise on battery demand

Demand forecasts for lithium are enough to get any investor excited.

Financial Post

Vancouver start-up aims to produce a greener lithium battery

Vancouver-headquartered Pure Energy Minerals (TSX.V: PE) (US OTCQB: PEMIF) aims to play a key role in making the electrification of our energy supplies affordable.

Huffington Post

Electric vehicles: Will the grid be ready?

With a broader range of market options and supporting infrastructure, the U.S. electric-vehicle market is on the verge of a breakthrough.

Green Tech Media

Scientists tap beer wastewater for lithium ion batteries

What’s on tap? The makings of advanced batteries and a better way to deal with brewery wastewater.

Treehugger

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