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Big expansion for Enwave's Toronto deep lake water cooling system
Big expansion for Enwave's deep lake water cooling system
A fourth intake pipe for Enwave Energy Corporation’s deep lake water cooling system in Toronto expands the company’s reach in a growing city with increasing demand for low-carbon cooling. The new pipe will add capacity to cool 40 additional buildings.
Ont. EV battery plant 'fully on track' to open in 2027: VW
Setbacks and delays in the electric vehicle (EV) sector will not slow the opening of the Volkswagen EV battery plant in St. Thomas, Ont., the automaker says. The plant will supply Volkswagen with batteries for vehicles being manufactured in Tennessee.
Clean energy's next frontier is storage
Cracking the renewable energy nut of storage and deployment would mean getting more renewables on the grid, and several of the technologies the Applied Energy Research Lab at Nova Scotia Community College has been toying with address this issue.
 | 360 Energy and Carbon Insights The climate-economy nexus: How climate change is driving up utility costsDavid ArkellOwner, CEO, 360 Energy Inc. |
Behind the wheel of UPS Canada’s electric truck deployment
UPS’s (UPS-N) first 10 EVs are running out of its Caledon, Ont. facility, which houses a fleet of 240 vehicles. Its next 10 electric delivery trucks are scheduled to go into service in Vancouver later this fall.
EVs cheaper to run but costs must come down: PBO
It is already more cost-effective over the long term to buy an EV than a gas-powered model, but the savings must rise considerably if Canada is to meet its EV sales targets, the parliamentary budget office (PBO) says.
Why EVs and green energy are off to a slow start
In a new study, U.S. consulting giant McKinsey & Company warns of a “reality gap” between ambitions and outcomes for renewable energy sources like wind and solar, the electrification of vehicles and heat pumps in buildings.
Despite new incentives, SAF rollout faces steep challenges
The Biden administration’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge, launched three years ago, calls for 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) by 2050. The level today: less than half of one per cent.
Lithium startups bet on high future demand for batteries
A new crop of startups are working on novel ways of producing lithium and promising to open untapped sources. They’re also battling heavy economic headwinds, pushing their technology forward amid a current market slump.
Canada must link climate disclosures to global standards
OPINION: Many companies or industry associations would have the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board remove significant sections of the standards related to greenhouse gas emissions and climate-risk scenarios, make all sustainability disclosures voluntary or add indefinite transition. It shouldn’t.
Rules discourage Cdns. from generating surplus solar power
Many Canadians want to install rooftop solar panels. But while that can lower their electricity bills, they can't actually get paid for it — because many jurisdictions limit the power generation of a rooftop solar system to the amount you consume.
Medicine Hat seeks approval to buy major solar park
The City of Medicine Hat, Alta. intends to purchase a large solar park project that, if successful, will mark a major step to diversify its taxpayer-owned electricity generation business and prepare for a future of increased fossil fuel levies.
Canada invests in sustainable wood tech in Montreal
Natural Resources Canada announced a federal contribution of more than $2.8 million to FPInnovations for three projects, including investments to support the use of low-carbon Canadian wood in Canada's construction market.
Evergreen Brick Works to get $2.4M for sustainability update
The federal government announced it is giving Toronto institution Evergreen Brick Works $2.4 million to help modernize and electrify part of its facility. Evergreen Brick Works is a former industrial site that's been converted into a community environmental centre.
P.E.I. business focused farming sod sustainably
There is a perception that lush, green lawns must mean the property owner used an abundance of pesticides or other environmentally unfriendly measures to produce them. Kinkora, P.E.I.'s Somerset Gardens believes there is a better way.
U.S. clean energy sector sees jobs grow faster than rest of economy
Jobs in the U.S. clean energy industry in 2023 grew at more than double the rate of the country’s overall jobs, the U.S. Energy Department said on Wednesday. Employment in clean energy businesses rose by 4.2 per cent last year.
Billionaire Ambani touts clean energy as new growth engine
Mumbai-based Reliance Industries Ltd.’s nascent clean energy business is poised to reach the size of today’s oil-to-chemicals operation within seven years, Chairman Mukesh Ambani said. The group’s first clean energy manufacturing facility will be a 10-gigawatt solar PV factory.
China dampens green hopes of an early peak in carbon emissions
China’s top energy officials downplayed growing speculation that the country’s carbon emissions have already peaked years ahead of target, saying on Thursday that just meeting the goal on time still required “great efforts.”
Tianjin Port has generated over 200 million kWh from wind, solar
North China's Tianjin Port crossed a milestone in its green port construction on Aug. 27, as the cumulative power generation from wind and solar energy equipment surpassed 200 million kilowatt-hours (kWh).
Industry Events
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Building for Sustainability Symposium
Oct 27 2024
to Oct 28 2024
The Malcolm Hotel, Canmore, AB
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ESG Summit Canada
Oct 30 2024
Arcadian Court, Toronto
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Greenbuild 2024: Built to Scale
Nov 12 2024
to Nov 15 2024
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Sustainable Finance Forum 2024
Nov 28 2024
to Nov 29 2024
Shaw Centre, Ottawa
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