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Canada played big role in Cologix's sustainability in 2025

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Canada played big role in Cologix's sustainability in 2025

As data centres face growing public scrutiny over their environmental footprint, Cologix was able to increase its energy and water efficiency in 2025, the colocation data centre operator said in its sustainability report for the year.

Schutz rooftop solar expected to pay for itself in 3 years

A rooftop solar installation at Schutz Canada Inc.'s Belleville, Ont. manufacturing facility is expected to pay for itself in just over three years, while supplying about one-third of the site’s annual electricity needs.

Aduro loss from operations increases 235% in Q4

London, Ont.-based Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (ACT-T) reported loss from operations in its fiscal year Q4 2026 of $12.4 million, an increase of 235 per cent compared to the same period last year. Revenue for the quarter was nil.

What to know about Kruger's N.L. wind farm proposal

Kruger Inc. has registered the wind farm component of its revitalization plan for Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Ltd. for environmental assessment. The wind farm is just one part of Kruger's long-term investment project for the western Newfoundland mill.

PowerBank to develop Ontario BESS projects

PowerBank Corporation (PBK-Q) will provide development services for a potential battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Ontario. If successful, PowerBank would advance permitting, and potentially provide construction services. It will also explore a potential BESS project in Hamilton.

Stardust Solar enters Quebec market

Vancouver-based renewable energy company Stardust Solar Energy Inc. (SUN-X) has announced its expansion into Quebec, marking the company's first franchise offering in the province. After opening the opportunity, Stardust says it received 17 franchise applications.

Number of Canadian e-buses nearly doubled in 2025: report

Canada posted one of the sharpest increases in electric bus sales in the world last year, part of a global surge that saw electric truck and bus sales nearly double for a second straight year, a new report says.

U of W researchers look to nature to improve energy storage

Renewable energy may be the future, but storing electricity generated by wind and solar remains a challenge. University of Waterloo researchers are looking to nature and 3D printing for a potential solution that could make large-scale energy storage more efficient.

Federal government issues comprehensive climate report

Canadians are feeling the effects of climate change to a greater degree and facing more serious consequences than federal scientists projected less than a decade ago, according to a comprehensive federal report released on Thursday.

N.S. solar industry wants government help with installation

Nova Scotia's solar industry has called on the provincial government to demand Ottawa include funding to help Nova Scotians put solar panels on their homes. Solar power makes up roughly one per cent of Nova Scotia power’s energy mix.

Fed shift could impact Canada’s environmental industry

The U.S. Federal Reserve’s annual symposium in Wyoming last week produced a sweeping policy reset that will reshape the cost of capital for green infrastructure for years. For Canada’s environmental industry, the implications are concrete and close to home.

Amazon’s $2.8B clean energy push in Australia

Amazon (AMZN-Q) has signed its first standalone battery storage agreement globally for the 50-megawatt Bairnsdale BESS in Australia. It is also the first standalone battery agreement signed by a non-energy company in the country.

Fervo shares surge on Google geothermal deal

Shares of Houston-based Fervo Energy Co. (FRVO-Q) surged Tuesday after the geothermal developer signed a deal to sell almost 400 megawatts of power to Alphabet Inc.’s Google for a prospective data centre in Utah.

Why AI carbon footprinting tools can be misleading

The automation of the normally tedious process of creating product carbon footprints is one of the more tantalizing sustainability applications of artificial intelligence (AI). But users of these services should treat the results with caution.

Solar-plus-storage is having a global growth spurt

Peanut butter and jelly. Batman and Robin. Solar and storage. Some things just go together, and that’s why investors around the world are pouring more and more money into projects that pair rows of solar panels with boxes of grid batteries.

Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says

Earth is soon going to exceed the safe temperature threshold agreed upon by the world in the 2015 Paris climate accord because of warming from the burning of coal, oil and gas, according to a United Nations Environment Programme report.

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