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Skyline makes biggest solar acquisition to date in Ontario

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Skyline makes biggest solar acquisition to date in Ontario

Skyline Clean Energy Fund has made its largest transaction for solar assets to date, acquiring 76 megawatts (MW) of installed solar capacity in Ontario and expanding its solar portfolio by 83 per cent.

Vema Hydrogen appoints Stephane Dallaire as CFO

Stephane Dallaire has been named CFO of Vema Hydrogen, where he will oversee fundraising and financial operations as the engineered mineral hydrogen developer advances its projects in Quebec.

Power Sustainable sells Golden South wind project

Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Inc., the renewable energy infrastructure platform of Power Sustainable, has sold the 200 MW Golden South Wind Energy Project, located near Assiniboia, Sask., to Concord Green Energy.

PowerBank FY 2026 revenue falls to $27.4M

Toronto-based PowerBank Corp. (PBK-Q) reported revenue of $27.4 million for its fiscal year (FY) 2026, compared to $41.5 million in FY 2025. Net loss for the period was $24.3 million.

Hybrid Power Solutions FY revenue falls 30%

Mississauga-based Hybrid Power Solutions Inc. (HPSS-CN) reported revenue of $1.95 million for its fiscal year ended May 31, a decrease of 30 per cent compared to FY 2025. Net loss for the period was $2.6 million.

PyroGenesis closes 50% acquisition of HPQ Silica Polvere

Montreal-based plasma technology company PyroGenesis Inc. (PYR-T) has completed the acquisition of a 50 per cent ownership interest in HPQ Silica Polvere Inc. HPQ's primary line of business is commercialization of the Fumed Silica Reactor.

E3 advances Clearwater Project toward commercialization

Calgary-based lithium development company E3 Lithium (ETL-X) has issued a comprehensive status update regarding its flagship Clearwater Project, signalling continued momentum toward commercial production. E3 said it is actively advancing the required technical, commercial and regulatory initiatives for the project.

NEO Battery partners with Korean drone maker

NEO Battery Materials Ltd. (NBM-X) has entered into a joint development agreement with South Korean drone systems and components manufacturer Preneu Co. Ltd., to develop batteries optimized for Preneu’s drone platforms. 

Municipalities expanding residential EV charging rules

Canadian municipalities are carrying out behind-the-scenes work to ensure that the infrastructure needed to support electric vehicles (EVs) is ready when drivers are. More than 60 municipalities and two provinces have codified requirements for new buildings to install EV charging.

ZEV market share grew in 2025 by 27.7%: StatsCan

Zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) made up 3.5 per cent of all vehicles registered in Canada by the end of 2025, according to newly released data from Statistics Canada. ZEV market share for 2025 rose 27.7 per cent from the previous year.

Can Chinese EVs solve Canada’s affordability crunch?

OPINION: How affordable homegrown Chinese EVs will be by the time they hit Canadian dealerships is still a mystery, one we’ll probably have to wait until early 2027 to unravel.

Rooftop solar payback takes up to 30 years in Canada: feds

An internal Natural Resources Canada analysis has put an uncomfortable number on residential solar economics in Canada: 10 to 30 years. The memorandum concludes that the economic case for widespread residential rooftop solar remains “limited” in most Canadian jurisdictions.

Ottawa pledges $1.2B for ocean protection

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced $1.2 billion on Tuesday to protect Canada’s oceans, days before Ottawa is expected to designate a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to the southern B.C. coast as a project of national interest.

Canada ends duties on certain Chinese solar modules

Canada has ended anti-dumping and countervailing duties on certain Chinese solar modules and laminates, removing a trade measure that had protected domestic manufacturers for more than a decade.

China has an 18-wheel answer to soaring global diesel prices

Chinese e-truck sales jumped almost 80 per cent in the first half of 2026 from a year earlier, according to BloombergNEF, getting a boost as the U.S.-Iran war and Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries sent diesel prices soaring.

New tool helps Etsy peer into the ‘black box’ of AI emissions

CLEER from Sustainable AI Group converts a company’s use of tokens, the text processed by enterprise artifical intelligence (AI) models, into energy and greenhouse gas emissions estimates. E-commerce marketplace Etsy is one of the first customers.

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