Clean tech
Clean-tech innovator BIOREM tallies new orders worth $5.7M
High-efficiency air emissions control systems lined up for projects in China and Chicago.
Too late for a carbon tax, says former Ontario Liberal environment minister
Glenn Murray says carbon taxes will take too long to work, given how quickly the planet is warming.
Feds bolster BDC’s ability to provide more capital to clean tech companies
Funding will allow the bank to take on more risk so high-potential clean tech firms can expand and hire additional staff.
Clean tech industry struggling, but piquing interest in US: McKenna
Sector is bleeding money, lagging international competitors, well short of $50 billion in revenues by 2022.
Clean tech has lots of potential, and potential hurdles: Analytica
Part of the problem is federal regulations preventing investment in companies not yet profitable.
$150M for clean tech ahead of climate meeting
Realities of that transition to low carbon to intrude on Globe conference.
CO2 Solutions gets a $15M CCEMC carbon capture grant
Quebec City clean tech company will commercialize a 300-tonne CO2 project.
BioteQ Sells mobile Sulf-IX pilot plant to Newalta
Strategic partner will use the plant to apply the technology at existing and new sites.
Eocycle gets $5.9M to develop greener wind turbine generator
SDTC funding to show viability of Transverse Flux Permanent Magnet technology.
Newalta donates $1.125M to Western for clean tech R&D
A $1.125-million donation by Newalta will support R&D efforts at Western university to discover clean technologies that use waste generated by industrial sectors such as oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, mining and manufacturing.
Cleantech cleaning up in BC: $2.5B this year
What’s the hot, up and coming industry in BC? Cleantech, according to a KPMG report that says it has the potential to create thousands of new high paying jobs, attract significant new investment and generate billions of dollars in exports.
Ontario needs broader approach to clean tech
Ontario needs bold new policies to encourage greener economic development if it’s to effectively compete in the world economy in the coming years, says a new report from the Ontario Environment Industry Association.
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Oil sands looking for clean tech solutions
There are plenty of lucrative opportunities for Ontario manufacturers to supply clean tech and environmental expertise to Alberta’s oil sands companies.
W2 Energy expands plant space
W2 Energy is boosting its clean tech equipment manufacturing operation from 5,000 square feet to a 10,000 square-feet at a new location in Guelph, Ont.
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Clean up in clean tech
Canadian manufacturers seeking opportunities for growth in a pokey economy would do well to consider the burgeoning clean technology industry. In 2008, global revenues in clean tech were a whopping US$148.4 billion. According to the Conference Board of Canada’s report:…
