There aren’t enough batteries to electrify all cars — focus on trucks and buses instead
Garbage trucks, buses and the van that delivers your Amazon purchases are all prime candidates for electrification
Terramera supports Business Council of B.C.’s economic recovery initiative
Initiative will leverage B.C.’s agri-tech sector to grow jobs in the innovation economy and tackle climate change
RBC signs long-term renewable energy Power Purchase Agreement
RBC becomes first Canadian bank to sign Power Purchase Agreement
Feds, P.E.I invest $44M in transmission line for wind energy
The 106-kilometre transmission line will increase the province’s capacity to manage the anticipated 40 megawatts from a future windfarm
Feds invest $5.1M in net-zero energy community in London, Ont.
The objective of this project is to successfully construct Canada’s first large-scale, fully integrated, net-zero energy community using renewable energy and other innovations
Tesla makes US$104M profit in 2Q despite factory shutdown
Picked a site for its second US assembly plant, although the location wasn’t released.
Wooden skyscrapers could trap carbon emissions, transform construction
Tall wooden buildings is an opportunity for sustainable economic growth, but challenges remain.
Using electricity to break down pollutants after wastewater treatment
A team at the INRS tested an advanced electro-oxidation process that uses two electrodes to break down non-biodegradable pollutants.
Work underway on OPG’s Calabogie clean power project
Constructed in 1917, the five-megawatt Calabogie Generating Station was extensively damaged by a tornado in 2018
Ford, VW to collaborate on vans, pickup, electric vehicle
Detroit 3 automaker will build an unidentified electric vehicle for Europe based on VW’s modular design.
Canadian small businesses create solutions to help reduce plastic pollution in oceans
The over $2 million in funding is part of the second phase of the domestic plastics challenges under the Innovative Solutions Canada program
Green income trusts could accelerate Canada’s energy transition
Could give private investors incentives to massively scale up investments in new low-carbon energy technologies.
Global EV sales increase with stringent emission norms: Frost & Sullivan
Electric vehicles estimated to grow by 8.6% year-on-year, registering 2.5 million unit sales globally in 2020.
FortisBC first to purchase renewable natural gas made from wood waste
REN Energy’s Fruitvale, B.C., facility is anticipated to produce over one million gigajoules of RNG annually, making it the largest source of RNG in the province to date
Pyrowave closes second investment round for plastic waste tech
Modular microwave-based platform decomposes the complex chemical structure of plastics back into a simpler form for infinite use.
