Canada

Electric Car

Vancouver Companies Working Toward Transition to Zero-Emission Vehicles

Three Vancouver companies are accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy by advancing zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) technology with support from the Clea…

United States

Exxon Opens Biofuels Trader Role as It Expands Lower-Emission Initiatives

Exxon Mobil Corp is recruiting a biofuel and ethanol trader in North America, the company said in a social media post, as part of its efforts to develop lower e…

Compressed Air Energy Storage

Canadian Pension Fund Invests US$25M in Compressed Air Storage Provider Hydrostor

Compressed air long-duration energy storage solution provider Hydrostor has received an investment commitment of US$25 million from Canada Pension Plan Investme…

Hydropower Plant

Canada Backs Atlin Hydro Expansion Project with $32.2M

The project is expected to add 8MW of capacity to Yukon’s grid, generating roughly the same amount of electricity used by 2,500 homes annually.

Electric Car

AI Pilot to Ease EV Electricity Demand

Canada’s IESO, OEB, BluWave-ai and Hydro Ottawa will collaborate to pilot the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to coordinate electric vehicle (EV) charging …

Wind Power Project

Canadian Energy Leaders to Partner on 1,200 MW of Wind Projects

Boralex, Énergir and Hydro-Québec have partnered to develop three wind projects of 400 MW each on the Seigneurie de Beaupré territory. Pict…

Hydropower Plant

New York Regulator Clears $4.5B Canadian Hydropower Project to Supply NYC

New York regulator approved a $4.5 billion transmission line that will deliver Canadian hydropower to New York City.

Hydropower Plant

Canadian Government Funds Atlin Hydroelectric Expansion Project

Canadian government officials made a C$32.2 million investment in the Atlin Hydro Expansion Project, an existing Indigenous-owned and operated 2.1 MW hydropower…

Tidal Energy

Modular PV and Tidal Power Desalination Buoys From Canada

A floating, reverse-osmosis-based unit turns seawater into potable drinking water through the power of the sun and waves. Oneka developed the product, which req…

Electric Car

Trudeau Talks Electric Vehicles, Nuclear Energy During Stop in Victoria

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he wants to make it easier for more Canadians to drive electric vehicles, and he isn’t ruling out nuclear power as a cleaner…

Nuclear Power Plant

SMR Startup Lines up Financing for Nuclear Power Plant Deployment

Small modular reactor (SMR) startup ARC Clean Energy Canada said it completed its Series A financing in the amount of C$30 million ($24.11 million) from private…

SMR

Four Canadian Provinces Release SMR Strategy

The governments of Ontario, New Brunswick, Alberta and Saskatchewan released a strategic plan providing a path forward to advance small modular reactors (SMR) i…

Hydrogen Production

New Partnership to Pave Way for Next-Generation, Cost-Competitive Green Hydrogen Production

The efficiency of electrolysers will be explored in order to generate cost-competitive green hydrogen with the creation of a Partnership Research Chair at the U…

SMR

Canadian government invests in third SMR technology

The Canadian government is to invest CAD27.2 million (USD21.6 million) in Westinghouse Electric Canada Inc to support its next-generation eVinci microreactor.

Canada

Canada Seeks Views on Clean Electricity Standard to Get to Net-Zero Grid by 2035

Canada on Tuesday launched a consultation to develop a Clean Electricity Standard (CES) as it aims to achieve a net-zero electricity grid by 2035 as part of eff…