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Spreading its wings: Bird to increase e-bikes, e-scooters in Canada in 2026
Bird to increase e-bikes, e-scooters in Canada in 2026
Bird Canada plans to add hundreds of e-bikes and e-scooters across Canada this year in its effort to become a nationwide business, bolstered by increasing interest in sustainable transportation.
Kruger Energy starts building wind farm in Quebec
Canadian green and renewable power plant deverloper Kruger Energy has launched the construction of the 196-megawatt Saint-Paul-de-Montminy wind farm in Quebec, a project calling for an investment of over $580 million.
Black Swan completes acquisition of Falpaco
Black Swan Graphene Inc. (SWAN-X) has completed the acquisition of Falpaco Rubber and Plastic Inc., a Quebec-based manufacturer specializing in the custom moulding of plastic and rubber components, for total consideration of $12.7 million.
Vancity releases Climate Action Plan
B.C.-based financial co-operative Vancity has released its first stand-alone Climate Action Plan to help members and communities respond to rising climate and affordability pressures, while setting a path to reach net-zero emissions across its loans, investments and operations by 2040.
E3 Lithium awaits licence to start Phase 2 of Alberta plant
Calgary-based E3 Lithium (ETL-X) has completed well development and pump installation at its demonstration facility near Olds, Alta., with Phase 2 now ready to start operating. The facility is designed to prove E3’s direct lithium extraction technology at scale.
The new geography of wind power in Canada
COLUMN: Ontario’s return to renewable procurement is the clearest sign that one of Canada’s largest electricity markets has accepted a reality it spent years resisting. Refusing wind and solar was never a long-term strategy. It was a pause wrapped in politics.
Ontario's long-term energy plans anything but agnostic
ANALYSIS: Even as he celebrated his province’s latest purchase of electricity to be generated using wind and solar resources, Ontario Energy Minister Stephen Lecce couldn’t help highlighting what he regards as the shortcomings of those technologies.
Electric ferries are quietly joining Canada's fleet
Electric ferries around the world are getting bigger, more robust and travelling record-breaking distances. Many ferry services in Canada are already electrifying or electrified, with longer-distance routes getting ready to charge up.
What we can learn from China's transition to an 'electrostate'
OPINION: The link between energy and artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamental to understanding the future economic world order. While Western democracies debate subsidies for clean energy and AI separately, China has linked these domains in its national planning.
McKenna blasts heads of Canadian oil companies
Former environment minister Catherine McKenna says the leaders of Canada’s oil industry are figures close to U.S. President Donald Trump who are “taking us for fools” and putting both the economy and environment at risk.
Cheap batteries are taking over the world’s power grids
Around the world, a wave of mega installations of batteries are lining up to be connected to the grid — from solar hubs in Texas to grasslands in Inner Mongolia and the site of a former coal plant north of Sydney.
Can renewables withstand our worsening climate?
Renewables investor Thomas Balogun argues that as weather patterns grow more volatile – as heat-trapping gases continue to drive up temperatures – the reliability, efficiency and resilience of our green energy transition are being pushed to breaking point.
EV sales soar in European markets
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe’s main auto markets jumped by almost a third in Q1, as drivers looked for alternatives to combustion engines after the war in Iran caused the highest spike in gas prices in years.
Apple’s recycled materials push bears fruit
In 2025, more than 30 per cent of the components in Apple's (AAPL-Q) mobile phones, computers and devices came from recycled sources, an increase of six per cent from the year prior.
Solar overtakes gas as key source of global energy supply
Last year marked a turning point on global energy markets as solar energy emerged for the first time as the largest contributor to energy supply growth, accounting for about a quarter of the increase, according to the International Energy Agency.
Are long-promised solar perovskites finally arriving?
Perovskites hold a place of honour in the pantheon of much-heralded clean energy breakthroughs that have yet to actually arrive. Startup Tandem PV is fighting to break that impasse with its new 65,000-square-foot perovskite factory in Fremont, Calif.
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