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CVW keeps eye on sustainable fuels, recycling in royalties strategy

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CVW keeps eye on sustainable fuels, recycling

CVW Sustainable Royalties Inc. (CVW-X) is supercharging its dual-track strategy of investing in cleantech businesses and its own solution to clean up oilsands tailings with an expected $100 million in financing.

EV plus solar best option for prosumers: Schneider

The economics for small-scale energy assets like rooftop solar and battery storage in homes across four major Canadian cities are poor, a report by Schneider Electric Canada and HEC Montréal has found. But there are a handful of compelling use cases.

Ontario Teachers’ reboots climate goals with $70B target

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is revamping its approach to climate investing, announcing a new goal to reach $70 billion of investments in climate-friendly assets over the next four years, from $35 billion currently. 

RecycLiCo opens Innovation Centre lab

RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. announced the opening of its Innovation Centre laboratory in Delta, B.C. There, the company plans to support process development, pilot-scale testing and commercialization. RecycLiCo aims to include adjacent pilot plant facilities to the laboratory.

Canada Nickel tests carbon capture pilot at Crawford mine

Canada Nickel Company Inc. completed a carbon sequestration pilot study at its flagship Crawford Nickel Project near Timmins, Ont. The test took place in late 2025, and data shows 12 tonnes of injected carbon dioxide remained dissolved at depth.

ReVolve Renewable lists on Canadian Securities Exchange

The Canadian Securities Exchange has welcomed the listing of ReVolve Renewable Power Corp. The Vancouver-based company's common shares, which were previously listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, were listed for trading on the CSE yesterday under the ticker symbol REVV.

Alberta First Nations challenge Pathways project

Five Alberta First Nations have brought court cases challenging Canada's decision to advance the Pathways Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project. Pathways is one of the largest planned carbon capture and storage facilities in the world.

Another setback hits N.L.’s wind-to-hydrogen industry

World Energy GH2, EverWind, and Toqlukuti’k Wind and Hydrogen lost their Crown land reserves after Newfoundland and Labrador’s government revoked them for failing to pay required land reserve fees, delivering another setback to the province’s wind-to-hydrogen sector.

4 clean energy projects that are of 'national interest'

A report by the One Canadian Clean Economy Task Force has named four key focus areas and projects that align with the federal government's "project of national interest" designation and the clean energy transition.

Clean200 companies hit $2.8T in sustainable revenues

The 2026 Carbon Clean 200 list made by non-profit As You Sow and Corporate Knights shows average sustainable revenues rising and pure-play firms taking a greater share of the index, hitting $2.8 trillion this year.

Gates’ Breakthrough halts new investment, makes layoffs

Breakthrough Energy, the Bill Gates-backed group that bankrolls climate tech, has stopped making new investments from one of its key funds to scale up nascent green technologies and also laid off some employees.

Costs of big batteries are tumbling

Battery storage costs fell more than a quarter to a record low last year, improving the economics of projects to pair the equipment with renewables and which can help tackle curtailment of solar and wind.

Private equity targets clean energy in 2026

U.S. clean energy dealmaking is showing signs of a comeback after last year’s sharp contraction. Buyer interest is picking up after President Donald Trump’s return to the White House put many investors in a wait-and-see mode for much of 2025.

Climate bond funds cracking down on issuers: study

Companies that fail to reduce their carbon footprint risk being excluded from the growing pool of fixed-income funds tied to the clean energy transition, according to a fresh analysis published by NatWest Group Plc.

Australia renewable builds rebounding after record quarter

Australia commissioned a record-breaking amount of renewable projects and big batteries last quarter, signalling fresh momentum. Nine solar and wind generation sites were completed in the final three months of 2025, representing more than US$2.3 billion in capital.

How Olympic organizers made clean energy a priority

It takes an immense amount of energy to power venues and make snow for the Winter Olympics and, for the 2026 Milano Cortina Games, organizers pledged that virtually all of the electricity would be clean. Here's how they did it.

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