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Lafarge’s ECOPact concrete cuts carbon emissions 30-70%
Lafarge’s ECOPact concrete cuts carbon emissions
With a pandemic raging for the better part of a year, a beleaguered country is desperately in need of the return of some degree of normalcy. A by-product of this pressing need is a yearning for reassurance in the form of safety and security.
Canadian Pacific to pilot hydrogen-powered train
Canadian Pacific says it will pilot a new project to build a hydrogen-powered train. The railway company says the line-haul locomotive will be the first of its kind in North America once it is retrofitted with hydrogen fuel cells and new battery technology.
Omni Conversion set to tackle global market
Omni Conversion Technologies, an Ottawa company formerly known as Plasco Conversion Technologies and hailed as a green energy trailblazer, says it’s ready to bring its trash-to-energy technology to market five years after filing for creditor protection.
Converting industrial waste into building materials
MCi has designed and built three-carbon reactor systems, including a world-first pilot plant in Newcastle, Australia — which transforms waste materials created by industrial processes into building materials — that could lock away one billion metric tons of CO2 per annum by 2040.
New energy ACP available to Canadian projects
The unique needs of the Canadian market were reflected in the latest addenda to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. They include an alternative compliance pathway (ACP) that shifts the focus from energy cost to energy usage.
Reducing the up-front costs of geothermal energy
Geothermal heating systems, while gaining in popularity, are still not as common in Toronto, even though it is generally understood that heating and cooling buildings using a renewable resource from the ground has great advantages over fossil fuel-based systems.
Genetically engineered trees to help fight climate change
• CBC
Armand Séguin planted his first genetically modified tree — a poplar — over 20 years ago at a research station north of Quebec City. Later it would be joined by hundreds of spruces he designed to be immune to pests that kill them.
ZenEnergy Solutions: Building a better future for Canada
• H2 View
As one of the authors of the Hydrogen Strategy for Canada, Zen Clean Energy Solutions principal Sabina Russell couldn’t be happier to see the release of the game-changing document that will accelerate Canada’s journey to net-zero.
Ottawa holds back funding for small nuclear reactors
• Globe and Mail • CBC • Globe Newswire
While showcasing the federal government’s bid to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, unlike the hydrogen strategy, which included $1.5-billion in funding to encourage production in low-carbon fuels, it has not unveiled any new money for small modular reactors.
Grid-scale battery storage boosts renewables market
• Yale 360
Driven by technological advances, facilities are being built with storage systems that can hold enough renewable energy to power hundreds of thousands of homes. The advent of “big battery” technology addresses a key challenge for green energy — the intermittency of wind and solar.
The 10 top microgrid stories for 2020
This year marked a big change. Our top 10 list features several 101 stories, those that provide basic education about microgrids, the kind of information sought by the microgrid customer, those exploring microgrids for the first time.
Six mind-bending energy moments of 2020
• GreenBiz
I’m a clean energy evangelist, yet even I was surprised at many energy headlines of 2020. Here are six times I had to pick my jaw up off the floor and what it means for the ongoing transition to clean energy:
Why Canada does not have a carbon tax
• Globe and Mail (Sub. required) • Globe and Mail (Sub. required)
You might feel differently when you fill up your tank or pay your heating bill. However, the official position of the Government of Canada is that there is no federal carbon tax, there is a regulatory system of carbon pricing.
Federal climate plan can help firms remain competitive
OPINION: Canada’s new federal climate plan is the most ambitious we have seen yet from a Canadian government. While the Trudeau government has likely pushed the limits of what is politically possible, the plan still falls short of what is required to adequately address the climate crisis and achieve Paris Agreement goals.
Unsustainable supply chains are about to change
• GreenBiz
Why were these unsustainable supply chains able to exist despite certification schemes designed to ensure sustainability? Because they rely on a spotty verification scheme called “mass balance,” which only verifies a small portion of the raw materials that are eventually certified.
Loblaw first Canadian retailer to buy CRSB Certified beef
Loblaw Companies Limited has purchased one million pounds of beef from CRSB Certified farms and ranches. As the first Canadian retailer to do so, Loblaw is reaffirming its commitment to sustainable sourcing and the Canadian beef industry.
Fengate invests in 250 megawatt wind project
Fengate Asset Management announced the financial close on its acquisition of a majority interest in the Amadeus 250 megawatt wind project in Kent, Fisher and Stonewall counties, Texas, that recently reached commercial operation and tax equity funding from BHE Renewables.
Caisse invests US $1B in Invenergy Renewables
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global institutional investor, announced a US$1 billion commitment to Invenergy Renewables LLC (Invenergy), the largest private developer, owner and operator of wind and solar projects in North America.
Japan’s pension fund unveils $12B allocation to ESG
The largest pension fund in the world, Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), has announced a combined $12B investment in two ESG equity indices – comprising approximately $9.7B to MSCI’s ACWI ESG Universal index and $2.9bn to Morningstar’s Gender Diversity Index.
Superadobe earthbag domes empowers community
• TreeHugger • TreeHugger • TreeHugger
On Iran’s Hormuz Island, these distinctive domes were constructed using an innovative method called superadobe, a form of earthbag construction that involves layering bags filled with earth and other organic materials like straw to form a compression structure.
Industry Events
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Greenbuild 2024: Built to Scale
Nov 12 2024
to Nov 15 2024
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Sustainable Finance Forum 2024
Nov 28 2024
to Nov 29 2024
Shaw Centre, Ottawa
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