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Incoming CanREA president talks electricity and decarbonization
Incoming CanREA president talks decarbonization
Incoming Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) president and CEO Vittoria Bellissimo says the organization must play a leadership role in accelerating decarbonization across the country. And it needs to move quickly.
Parity software improves multires HVAC efficiency
Parity's HVAC technology platform can drive significant energy efficiency improvements and greenhouse gas reductions in residential buildings through energy-as-a-service (EaaS), its co-founder says.
Salient Energy reaches battery testing milestone
Salient Energy has recently completed UL9540A safety testing with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) for its proprietary zinc-ion energy storage battery — marking an important step on the road to the market.
CDPQ strikes $134M renewables deal with Shizen
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is making its first infrastructure investment in Japan in a deal with one of that country’s developers of renewable energy.
Brookfield revives sale of Greenergy
Brookfield Business Partners LP is reviving a sale of U.K-based biofuel provider Greenergy amid heightened appetite for renewables assets, people familiar with the matter said.
What Canada can learn from EU energy planning
Canadians view ambitious climate policy as difficult due to our divergent interests. Yet look at the European Union that is on the verge of finalizing a sweeping new green deal that aims to rapidly decrease their fossil fuel reliance.
Ontario to pay for dirty electricity - even after ban
As it scrambles to quickly secure more power for Ontario’s grid, Premier Doug Ford’s government is going to guarantee payment to new carbon-intensive natural gas plants, even in the event they are shut down to lower emissions.
KingSett a global leader in GRESB
KingSett Capital has emerged as the global leader among 59 mixed office-residential real estate portfolios benchmarked in the 2022 GRESB survey of environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices and performance.
Ontario juggling battery makers
Ontario is in active talks with at least six battery makers and continues to court considerable global interest in the EV battery supply chain, according to provincial minister Vic Fedeli.
Rock Tech signs lithium deal with Mercedes-Benz
German automaker Mercedes-Benz and German-Canadian company Rock Tech Lithium signed an agreement Thursday for the future supply of lithium hydroxide, the key input material for electric car batteries.
FLO, Imperial to build EV charging network
Imperial Oil and electric vehicle charging company FLO Services Inc. have signed an agreement that would expand Canada’s EV charging network.
Alberta releases recycling cost shifting plan
Alberta has started the regulatory process that will shift the cost of recycling away from municipalities and onto the companies that produce the items.
The truth about the PBO's carbon tax report
The Liberals and Conservatives are quoting from the same Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) report about the costs of the carbon tax to support and oppose carbon pricing. What does each party get right and wrong on the carbon tax?
Satellites to track climate change
Don Osborne, CEO of EarthDaily Analytics, joins BIV publisher and editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe to look at the launch of its 10-satellite constellation to mitigate supply chain issues and provide disaster prevention, including climate change.
Wind executives worry over U.S. offshore ambitions
The Biden administration wants to spark an American offshore wind power boom, growing the industry from less than 1 GW today to 30 GW by the end of the decade — enough to serve 10 million homes.
Should we give plastic credits a chance?
Plastic credits could play an important role during the transition to packaging innovations that don’t lead to plastic pollution.
European Parliament backs fossil fuel phase-out pact
The European Parliament is calling on EU nation states to begin developing a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FFNPT), and to “stand ready” to do what is needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
Germany hails delivery of hydrogen from UAE
Germany took formal delivery Friday of its first, modest, batch of hydrogen from the United Arab Emirates, a “green” fuel it hopes will help replace coal and gas used by energy-intensive industries in future.
Reparations, finance, Ukraine to dominate COP27
Reparations for climate damage, international climate finance, and the geopolitical snarls caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine are taking their place as central issues as the clock winds down to the launch of COP27.
U.S. climate risk measure upheld by court
A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the "social cost of carbon" calculation used by President Joe Biden's administration, which sharply boosts the price tag policy makers will put on the environmental impact of greenhouse gas emissions.
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