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Green Graphite seeks to green up EV battery supply chains
Green Graphite seeks to green up EV battery supply chains
Green Graphite Technologies Inc., a Montreal-based startup piloting technologies to create a cleaner graphite supply for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, has received $2.1 million in seed funding from BDC Capital's Climate Tech Fund.
Lithium Energi Exploration commences strategic review
Toronto-based Lithium Energi Exploration Inc. (LEXI-X) has commenced a strategic review of the company, with the possibility of an asset or equity sale looming. Lithium Energi is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of lithium brine assets in Argentina.
Clean energy can save households thousands: report
Household investments into clean energy including electric vehicles and heat pumps can reduce a family's energy bills by hundreds of dollars per month, according to a report from Vancouver-based think tank Clean Energy Canada.
Brookfield buying Banks Group's renewable energy division
Brookfield (BAM-T) is buying the renewable energy division of Banks Group, the U.K.-based firm, whose businesses also include mining and transport, said on Tuesday. The deal is reportedly worth about $1 billion, according to The Financial Times.
Three planned Ont. transmission lines to cost $1.5 billion
Ahmed Maria, director of transmission planning with Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator, said the lines are needed primarily to meet growing electricity demand from the mining industry and Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie.
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Quebec aims to double EV wins after Northvolt deal
Quebec is trying to strike more deals with companies tied to electric vehicle battery manufacturing as the province races to build a next-generation transport industry, having clinched half of the $30 billion worth of private-sector investment it sees coming.
Electra extends processing of black mass material
Electra Battery Materials (ELBM-X) has confirmed improved high-value element recoveries, higher metal content in saleable products and reduced use of reagents from its battery materials recycling trial. As a result, the company will extend its black mass processing.
Ont. gas plants operate more than public was told
Toronto council voted against “the mistake by the lake” but the province built the Portlands gas plant anyway, saying it would only run during periods of peak energy consumption. Data shows it ran 21 hours a day this summer.
Imperial, Alta. regulator knew about tailings seepage
Documents filed by Imperial Oil Ltd. (IMO-T) show the company and Alberta’s energy regulator knew the Kearl oilsands mine was seeping tailings into groundwater years before a pool of contaminated fluid was reported on the surface, triggering three investigations.
Vancouver shutters its Economic Commission
Business and community leaders are expressing shock and confusion after Mayor Ken Sim’s office abruptly announced it is shutting down the Vancouver Economic Commission, a local institution that has helped diversify and green the city’s economy since 1995.
Bel Group Canada sets targets to eliminate food waste
Bel Group Canada has optimized production efficiency to reduce losses by 76 per cent since its Sorel-Tracy, Que. facility opened in 2020, invested in specialized equipment and found reuse opportunities for whey, a byproduct of cheese production.
The B.C. lumberjacks building a hybrid logging truck
Chace Barber and Eric Little launched Edison Motors in Merritt, B.C. and raised $1.5M from over 5,000 people, most of whom are truckers or small to mid-sized trucking companies. They have since built North America’s first semi-electric logging truck.
Toronto taxi cos. against proposed zero-emissions rule
After Toronto City Council debated a proposal to require most vehicles-for-hire to use zero-emissions vehicles by 2031, two of the city's leading taxi companies spoke out against the measure, with one saying it could "kill a lot of jobs.”
Farmers adding crushed volcanic rocks to their fields
Studies show volcanic rock dust can raise the pH of overworked soils, improving productivity. Because the process is considered a form of permanent carbon dioxide removal, startups working in the field can sell carbon credits to large corporations.
Fixing fast fashion’s waste problem
There is a growing appetite among some fashion retailers to turn old clothes into high-quality fibres, and then into new garments. Even though well-known brands are developing lines using recycled textiles, the movement is still not having a global impact.
Europe’s solar industry warns against tariffs on imports
Europe’s solar power industry has warned policy-makers not to impose tariffs on imports, amid fears that disrupting supplies of products from China would seriously damage Europe’s ability to rapidly install clean energy.
How Europe will tax CO2 emissions beyond its borders
The European Union is introducing a levy known officially as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to combat so-called carbon leakage, which happens when companies shift production to places with less stringent policies to reduce costs.
Tech giants launch net-zero innovation hub
Google (GOOGL-Q), Microsoft (MSFT-Q), Danfoss and Schneider Electric are the founders of a new innovation hub in Fredericia, Denmark that will bring together the data center sector across Europe to find concrete solutions to accelerate the green transition.
Watchdogs urge food giants to 'deplastify'
A new report from Surfrider Europe and Zero Waste France, The race to deplastify, has called out major food and beverage companies like Nestlé, Danone, and McDonald's France for failing to do enough to reduce their use of plastic.
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