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Companies to convert Asahi Kasei subsidiary into JV for production of lithium battery separators

Monday, 04 November 2024 Robin Whitlock Asahi Kasei Corporation and Honda Motor Co have announced that the two companies have signed a shareholders agreement to convert an existing Asahi Kasei subsidiary in Canada into a joint venture company, ...

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Hitachi Energy announces over $100 million modernisation and upgrade of Canadian power transformer factory

Monday, 29 April 2024 Robin Whitlock Hitachi Energy has announced an ambitious upgrade and modernisation of its power transformer factory in Varennes, and other facilities, in Montreal, in order to address rapidly-growing customer demand ...

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Companies partner to unlock Canadian tidal stream opportunity

Tuesday, 05 December 2023 Robin Whitlock Tidal stream turbine technology Orbital Marine Power has partnered with Euclaire Tidal for the deployment of the 2.4 MW O2X tidal energy device on the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) facility ...

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University of Ottawa and partners achieve manufacture first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells

Friday, 24 November 2023 Robin Whitlock

University of Ottawa, together with national and international partners, has achieved a world first by manufacturing solar PV cells with a size twice the thickness of a strand of hair.

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Companies agree on global partnership for financing clean tech projects

Wednesday, 27 September 2023 Robin Whitlock ABB and Export Development Canada have signed a global partnership to promote investments in sustainable technologies and projects in Canada and around the world. The support provided by EDC, with a total ...

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Ameresco and Atura Power JV selected to build 250 MW BESS

Friday, 09 June 2023 Robin Whitlock Cleantech integrator Ameresco, Inc. has announced that its joint venture has been selected to build a 250 megawatt (MW), 1,000 megawatt hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS) in partnership with ...

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Aurora Solar announces expansion of operations in Canada

Thursday, 16 February 2023 Robin Whitlock

Cloud-based platform Aurora Solar has announced it has been incorporated in Ontario with dedicated Engineering, Product, and Design teams to help scale the company to its next phase of growth.

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Harnessing solar energy: new method improves readings of double-sided panels

Wednesday, 18 January 2023 Robin Whitlock A leading laboratory in photonics and renewable energy at the University of Ottawa has developed a new method for measuring the solar energy produced by bifacial solar panels, the double-sided solar technology ...

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First Hydrogen selects Quebec for first green hydrogen system

Monday, 28 November 2022 Robin Whitlock First Hydrogen has selected the City of Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada to develop its first green hydrogen eco-system, having conducted site evaluations and formally commenced the process to secure and develop ...

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Enel Green Power moves forward on new wind project in Alberta

Monday, 13 June 2022 Robin Whitlock The 152 MW Grizzly Bear Creek wind project, which is Enel Green Power’s fourth in Alberta, is slated for completion by the end of 2022 and will bring the company’s total installed capacity to over ...