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October 9th, 2019 – Green Buildings: Michelle Freisen, a Saskatoon-based sustainable design specialist wants the province to return to its roots. Its furnace-free roots, that is. “Those who think that buildings using very little energy in our climate is impractical might be surprised to hear that the Province of Saskatchewan proved them wrong in Regina […]
Honeywell announced that Diamond Green Diesel will expand its annual production capacity of renewable diesel using Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining™ process technology to meet growing demand for renewable fuels in North America and Europe. With the planned $1.1 billion expansion, the Norco, La.-based facility will become one of the world’s largest renewable diesel plants. Diamond Green […]
Fortis Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, FortisBC, has set a greenhouse gas (“GHG”) reduction target. The utility said earlier today it has set an ambitious goal to reduce GHG emissions associated with their customers’ energy use by 30 percent overall by the year 2030. This announcement, along with other developments at Fortis utilities, demonstrates […]
This August, MIT researchers Ian Peters and Tonio Buonassisi presented a study forecasting that global warming will negatively impact the effectiveness of solar (photovoltaic) cells. The power output generated by photovoltaics, according to the scientists, drops by 0.45% for every degree of increased temperature. Although the research might indicate that solar energy has more limits […]
Asia-Pacific (APAC) is expected to lead the wind turbine market with an annual installation capacity of 33.14 gigawatt (GW) by 2023, largely driven by onshore deployment; followed by EMEA and Americas with capacities of 19.9GW and 11.7GW, respectively, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report ‘Wind Turbine, Update 2019 […]
Memorial University is establishing a new Harsh Environment Research Facility (HERF) to strengthen the region’s infrastructure and expertise in technologies operating in harsh environments, such as the ocean, energy, shipping, and aerospace sectors. The HERF will be a new world-class R&D facility for large-scale testing, research and development that is vital to the Canadian economy […]
“Today’s announcement is an investment in the future of Saskatchewan and all our children. DEEP’s project has the potential to transform how the province and the country produce energy while creating good, middle-class jobs for Canadians. This is another example of how we’re taking action to fight climate change today while strengthening our communities for […]
International Community Gathers in Ottawa for Small Reactor Conference Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, is pleased to announce that the world’s small modular reactor (SMR) community gathered in Ottawa for the first International Generation IV and Small Reactor Conference (G4SR). The event was a three-day conference that served as […]
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