Sunday, June 1, 2025
Credit Valley Conservation completes construction of smart blue roof
Smart blue roof systems can be scaled up for use in local communities and across Canada. With increased risk of flooding due to more extreme…
Cleantech
Strategic partnership of Exterra Carbon Solutions and Énergir Development for carbon sequestration
Exterra Solutions Carbone Inc. (Exterra), a Quebec-based company specializing in the safe and sustainable surface sequestration of carbon, has announced its first strategic collaboration with…
Alberta government to develop Canada’s first geothermal test site
Geothermal energy uses naturally occurring heat within the earth to heat water and buildings and generate power, with few emissions or environmental impacts. Alberta has…
The Rise of Green Unicorns: Can Canada become a cleantech leader?
By Andrea Zanon With the surge of climate-focused startups achieving billion-dollar valuations, does Canada have the potential to become a global cleantech leader? Green unicorns…
Historic investment of $15B for Honda EV plant in Ontario
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it plans to build a comprehensive electric vehicle value chain in Canada with an approximate investment of $15 billion,…
Canada Clean50 launches movement on clean investment taxonomy
Disturbed by the federal government’s alleged lack of action on the recommendations of the government-appointed Sustainable Finance Action Council (SFAC) in the 2022 Taxonomy Roadmap…
Market Watch: Canadian cleantech growth and stocks on the rise
General Market Commentary The Bank of Canada held its target for the overnight rate at 5% on April 10, 2024, as it continues with its…
Canadian clean energy operators implored to protect infrastructure from climate risk
Nearly 300 people assembled in Calgary, Alberta this week for the Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) Operations Summit, the nation’s largest conference and exhibition devoted…
Event highlights cleantech innovation for converting waste-to-energy
Searching for carbon smart ways to fuel the future? CHAR Technologies Ltd. recently hosted its hybrid annual general meeting (AGM), including an informative overview of…
Feds support new green hydrogen project in Newfoundland and Labrador
The Government of Canada is supporting the development of Canada’s first commercial-scale green hydrogen and ammonia facility in Newfoundland and Labrador. World Energy GH2 and…
Rainbow Lake community and E2E to pilot geothermal energy project
The Town of Rainbow Lake in a remote area of Alberta may soon become one of the first communities in Canada to be powered by…
The largest battery energy storage system in New Brunswick is launched
Recently, representatives from Neqotkuk (also known as Tobique First Nation), Saint John Energy, and Natural Forces joined together for the inauguration of a large battery…
New tech can remove microplastics from water with 94 per cent efficiency
University of Waterloo researchers have created a new technology that can remove harmful microplastics from contaminated water with 94 per cent efficiency. The amount of…
Report reveals challenges to cleantech adoption for manufacturing SMEs
Developed by the Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) in collaboration with Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen), a new report presents insights gleaned from extensive industry…
Market Watch: Feds continue to support clean fuel production projects
General Market Commentary The Bank of Canada held its target interest rate at 5% on March 6, 2024. The Bank is continuing its policy of…
Exploring alternative systems and cleantech for wastewater treatment
Many readers of Environment Journal will be familiar with the concept of distributed power generation, defined somewhat loosely as the usually small-scale generation of electricity…
Canadian mining leaders and stakeholders converge at PDAC 2024
More than 30,000 mineral exploration industry leaders, companies, executives, government representatives, students, scientists, and those involved or interested in mineral exploration and development are coming…
Feds release report to guide path for tidal energy projects in Bay of Fundy
The development and expansion of renewable energy can be key to advancing Canada’s climate objectives, and the powerful tides of the Bay of Fundy on…
CIB commits $138.2 million to Nova Scotia energy storage project
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is committing $138.2 million to support the development of Atlantic Canada’s largest planned energy storage project by Nova Scotia Power…
Manitoba project brings 270 clean energy manufacturing jobs
The Manitoba government is moving forward with a silica sand extraction project in Hollow Water First Nation and a solar glass manufacturing facility in Selkirk,…
Market Watch: Strategic transformation underway for Canadian power company
General Market Commentary The Bank of Canada’s Monetary Policy Report, released on January 24, 2024, states that interest rates are working to moderate spending and…
New cleantech uses pulp and paper waste to scrub emissions
Researchers at McGill University have come up with an innovative approach to improve the energy efficiency of carbon conversion, using waste material from pulp and…
Feds invest into clean hydrogen production in Gatineau
The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has announced an investment of more than $3.3 million in Gazifère Inc. for a clean fuels project in…
Report on preparing the market, public and infrastructure for hydrogen
The hydrogen market in Canada represents a growing opportunity for the clean energy transition. According to Natural Resources Canada, hydrogen made through Canada’s clean and…