Friday, April 18, 2025
AECOM appoints Dawn MacDonald as global offshore wind sector lead
AECOM has appointed Dawn MacDonald as its Global Offshore Wind Market Sector Lead. In this role, MacDonald will work across the globe to advance an…
Renewable Energy
Charting the path to net zero at Electricity Transformation Canada
Electricity Transformation Canada is the event for the Canadian clean energy industry to learn about market opportunities, challenges, and connect with key players. This year’s…
TC Energy to build its first solar farm in Canada
TC Energy Corporation will soon begin pre-construction activities of the Saddlebrook Solar Project located near Aldersyde, Alberta. TC Energy is investing $146 million to build…
Mathieu Côté is CanREA’s new operations program director
The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) is welcoming a new Operations Program Director, Mathieu (Matt) Côté. Côté is leading the National Operations Caucus, as well…
Report highlights Schneider Electric’s leadership in microgrids and sustainability
Schneider Electric, a global provider of digital transformation of energy management and automation, has been recognized by independent analysis firm Verdantix as a leader in…
Summerside, PEI sets the stage for hosting green rock concerts
The City of Summerside and BluWave-ai completed the first 100 per cent solar energy powered concert in North America. This feat took place on the…
Clean energy employment on the rise, according to IEA report
For the first time, global clean energy jobs now outnumber jobs in fossil fuels, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA),…
Climate reform financer Mark Carney to chair asset management division of Brookfield
Brookfield has announced that former Bank of Canada and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will become chair of its asset management division when it…
Canada on track to hit net zero emissions by 2050, global study finds
New research has revealed the top 10 countries leading the race to reach net zero emissions by 2050 and Canada features, currently sitting in 8th…
Research grants to support energy transition pathways announced
The Transition Accelerator has announced the recipients of its second Transition Pathways research grant. Launched in April 2021 to develop transformational pathways to reach net-zero…
USask researchers identifying industry opportunities for bioenergy
University of Saskatchewan (USask) graduate student Rory Wheat in the School of Environment and Sustainability (SENS) is conducting a research project focused to help identify…
Feds announce renewable energy investments for Nova Scotia
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a new federal investment of up to $255 million to deliver clean power to homes across Nova Scotia and…
New Brunswick communities ramping up climate plans
QUEST Canada is helping New Brunswick communities take their climate energy plans to the next level with the New Brunswick Smart Energy Community Accelerator (NB…
Canada’s wind, solar and energy-storage professionals gather for CanREA’s operations summit
Nearly 150 renewable energy operations leaders from across Canada gathered this week at the Canadian Renewable Energy Association’s 2022 Operations Summit, the country’s largest wind,…
WaterPower Canada appoints new president and CEO
The board of directors of WaterPower Canada have appointed Carolina Rinfret as the association’s new president and chief executive officer. Rinfret assumes this role at…
Report points to importance of energy storage to creating decarbonized electricity systems
In deeply decarbonized energy systems utilizing high penetrations of variable renewable energy (VRE), energy storage is needed to keep the lights on and the electricity…
A New Dawn: East coast eco-energy organization powering a renewable renaissance
When you’re trying to change the world, it makes sense to name yourself after the herald of new beginnings. Eos is the Goddess of the…
Time to invest in newer technologies like hydrogen
Every year in April we celebrate Earth Day and the birth of the environmental movement in 1970, which over the years has become the largest…
$300M for clean energy projects in Indigenous, rural and remote communities
Yesterday, at the First Nations Major Project Coalition’s Annual industry engagement event, Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson announced a $300 million investment toward capacity-building…
Consultations launched for clean electricity standard
The Government of Canada has launched consultations to develop Canada’s Clean Electricity Standard (CES) and drive progress towards a net-zero electricity grid by 2035. Work…
CanREA identifies potential to decarbonize through energy storage
The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) recently released an agenda-setting paper on energy storage in Canada to clarify what the potential is, and how it…
Ontario amends assessment process for clean energy projects
As part of ongoing efforts to modernize the province of Ontario’s 50-year-old environmental assessment program, the Ontario government announced changes to build low-risk waterpower projects…
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy names new CEO
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has appointed Jochen Eickholt, a member of the executive board at Siemens Energy as its chief executive officer. Eickholt will take…
Quliq Energy Corp completes new power plant in Arctic Bay
The Qulliq Energy Corporation (QEC) recently completed the construction and testing of a new power plant in Arctic Bay. The capital project was completed ahead…