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Waga Energy receives $15 million financial aid for its RNG project in Hébertville-Station, Quebec

Thursday, 15 January 2026 Robin Whitlock Waga Energy has been awarded a financial aid package of 15 million Canadian dollars (US$10.8 million) from Quebec's Ministry of Economy, Innovation, and Energy (MEIE) for its Renewable natural gas (RNG) ...

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Boralex commissions its first battery energy storage system (BESS) in North America

Tuesday, 13 January 2026 Robin Whitlock Boralex has officially commissioned its first battery energy storage system (BESS) in North America, the Sanjgon Battery Energy Storage System in Ontario, in partnership with Walpole Island First Nation. ...

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The Gussies selects finalists from electric boat innovators for sixth annual awards

Tuesday, 28 October 2025 Robin Whitlock The Canadian Gustave Trouvé Awards for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating, popularly known as “The Gussies”, has selected 46 finalists from 122 nominated electric boat innovators across nine ...

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Quinbrook acquires stake in Elemental Clean Fuels

Thursday, 16 October 2025 Robin Whitlock Global investment manager Quinbrook has announced it has acquired a strategic ownership stake in Canadian clean energy developer Elemental Clean Fuels (ECF), which advances scalable renewable fuels and ...

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Hy2gen submits project notice for Canadian renewable ammonia plant

Wednesday, 19 March 2025 Robin Whitlock Hy2gen Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of global renewable hydrogen producer Hy2gen, has submitted the project notice for a renewable ammonia production plant called Courant to Quebec’s Minister of the ...

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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 ...