Saskatchewan’s aging power grid is to blame for rising electrical bills, according to an expert who suggests a focus in renewable energy may the key to cutting costs over the long term.Nick Martin, a policy analyst with the Canada West Foundation, has been studying the details of SaskPower’s latest request to increase rates.
Jose Julio DeNobrega has been convicted in a Burlington court and ordered to pay a $45,000 fine plus a $5,625 victim fine surcharge for conducting unsafe electrical work without an electrical contractor’s licence at 14 locations in Hamilton, Burlington and Oakville.
DeNobrega pleaded guilty to 45 charges in total, including multiple counts of working without an electrical contractor’s licence, not taking out an electrical permit, unauthorized connection of power, and leaving an electrical hazard. He also pleaded guilty to one count of issuing a false document.
The Nova Scotia government is amending the Marine Renewable-energy Act to make it easier to assess innovative, lower-cost tidal energy technologies and help developers bring them to market faster.
Ontario’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (Committee) is holding another round of public consultations this week in Toronto with respect to Bill 148, The Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act.
Glenn Thibeault, Ontario’s Minister of Energy, has released the updated Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP), Delivering Fairness and Choice. As part of this plan, the LTEP remains committed to achieving Ontario’s climate goals and forecasts heightened need for electricity supply in the coming years to support the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Toronto Hydro has been recognized as one of the country’s safest employers, receiving two awards. One being Canada’s Safest Employers Gold Safety Award in the Utilities and Electrical Category and one being the 2017 Canadian Electrical Association (CEA) President’s Award of Excellence for Employee Safety.
A not-for-profit organization is holding a training program to give oil, gas and coal workers the skills to work in the renewable energy industry.
With support from Alberta’s Indigenous Solar Program, solar panels will be installed on Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s Busy Beaver Community Store, Wah-Pow Treatment Centre and health centre. The solar panels will help reduce utility costs, allowing the Beaver Lake Cree Nation to reinvest those funds in community projects. It will also prevent about 1,250 tonnes of greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere.
Canadian Solar Inc.is supplier of 666.4 kW of solar PV modules for the iconic solar project on Robben Island, near Cape Town in South Africa. Robben Island is a high-security prison where Nelson Mandela was jailed for 18 years. It is now designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
What does Canada’s energy future look like over the longer term? It’s a critical and timely question—made even more relevant as our country, at least many of our political and business leaders, gets embroiled once again in a polarized debate about pipelines.
Bullfrog Power has announced that CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, the not-for-profit organization that houses the world’s largest collection of self-disclosed corporate environmental data and founder of the global disclosure platform, has accredited Bullfrog Power as its first Canada-focused renewable energy partner
The wind turbine that symbolized Ontario’s push for green energy is at a standstill and won’t be generating electricity until next month at the earliest CBC has announced.
SSQ Financial Group has unveiled a commemorative plaque to celebrate the conferring of the highly coveted LEED Gold Certification to SSQ Tower located at Place
A road to bring cheap, clean power and internet northwards—and, at the same time boost the economy in central Nunavut: that’s what the Kivalliq Inuit Association wants for the future.
Nova Scotia Power is rebuilding the power line along Over Cove Road on Long Island to maintain service reliability for its customers in the Freeport area. This work is necessary due to the condition and age of the existing power line and poles.
A recent BC Hydro survey found that vampire power is on the rise, and most British Columbians own electronics and appliances that are sucking up unnecessary amounts of power.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
