Green Energy Doors Open BC
Green Energy Doors Open, a showcase of individual, community, and commercial sustainable energy projects, takes place for the first time in BC September 9-11, simultaneously with events in Alberta and Ontario…
Energere Wins Montreal Smart Public Lighting Control Project
Energere has won a $28 million contract to implement a smart public lighting management system for the City of Montreal. The project will create an infrastructure capable of controlling 135,000 luminaires…
Tidal Energy Project’s Underwater Platform Completes Successful Sea Trial
After a 27-day sea trial, staff at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) and crew members of the Dominion Victory have successfully recovered an underwater monitoring platform, known as FAST-1…
Haida Gwaii Prepares for Tidal Power Technology
A Haida Gwaii company has developed a technology that may one day provide power to parts of Haida Gwaii, BC by harnessing the energy from tides, reports the CBC. Field testing of a prototype in Juskatla Narrows will last three months…
OPG Announces John Wesley Beaver Award Winners
Ontario Power Generation has named Shadrak Gobert and Stephanie Seymour as the 2016 recipients of the OPG John Wesley Beaver (JWB) Memorial Student Awards. Both students are aiming for careers in renewable energy…
LED Streetlights Brightening Calgary’s Downtown
An LED streetlight conversation program already underway in Calgary, Alberta is expected to save the city $6 million annually in maintenance costs. Once the program is complete, over 80,000 LED lights will have been installed, reducing energy consumption by half…
Revenue from Installing Residential Lighting Controls to Grow 4.6% Annually 2016-2025
The controllability and customizability that LED technologies offer is expected to spur adoption rates of LEDs and of lighting-only home networks that allow users to control home lighting systems with their smartphones, tablets, or personal computers, says Navigant Research…
Adam Dries Joins E.B. Horsman & Son as Alberta District Manager
Adam will work closely with Neil Van Tassel, Northern District Manager, and the E.B. Horsman Alberta team to carry out the company’s vision for long-term customer service in the Alberta market. He looks forward to bringing E.B. Horsman & Son’s spirit of independence and customer focused service to Calgary…
CSA Online CEC 2015 Code Update Course Features Alberta Amendments
A 7-hour CSA online course on the Canadian Electrical Code (CEC) 2015 update, including Alberta amendments, is now available. The course will enable participants to…
Hydro One to Acquire Orillia Power from City of Orillia
Hydro One has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of Orillia Power from the City of Orillia, Ontario. Hydro One and the City of Orillia have also entered into separate facilities and land purchase agreements to construct a backup Ontario grid control centre, a provincial warehouse and a regional operations centre…
BC Invests $3 Million in Trades Training at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
The province has announced it will invest $3 million in Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Tech Campus for skills training in high-priority trades seats, including electrical. The investment will fund 1,238 seats…
Shea Robinson Now President of B. A. Robinson Co. Ltd.
Shea Robinson, previously B. A. Robinson Co. Ltd.’s Executive Vice President and General Manager, has been appointed President. B. A. Robinson Co. Ltd. is a diversified distributor of plumbing, lighting and electrical products, operating in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Northwest Ontario…
BC Invests $192,000 in Trades Training with Electrical Joint Training Committee
To help BC students get skills training as electricians, the provincial government plans to invest $192,000 in the Electrical Joint Training Committee (EJTC). The investment will fund 96 electrician trades training seats through to March 31, 2017 at the EJTC Green Skills Campus…
Call for Papers: Electricity, Distribution, Information Systems and Technology Conference and Expo
This 2 1⁄2 day event, taking place January 18-20, 2017 in Markham, Ontario, brings together key decision makers from the industry in interactive, informative expositions. First round submission deadline for proposals: August 29…
New Canadian Electrical Practice Exam: Improve Your Chances on Red Seal Exam
Based on the 2015 Canadian Electrical Code Part I, the interactive exam features 1,800 sample questions and covers each block, task and sub-task in the Red Seal Occupational Analysis for the Construction and Industrial Electrician…
Consortium Acquires Interest in K2 Wind Facility
A consortium composed of Axium Infrastructure, Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund Board and Manulife Financial Corporation, have completed the acquisition of Samsung Renewable Energy’s one-third interest in K2, a 270 MW wind power facility located near Goderich, Ontario…
