BHP Group Limited, Caterpillar Inc., and Finning International Inc. announced an agreement to replace BHP’s entire Escondida mine haul truck fleet with electric drive trucks – the world’s largest copper producer, located in the Antofagasta Region, northern Chile.
Mike Burke is the National Manager for Milwaukee Tool’s utility vertical in Canada. We spoke to him to learn more about what is influencing Milwaukee in the utility industry through discussion about some of their recent product releases, as well as learning more about what goes into product development.
Le monde de l’électricité en ligne recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Aleksandr Brehm, a senior commissioning authority for global engineering design firm ESD.
When it comes to alternative-powered construction equipment, there’s little doubt that electric-powered compact machines have gained the most traction.
Women account for 39% of the global labour force, but only for 22% of the traditional energy sector. For management levels, the numbers are even lower. Schneider Electric Canada is hosting a panel discussion to give women the center stage and share their powerful stories.
This article stems from the discussion at Nexans’ Change the Current event hosted this past month at the Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto, focusing on the presentation by Dr. Bruce Lourie, a policy expert and best selling author. The theme of the discussion was electrification, clean energy, and achieving net-zero-carbon in Canada and what an electrified future means practically.
On Thursday, September 29th, ECABC celebrated its 70th Annual General Meeting at the beautiful Inn at Laurel Point in Victoria. During the evening ceremonies, Deborah Cahill—who served as the Association’s President for 14 years from 2008-2022—was surprised with an induction into the ECABC Hall of Fame, the greatest honour the Association can bestow upon its members.
Phoenix Energy Technologies (“Phoenix Energy”) announced the launch of Carbon Manager™, a cloud-based, Smart Building application that makes it easy for enterprises to measure and report carbon intensity from Scope 2 emissions sources.
The Electrical Injury Day of Recognition is on October 6, 2022, and is sponsored by the Electrical Contractors Association of Alberta, the Canadian Electrical Contractors Association, and the National Electrical Trade Council.
Schneider Electric kicked off its Innovation Summit Las Vegas with a passionate call to address the triple crisis – energy, economic and climate – facing governments, businesses and consumers around the globe, and outlining its approach and solutions to achieve this.
UL Solutions announced it is now authorized as a third-party test house for smart home products using Matter, the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s (CSA) newly released industry-unifying standard for smart home technology.
The Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) announced the launch of a new digital safety campaign targeting the next generation of young electrical tradespeople to adopt a safety-first mindset.
Rule 72-000 notes that this is a supplementary or amendatory section of the code and applies to the services and distribution facilities for mobile homes and recreational vehicle parks.
The 2021 Canadian Electrical Code is now in effect in B.C. as of October 1st. TSBC has released a set information bulletin relating to the new edition of the code.
Below is the release from Electricity Canada on the call to action of electricity leaders around the world…
More and more Canadians are looking to switch to electric vehicles (EVs), whether to help the environment, say goodbye to unpredictable gas prices, or to enjoy an improved driving experience.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
