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Medicine Hat, located in the centre of Alberta’s fossil gas heartland, takes over 325 megawatt photovoltaic project that fully-developed could totally power its industry. businesses and homes

A nationwide network of processing facilities needs to be at the heart of the idea of a new strategic reserve of key energy transition materials such as lithium, zinc and copper, some mining leaders argue

Province prioritizes slate of major projects to help declaw threatened U.S' export tariffs but only one — Teck’s Highland Valley copper mine — will produce critical minerals, materials key to solar panels, wind turbines, and EV batteries.

Federal energy and natural resource minister proposes co-development of new uranium, germanium, lithium and other critical minerals megaprojects to reduce U.S. reliance on Russian and Chinese imports.

Leading players in Canada’s electric vehicle industry move forward with multi-billion-dollar plans to build manufacturing plants at heart of country's future low-carbon economy, as U.S. president agrees to last-minute stay on looming levies.

Provincial progressive conservative leader adds $1 billion to skills development fund as auto industry faces struggles with slowing market growth and looming U.S. export tariff threat.

Guelph-headquartered conglomerate’s government-backed investment in novel automotive propulsion systems, which will create 2,300 jobs, is a vote of confidence in long-term future of zero-emission vehicle ecosystem, says analyst

Looming 25 per cent levies on all Canadian exports to the U.S. are causing "uncertainty shock" in all industrial sectors but for climatetech companies trying to build commercial momentum they might be "decimating" – unless they can rethink their supply chain and export strategies.

Canada wants to host the next generation of data centres that will provide computing power needed for the burgeoning boom in artificial intelligence. But with many grids already maxed-out and the queue of IT players aiming to connect growing longer, where will the vast volumes of electricity come from?

First-ever Canadian power purchase deal for a direct air capture plant that "scrubs” CO2 out of the atmosphere signed by UK developer Low Carbon and Montreal-based Deep Sky.

We funded National Observer through crowdfunding and a handful of "social impact" investors who knew they might never see a return beyond social good. In one of North America's least affordable cities, we found an affordable space in a building we came to call The Save the World Building - or, on darker days, The Building of Lost Causes

In a net-zero by 2050 Canada, 700,000 more energy jobs will exist than today, according to a 2023 report by Clean Energy Canada. In the wind sector alone, the Global Wind Energy Council estimates that over half a million new wind technicians will be required worldwide by 2026.

Revised “agriculture first” regulations end seven-month clean energy project halt but will only be tested with first Alberta Utility Commission hearings, says advocacy body

François-Philippe Champagne dismissed detractors of government's embattled $100 billion strategy to build an EV ecosystem, arguing sector will create competitive advantage for the country "for decades to come — but not overnight," in exclusive interview with Canada's National Observer.