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Must love heights and live wires: How Canada is building a workforce for the energy transition
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.
Alberta’s new renewable energy rules lift moratorium but offer ‘little immediate clarity’
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
Innovation minister Champagne doubles down on EV plan, says critics lack 'vision'
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.
Quebec's hydro power and critical minerals saved Northvolt's Canadian plant
Planned $7 million lithium-ion battery gigafactory in southern Quebec secured as “essential” to Swedish battery-maker’s global manufacturing strategy despite filing for bankruptcy in the U.S last week
Canada's biggest battery powers up
Ontario will switch on the country's biggest energy storage facility next summer, taking a key step in transforming an aging electricity network aiming to be net-zero by 2035 — and one that could spark the grid revolution the province needs.
Despite net-zero pledge, Canada Pension Plan pumps billions in new fossil fuels
So far this year the Canada Pension Plan has pumped over $3 billion into fossil fuels, despite pledging to reach net-zero emissions. The risks to the economy and planet are growing, and advocates say the pension fund must transition out of coal, oil and gas before it's too late.
Trump’s plan to block offshore wind may breathe new life into Canada’s industry
Canada’s fledgling sector could get a gust of investment if Donald Trump imposes the U.S. offshore wind moratorium he promised during the election, some industry players say.
'New geopolitical reality': What will Trump 2.0 mean for Canada’s decarbonizing miners?
Risks — and possibly rewards — lie ahead for Canada’s mining sector as the protectionist president-elect returns to the White House, say industry leaders.
New Hitachi Energy boss powers ahead as green transition boosts business
As the world’s biggest power technology company expands its North American R&D and manufacturing hub in Quebec, Andreas Schierenbeck says the biggest challenge is “coping with the pace” of demand.
Quebec paper mill world’s first to test new industrial carbon capture technology
Near-$24 million pilot project at Kruger Wayagamack plant in Trois-Rivières to pioneer industrial-scale version of system using high-temperature molten salts to capture and reuse CO2 emissions.
Clean50 brings Canada's key climate innovators together for outstanding results
Clean50 event, in its 14th edition, brought together 150 delegates to brainstorm green transition solutions in areas ranging from clean finance to sustainable construction, renewable energy to climate action education
Mi'kmaw embrace flagship Canadian offshore wind project
Developer of Nova East project in deep waters off Nova Scotia inks memorandum of understanding with eye on landmark mutual benefit agreement to drive First Nation jobs and revenue creation
Too little, too late for federal sustainable investment guide
For years, Ottawa has promised guidelines to determine what counts as green investments. This week it unveiled next steps that will push the development of the framework beyond the next election, throwing a key policy's future into question.
Pumped up: how 'high density hydro' could supercharge global energy storage
Say energy storage and most imagine EV lithium-ion batteries. But a range of "long duration" concepts that store power for weeks rather than hours are coming to market, among them one called high-density hydro that uses a mud-brown slurry pumped through a long loop of plastic pipe on a hillside to store energy until it's needed. With first systems now being built, the technology could change the way renewables-powered grids work in the future.