Renewables
Saskatchewan to develop plan around small modular nuclear reactors
Thursday, June 25, 2020, 6:13 AM MDT
Saskatchewan is taking another step in its march to bring small modular nuclear technology to the province.The Ministry of Environment…
Third phase to make Capital Power's Whitla Wind project Alberta's largest
Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 11:26 AM MDT
Capital Power Corp. says a $92-million expansion of its Whitla Wind power facility in southern Alberta will make it the…
An influx of stimulus cash could turn green tech into a nightmare
Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 6:32 AM MDT
Green industries are about to be flooded with billions from governments eager to simultaneously stimulate economies and fight climate change.These…
Electric car charging stations are finally about to take off
Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 6:24 AM MDT
The electric vehicle sector has been stuck for years with a chicken-and-egg problem. Until there were extensive networks of public…
Renewable-energy spending will surpass oil and gas for the first time ever in 2021: Goldman Sachs
Thursday, June 18, 2020, 7 AM MDT
Spending on renewable power is set to overtake oil and gas drilling for the first time next year as clean…
The electric car battery boom has screeched to a halt, for now
Thursday, June 18, 2020, 6:40 AM MDT
Three decades of advances took lithium-ion batteries from powering handheld Sony camcorders to propelling Tesla’s popular electric vehicles. The rapid…
Tesla strikes deal to buy cobalt from Glencore for EV plants
Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 7:03 AM MDT
Tesla Inc. will buy cobalt from Glencore plc, the world’s biggest miner of the metal, as the carmaker looks to…
Scotland launches $10 billion contest to build wind farms at sea
Thursday, June 11, 2020, 6:19 AM MDT
Scotland, home to a quarter of Europe’s offshore wind resources, is seeking proposals to install turbines off the coast in…
Floating wind farms could supply the world's electricity by 2040
Friday, June 5, 2020, 6:28 AM MDT
The turbine inventor Henrik Stiesdal is small in the shadows of gigantic curves of steel, watching workers weld towers that…
New York approves construction of state’s biggest wind farm
Thursday, June 4, 2020, 6:11 AM MDT
New York regulators approved the state’s largest wind farm to date on land, covering 30,000 acres southeast of Buffalo.The $454…
Oil major Total shifts to clean energy with U.K. wind farm stake
Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 12:07 PM MDT
French oil company Total SA has bought a 51 per cent stake from utility SSE plc in the development of…
Pandemic shows a low-carbon future in dire need of batteries
Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 6:15 AM MDT
Coronavirus has exposed a lack of investment in the big batteries crucial to unlocking solar and wind power.A drop in…
