Tech Innovation
Google’s Aramco deal risks irking staff over oil, politics
Tuesday, December 22, 2020, 6:35 AM MST
Google will start selling its cloud-computing services in Saudi Arabia through a deal with oil producer Aramco, risking a backlash…
This is the dawning of the age of the battery
Friday, December 18, 2020, 6:42 AM MST
The lithium-ion battery that billions of people carry daily in their mobile phones is a Nobel Prize-winning scientific achievement. We’ve…
Federal long-term plan to increase hydrogen use focuses on regional hubs
Thursday, December 17, 2020, 6:14 AM MST
The federal government has introduced a plan to greatly increase the use of hydrogen as a low-carbon fuel to help…
Gates and Bezos funds back hydrogen-powered plane startup
Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 7:06 AM MST
The hydrogen-powered aviation startup ZeroAvia Inc. has raised $37.7 million from the U.K. government and a group of investors that…
Electric cars closing in on gas guzzlers as battery costs plunge
Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 6:45 AM MST
Electric vehicles may cost about the same as their gas-guzzling brethren in just three or four years – and only…
Amazon backs 26 green projects in drive to renewable energy
Thursday, December 10, 2020, 6:37 AM MST
Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday said it was backing 26 new wind and solar utility projects around the globe, a massive…
Report by clean energy group outlines path to reducing freight emissions
Thursday, December 10, 2020, 6:28 AM MST
A new report calls for Ottawa to provide financial support to help the freight transportation industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through…
Hydro Quebec launches new subsidiary specialized in energy storage business
Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 7:13 AM MST
Hydro-Quebec has launched a new energy storage business aimed at power producers, transmission providers and distributors, as well as commercial…
Governments to invest in $875 million biofuel plant project southeast of Montreal
Tuesday, December 8, 2020, 4:45 PM MST
Quebec and federal officials announced an investment Tuesday in a biofuel production facility that will use non-recyclable residual materials, diverting…
Cloud migration powers IoT, big data operations for LNG
Tuesday, December 8, 2020, 11:35 AM MST
Woodside Energy’s Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility was built from the ground up on digital technology. The Western Australia…
There’s a plan to bury Asia’s carbon emissions under the sea
Monday, December 7, 2020, 7:25 AM MST
Australian and Japanese companies are studying plans to capture carbon dioxide from industrial emitters in Asia and store it under…
Master methane emissions regulations and mitigation technologies
Monday, December 7, 2020, 6:54 AM MST
The CERI Methane Emissions Management (MEM) course will provide an overview on April 20 of federal and provincial methane regulations…
