Eastern Canada

French billionaire launches $1.5B EV battery play

October 27, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Bollore Group opens lithium-metal-polymer battery factory near Montreal to supply electric vehicles made by Italy's Pininfarina and France's Gruau Group. Full Story »

SkyPower’s Nova Scotia wind park back on track?

August 24, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Canadian renewable energy developers team up on 25.5 MW wind power project after three turbines fail environmental review. Full Story »

Canada startup aims to smoke asphalt shingles

June 30, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Tectusol is one of 30 companies the Cleantech Group spotted in the past week looking to raise money. Find out more in the Pitch o’ the week. Full Story »

Iogen ships cellulosic ethanol to Shell

September 26, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - Produced from wheat straw, this is the first 100,000 liters of an initial 180,000 liter order from Shell. Full Story »

From coal mines to switchgrass

July 18, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - Cape Breton is looking at growing switchgrass on the site of a long-shuttered mine, part of a program to clean up and re-use coal mines across Canada. Full Story »

Pratt & Whitney leads biofuels project for aircraft

July 14, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - The project will investigate the potential use of biofuels for small and medium size engines. Full Story »

Cleaning up natural gas

June 25, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - New Brunswick's Atlantic Hydrogen plans a large-scale demonstration of its CarbonSaver technology. Full Story »

Bay of Fundy gets another suitor for tidal power

May 27, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - New Brunswick's Irving Oil is teaming up with the Huntsman Marine Science Centre to look at 11 potential generating sites. Full Story »

Big boost for Quebec wind industry

May 6, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - Hydro-Quebec plans to spend $5.5 billion on 2,004 megawatts of wind power, with most of the equipment to be manufactured in the province. Full Story »

Zenn gearing up for EEStor-powered car

March 31, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - A highway-speed vehicle with an ultracapacitor from stealthy EEStor is due to roll out in the fall of 2009. Full Story »
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