When it comes to Canada’s transition to an electrified economy, trillions of dollars could be at stake, a new report reveals. The report, which hails from New Economy Canada and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, suggests that doubling Canada’s electricity supply could add a cumulative $3 trillion to Canada’s economy by 2050, supporting more than […]
Provincial Investment to Support $400M Critical Minerals Project in Ontario
The government of Ontario is investing more than $10 million to support a $400M project. The $11M investment from the Critical Minerals Processing Fund will help power construction of Generation Mining’s new copper and palladium processing complex in Marathon. The first recipient of the CMPF (which launched in 2025), Generation Mining’s facility represents a milestone […]
Novaporte Advances Vision for Wind-Based Industrial Ecosystem in Nova Scotia
Novaporte recently attended the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto, during which time the Nova Scotian cleantech innovator advanced discussions with investors around a proposed offshore wind manufacturing port Sydney Harbour. The inaugural Summit brought together investment executives, business leaders, and governments to attract long-term capital to build major Canadian projects. In development for more than […]
Successful Test Has VoltSafe Ready to Market ‘Most Advanced Way to Control Electricity’
A Canadian cleantech innovator has successfully completed safety certification testing for a marine shore power solution. Vancouver’s VoltSafe is aiming to reinvent the age-old electrical plug, replacing prongs with patented magnetic technology and an “electrical fingerprint” to deliver safer, smarter power connections. VoltSafe recently passed safety certification testing for its proprietary high-power, prong-free electrical connection […]
Alberta Showing How Economic Growth and Emissions Reductions Can Go Hand in Hand
Alberta is hard at work promoting the province’s “responsible energy” sector worldwide. Alberta, the first jurisdiction in North America to put a price on industrial carbon emissions back in 2007, has invested $1.8 billion into innovation and technology through the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction fund since 2019, and achieved its methane emissions reduction target […]
Calgary’s Kanin Captures $138M to Scale Clean Energy Solution Targeting Industrial Waste
Kanin Energy recently raised a major round of financing. The Calgary-based cleantech was established by chief executive officer Janice Tran alongside Dan Fipke and Jake Bainbridge with a focus on capturing waste heat for power generation, district heating, and other industrial efficiency projects. The industrial sector generates enormous amounts of waste heat as a byproduct […]
CURA Secures $14M to Modernize Cement Industry with Electrochemical Cleantech
In 2025, CURA Climate raised pre-seed capital from Zacua Ventures and Amplify Capital. Now the decidedly Albertan cleantech company has announced a much bigger round of financing. Calgary’s CURA recently secured US$10 million to accelerate commercialization, according to a statement, with both Zacua Ventures and Amplify Capital returning, as well as new investors Sandpiper Ventures […]
Green Manganese Tests ‘Compelling’ Cleantech for Critical Minerals Processing
Green Manganese announced this month that it has successfully completed initial metallurgical test work. The company’s closed-loop, water-based process recovers manganese and other minerals from low-grade ores and legacy and industrial tailings that conventional smelting cannot treat economically. The test demonstrated that Green Manganese’s proprietary hydro-metallurgical process can recover multiple critical metals from poly-metallic nodules […]
Canada Funds AI Innovation Targeting Year-Round, Energy-Efficient Plant Growth
The federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food recently visited Alberta on a tour in support of innovation and technological adoption amongst the region’s farming and food sectors. Building on Canada’s $3.2-billion National Food Security Strategy, minister Heath MacDonald unveiled $900,000 in funding for Calgary’s SmartGRO Bioengineering under the Agricultural Clean Technology Program’s Research and Innovation […]
Canada’s Largest Carbon Capture and Storage Project is Now Underway in Alberta
Enhance Energy has begun construction of the largest carbon capture and storage project in the country, the Canadian cleantech announced recently. The Origins CCS Hub in Clive, Alberta, will store up to 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year with the ability to grow to expand in the future. It is expected to be operational […]