Canadian battery storage innovator Moment Energy announced this week that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Simon Fraser University to support the institution’s growing data centre needs and sustainability goals. The MOU focuses on collaborative opportunities for Vancouver-based Moment Energy and SFU to identify opportunities to deploy advanced energy storage to boost power […]
Canadian Cleantech Company Acquires 5,000-Acre Site in Nova Scotia for Hydrogen Project
A battery metals company based out of British Columbia revealed this week that it has acquired 5,000 acres of land in Canada for a hydrogen project. Cruz Battery Metals says its new South Advocate Hydrogen Project site is strategically situated in Nova Scotia. Targeting the rechargeable battery and renewable energy sectors, Vancouver-based Cruz is focused […]
Building ‘Climate-Competitive’ Supply Chains with $6.4M for Corridor Cleantech
The federal government is aiming to improve Canada’s “climate competitiveness” through investments into green shipping corridors and cleaner ports. In this vein, Minister of Transport Steven MacKinnon recently unveiled $6.4 million earmarked for R.W. Tomlinson’s Ontario Trap Rock facility. The funding, supplied under the Green Shipping Corridor Program, is for R.W. Tomlinson’s Trap Rock Electrification […]
Progressive Planet Opening R&D Lab in Alberta to Innovate Lower-Carbon Materials
Kamloops-based Progressive Planet revealed this week that it has filed a patent application for its latest clean technology innovation. The B.C. cleantech upstart announced a US Provisional Patent Application for “Planet LCD Cement.” The “LCD” stands for Limestone Calcined Diatomite, and Progressive Planet believes it is the first company to develop this particular material. Global […]
Calgary’s CURA Climate to Demo Novel Innovation for Cleaner Cement
A Calgary-based climate technology startup-to-watch is partnering with a B.C.-based precast concrete manufacturer. Alberta’s CURA Climate has signed a formal agreement with Grand Forks Concrete to jointly deploy a pilot‑scale demonstration plant as well as a first‑of‑kind commercial facility to convert agricultural spent lime into low‑carbon cement and agricultural co‑products. “Agricultural spent lime has long […]
Defense Metals Draws Federal Funding to Supply B.C. Mineral Project with Clean Energy
Defense Metals has secured nearly $2 million through the second call for proposals under the Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund, which is now transitioning to the First and Last Mile Fund. The Vancouver-based company intends to apply the capital toward advancing its Wicheeda REE Clean Energy and Transportation Infrastructure Project situated near Prince George. “This conditional […]
Government Earmarks $46M for Nine Clean Energy Innovation Projects in Alberta
Alberta announced it is investing into technologies to reduce oilsands mine water and reclaim tailings ponds. The region’s oilsands produce some of the most responsible energy in the world, according to the government, which is investing $46 million through the TIER fund to develop innovative cleantech. “The world is looking for responsibly produced energy, and […]
Rock Tech Partners with Siemens on Battery-Grade Lithium Conversion Project
Toronto’s Rock Tech Lithium is working with Siemens Canada to develop state-of-the-art lithium conversion capacity. At the Canadian Critical Minerals Forum during the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Trade Show and Convention, Rock Tech signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Siemens for a long-term, multi-phase strategic partnership. At the core of the partnership […]
Nova Scotia Cleantech Startup Raises Serious Capital to Advance Energy Project
A Nova Scotian clean energy upstart has secured substantial funding. Halifax-born EverWind Fuels this month raised more than $200M to advance construction of the company’s 650-megawatt onshore wind portfolio and support delivery of the Point Tupper Green Fuels Project. The capital hails from Nuveen Energy Infrastructure Credit, the infrastructure credit investing arm of Nuveen, a […]
Svante and Carbon Alpha Partner to Advance North Star Bioenergy Project
Svante Technologies is acquiring Carbon Alpha. A Global Cleantech 100 company and one of TIME & Statista’s Top Greentech Companies, Vancouver-based Svante makes nano-engineered filters and modular machines that capture and remove CO2. The well-funded Svante was last year named “Ambition Company of the Year” at the Technology Impact Awards. Founded in 2021, Calgary-based Carbon Alpha […]