Cement is essential to modern infrastructure—and one of the world’s most difficult industries to decarbonize. Calgary-based Carbon Upcycling is tackling that challenge by transforming captured carbon dioxide and industrial byproducts, including slags, ashes, tailings, and glass, into lower-carbon materials that can be used in existing cement manufacturing processes. The company has already produced more than […]
Interviews
Why Canadian Climate Ventures Get Stuck After the Pilot
For Canadian climate ventures, proving the technology is often only the beginning. The harder step is turning that proof into customers, contracts, financing, and repeatable revenue. It is a gap Jamie Moran sees often: a successful pilot, a promising technology, and then a stall before the company can turn technical validation into commercial traction. As […]
Solenery Simplifies Canada’s Path to Clean Energy
Canada’s clean energy transition hinges not only on policy and technology, but on the everyday decisions of households and businesses. Yet for many Canadians, the path to installing solar panels or adopting other net-zero solutions remains unclear, with questions about cost, incentives, and trusted providers often stalling progress. That’s where Solenery comes in. Founded by […]
Strengthening Canada’s Tech Sector for a Climate-Resilient Future
Climate change is no longer a distant concern—it is already reshaping Canada’s weather patterns, driving extreme events, and creating new uncertainties for businesses. For the country’s technology sector, the stakes are high. Energy-intensive data centres, global supply chains, and sprawling digital infrastructure leave tech companies exposed to both physical risks and evolving regulatory pressures. Yet […]
Why Critical Minerals Are the Cornerstone of Climate Tech
As the global race to decarbonize intensifies, access to critical minerals has moved from a niche concern to a defining issue for national security, industrial policy, and climate innovation.
Hard Tech, Real Impact: Pangaea Ventures on What Comes Next
At this year’s Web Summit Vancouver, CleanEnergy.ca caught up with Andrew Haughian, General Partner at Vancouver-based Pangaea Ventures, to dig into the firm’s just-released Hard Tech Report—a data-backed guide for investors and industry leaders navigating the complex intersection of science, sustainability, and scale. Now in its 25th year, Pangaea has long focused on “hard tech”—deep […]
Moment Energy’s Gigafactory Vision: Building the Future of Sustainable Storage
As the world races to decarbonize, energy storage is fast becoming a cornerstone of the clean energy transition—and Canadian startup Moment Energy is leading the charge with a bold new vision. The Vancouver-based company, co-founded by Sumreen Rattan, is building the world’s first gigafactory dedicated to repurposing retired electric vehicle batteries. In this exclusive interview, […]
How pH7 Is Reinventing Metal Extraction for the Energy Transition
As the world accelerates toward a clean energy future, the demand for critical metals like copper and platinum is surging—alongside growing scrutiny of the environmental costs of mining and refining. That’s where Vancouver-based pH7 Technologies comes in. Led by CEO Mohammad Doostmohammadi, the company has developed a novel process that dramatically reduces water and energy […]