Vancouver-based developer of electric motorbike technology Damon Motors struggled through several years of over-promising and under-delivering, with the company’s stock value shrinking rapidly since going public in 2024. In response, Damon shifted focus from hardware to software via its the Damon I/O platform, which features an advanced machine learning module developed in-house designed to enable dynamic performance […]
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pH7 Expands Canadian Facility, Accelerates Cleantech with Government Support
Building on major funding late last year, Vancouver-based pH7 Technologies recently revealed that is expanding its operating metals processing facility in Vancouver to scale the recovery of platinum group metals and strengthen regional supply chains for critical metals. By expanding processing operations, pH7 aims to increase domestic capacity to recover and process critical metals while […]
Canada’s Clean Energy Push is Powerful. But Can Workforce Skillsets Keep Up?
Canada’s attempt to transition to a “net-zero” economy is transforming the nature of work in the skilled trades, a new report observes, with demand for certain roles across sectors rising sharply. The country’s training and apprenticeship systems are not equipped to meet this surge in need, however, and workforce shortages could limit the country’s ability […]
UCalgary Receives $4m to Advance ‘Far-From-Equilibrium’ Cleantech Innovation
A new clean technology department launching at the University of Calgary is receiving more than $4 million in federal support. UCalgary’s recently formed Centre for Far-From-Equilibrium Nanostructured Cleantech Materials, known as CeFar, has garnered $4.25M from the Canada Foundation for Innovation Innovation Fund. The investment will allow CeFar, which unites 10 existing labs in the Schulich School […]
Moment Energy to Help Power SFU Supercomputer with Cleantech Innovation
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 […]
Ballard Signs Major Hydrogen Bus Deal
Vancouver’s Ballard Power Systems has signed a significant commercial agreement with bus manufacturer New Flyer to supply 500 hydrogen fuel cell engines, marking one of the largest fuel cell procurement deals in the global transit sector. The agreement covers Ballard’s FCmove®-HD+ fuel cell engines, representing 50 megawatts of generating capacity. Deliveries will begin in 2026 […]
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 […]