Innovating Canada
climate change
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New Alliances Emerge to Tackle Tough Problems
From climate change to health care, the challenges we face require innovative new coalitions. Imagine being able to repair damaged organs by printing replacement human tissues. In November, scientists at Toronto’s McEwen Stem Cell Institute announced a partnership to do just that. Working with Aspect Biosystems, a Vancouver biotech company, they’re developing a way to...
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Addressing Complex Sustainability Issues Head on with SLICE
Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s innovative new Sustainability-Led Integrated Centres of Excellence (SLICE) is empowering a better Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Polytechnic (Sask Polytech) engages in applied research, drawing on faculty expertise to support innovation by employers and providing students the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills. The institution’s new Sustainability-Led Integrated Centre of Excellence (SLICE) is an industry-centric, solution-oriented...
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Enabling Commercial and Industrial Decarbonization with Amp
Corporate decarbonization can be a long and complicated process, but Amp helps its clients become leaders in the push to net-zero. The transition to a low-carbon global economy is increasing the corporate demand for power purchase agreements (PPAs) as organizations seek to reduce emissions and secure their long-term energy costs. As one of Canada’s leading...
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Solstex® Line of Solar Facades Generate More than Just Clean Energy
The Solstex® Solar Façade System enables building owners to generate clean energy, save on electricity costs, and provide community benefits. We tend to think of traditional solar systems as ground mounted or rooftop mounted projects. However, there’s an argument to be made for integrating them with building facades. “If you’re looking at a high-rise building,...
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Already a Hub for Cleantech, Guelph Now Leading Transition to Circular Economy
A long-time leader in cleantech and sustainability, Guelph is transitioning to the circular economy. Here’s how Innovation Guelph is supporting that transition. Cleantech innovation and sustainability are nothing new to the City of Guelph. “Guelph has always been a bit of a natural centre for cleantech activity,” says Anne Toner Fung, CEO, Innovation Guelph, a...
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Clean Energy: Solar’s Power to Transform
As Canada electrifies its economy, solar is ready to rapidly transform underutilized spaces into distributed energy infrastructure. Globally, solar power provides the lowest cost of energy in history. It is a mature, commercialized technology that is available today – no future breakthroughs or government grants required. Electrification is inevitable. Now is the time to elevate...
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Government of Canada Measures to Enable the Clean Tech Sector
In addition to providing financial support for clean technology, the federal government carefully measures and coordinates its efforts. Supporting clean technology is essential to the Government of Canada’s goals for promoting clean economic growth. The diverse nature of clean technologies across all sectors of the economy makes it difficult to define the sector as a...
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Q&A with Energy Storage Canada
What exactly is energy storage technology? Energy storage technology captures energy produced and stores it for later use. Energy is stored through a variety of technologies including, but not limited to, pumped hydro, batteries, compressed air, hydrogen storage and thermal storage. The ability to store energy for later use allows increased regulation of the amount...
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Canada Needs More DC Quick Charging, Especially in Winter
In cities and highway rest stops, the case for more ultra-fast charging grows with dropping temperatures Ten years ago, during the dawn of the modern all-electric vehicle with the launch of the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S in quick succession, executives from both companies tacitly admitted that despite key EV advantages in smoothness, zero...
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What Do Canadian Cleantech Ventures Need to Succeed?
Canada has ambitious climate goals. The road to net zero is not a simple and straightforward path.
