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Xeneca Power Development currently has 19 hydroelectric power generating projects in the works, including one at Wabagishik Rapids, just west of Sudbury.
Xeneca leads hydroelectric development in the North

Xeneca leads hydroelectric development in the North Toronto company advancing 19 water power projects Lindsay Kelly In the race to develop renewable energy projects across the North, Xeneca Power Development Inc. stands out amongst the water power players for the sheer number of projects it's proposing.



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Hearst greenhouse grower installs geothermal heating system
Hearst greenhouse grower installs geothermal heating system Heating up Patrick Demers La Maison Verte, a Hearst not-for-profit reforestation grower, spent the majority of December installing a $230,000 geothermal heating pump for one of its greenhouses, and plans on using January and February to test it.
Entrepreneur cultivates way to extend the harvest
Entrepreneur cultivates way to extend the harvest Farm-fresh and year-round Ian Ross Like many of the Finnish immigrants who settled west of Thunder Bay at the turn of the last century, Leo Hunnakko is a big believer in being self-sufficient. The Thunder Bay area entrepreneur believes being located in a
New technology reduces organic waste
New technology reduces organic waste Food to go Liz Cowan Food waste is a rotten problem but a new company has a fresh solution that reduces its volume by 90 per cent. Food Cycle Science, based in Cornwall, Ont., obtained the rights to technology developed in Korea that dehydrates and converts the organi
Sustainability theme for Heast green tech centre
Sustainability theme for Heast green tech centre 'Form follows function' Patrick Demers When developing the idea for the new $2.5-million state-of-the-art Hearst Regional Green Technologies Centre, the community had two main focuses. One was business, and the other sustainable development. “It focuses
• Green tech researchers roll out projects
• Hearst seedling greenhouse delves into consumables
• Sudbury miner, college team up on experimental forest
• Businesses can increase profits by going green
• Xeneca leads hydroelectric development in the North
• Jet fuel plant, 383 jobs slated for White River
• First Nation to produce 4 MW of power in 2012
• Municipal microFIT program first of its kind in province
• Toronto wood pellet maker eyes former pulp mill
• Thunder Bay coal plant to use natural gas

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