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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
