Green

TransCanada Corp. has acquired a third solar power generation facility near New Liskeard from Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. It’s the eighth facility acquired from Canadian Solar and the third in the New Liskeard area.

Funding for a pair of smart grid projects has been approved for Northern Ontario.

The province is launching the Remote Electrification Readiness Program in preparation to connect remote First Nations communities to Ontario’s electricity grid.

Costly wind and solar project contracts are primarily to blame for Ontario’s rising power prices, according to a Fraser Institute study released Oct. 30.

When you’re in the environmental research business, finding blue-green algae can be a double-edged sword: it’s good for the researchers, but not so good for the people living in the area.

TransCanada Corp. has acquired a trio of solar power facilities from Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. , including two in New Liskeard. The facilities, worth $182 million, are newly completed and generate 10 megawatts each.

The green-tech industry will be descending on Thunder Bay in early September for the Canadian Bioenergy Association’s (CanBio) annual conference. Sept.

True Grit Consulting, a Thunder Bay environmental engineering firm, was recognized by the City of Thunder Bay for the clean and green design of its new corporate headquarters.

With the proliferation of renewable energy projects around the North comes an influx of technical and environmental information that can be difficult to navigate. Graystone Environmental wants to help with that. Based in Sault Ste.

A northwestern Ontario pulp mill will be a test site for a prototype technology designed to extract and separate sugars from wood and improve fibre recoveries.