Green

Dryden’s Bryan Tardiff wants to unlock the vast potential of local energy independence in northwestern Ontario.

As major hydroelectric projects loom large on the municipality’s horizon, the Town of Kapuskasing is taking a close look at itself to ensure it will have the workforce necessary to meet employers’ impending needs.

An executive from a Spanish solar panel manufacturer intending to set up shop in Sault Ste. Marie this summer will be speaking this week at an alternative energy workshop in the city.

A southern Ontario green technology company is poised to begin construction of a large waste-to-energy gasification plant in Sault Ste. Marie to handle all of the city's household garbage. The Elementa Group Inc.

Sault Ste. Marie is entering the North American solar panel supply chain market in a big way using some leading-edge European-style technology. Heliene Canada Inc.

Nearly $2 billion worth of hydroelectric developments underway is set to provide a financial shot in the arm for two Northern Ontario communities along the winding Mattagami River.

Industry promoters of the Alberta oil sands are predicting gradual growth in the latter half of 2010 as development projects, shelved by the recession and dipping oil prices, come back to life.

A northeastern Ontario First Nation community is aiming to crack the biomass market. Nipissing First Nation, just west of North Bay, has unveiled plans for a small wood pellet mill with a target of producing 24,000 tonnes of material annually.

While other companies worry about wasting energy, the team at the Sudbury-based Renewable Resource Recovery Corp. is fine with seeing it go down the drain – literally.

After years of discussion, planning and false starts, Sudbury’s Cambrian College is finally looking to make its $6-million Xstrata Nickel Sustainable Energy Centre a reality in the spring of 2010.