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Toronto Greenhouse will be hosting a timely and unique event tomorrow night in Toronto which will have feature Gord Miller, The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario. Read the rest of this entry »
As well the event will have a “Green Business” Mayoral Debate:
Guest Moderator: Tyler Hamilton, (Green) Business Columnist for the Toronto Star
Burnaby-Based Day4 Energy recently released its Q2 financial results recoding revenues of $44.8 million increased by $39.1 million or 685% from the same period in 2009 and by $21.9 million or 95% from the prior quarter. Much of this growth was due to sales from its German subsidy adjustment on July 1, 2010.
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With the recently cabinet shuffle on August 18th, 2010, Premier Dalton McGuinty has announced that Glen Murray, MPP for Toronto Centre, was appointed to the position of Minister of Research and Innovation.
Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT / NASDAQ:WPRT), release their Q1 financial results yesterday with a revenue growth of $25.5 million for fiscal 2011 ended June 30, 2010.
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SunEdison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR), announced yesterday that it will develop and build industrial and retail roof-top solar photovoltaic (PV) projects for CanFirst Capital Management, a private real estate company also based in Toronto, Ontario. Read the rest of this entry »
With this agreement, SunEdison will finance, build, own, operate, monitor and maintain photovoltaic solar energy systems with capacity totaling 1.5-megawatts (MW). They will be hosted at CanFirst Capital Management facilities, and the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) will purchase the energy produced under the terms of Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff Program (FIT)*. CanFirst Capital Management will receive lease revenue for roof-top space allocated to the projects, without any upfront capital equipment costs.
Ottawa-based Cyrium Technologies Inc. announced yesterdy the introduction of the next phase of the company’s technology, Application-Specific Concentrator Cells (ASCC). A high-efficiency concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cell for terrestrial solar applications. Cyrium’s ASCC capabilities provide its clients with custom engineered solutions enabling them to optimize cell performance to match the requirements of their specific CPV systems.
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Through First Energy Generation Corp. is a subsidiary of Akron, Ohio-based First Energy Corp Ballard Power Systems announced yesterday the completion of factory testing of a utility- scale distributed generation system using the company’s proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Installation and commissioning of the system for a multi-year demonstration at FirstEnergy Generation Corp’s Eastlake Plant in Ohio.
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Northland is a income trust that has ownership or economic interests in 10 power projects totaling over 1,100 megawatts (“MW”) (net 872 MW). The trust announced in June of 2010 that it will go through a reorganization that will convert Northland Power Income Fund from an income trust into a corporation. It is expected that the conversion will be completed December 31, 2010 and the new corporation will continue operating as Northland Power Inc. effective January 1, 2011.
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Carmanah Technologies Corporation launched their Carmanah EverGEN Selector Tool earlier this week. The online application aids in the selection of solar LED lighting for outdoor, off-grid lighting applications. The tool will allow users to explore different solutions and produce full technical specifications for the Carmanah EverGEN solar LED lighting systems that fit their specific lighting applications.
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Solar photovoltaic products and solutions provider Day4 Energy has announced the company has completed the construction of two turnkey, ground-mounted photovoltaic power plants in Germany totaling over 2.5MW. Read the rest of this entry »
Built for a repeat customer of Day4 Energy, the 1.8MW Solarfarm Fischbach project in Niedereschach-Fischbach consists of 9,792 Day4 Energy 48 MC-S panels. Designed to produce enough power for over 500 households, this project will contribute to the reduction of approximately 1,170 tons of carbon-dioxide annually.
The second project recently competed was a 715kW installation built for Kreissparkasse Rottweil, a local savings bank in Germany. Comprising 3,920 Day4 Energy 48MC-S panels, the Energiepark Zimmern will produce enough electrical power for 200 households and will yield an annual reduction of approximately 464 tons of carbon-dioxide.
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