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The Smarter the Grid, the Less You Should Notice It

May 13, 2012 by Tyler Hamilton
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The smart grid is more than just smart meters. My Clean Break column this week takes a look at how Toronto Hydro is trying to modernize its electrical distribution system with a range of smart-grid technologies that don’t get much press.  ---Richard Ford doesn’t like the term smart grid.  “It means different things to different... [read more]

Biggest Roadblock To Building New Nuclear Plants: Skilled Construction Labour

June 3, 2011 by Tyler Hamilton
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Ontario’s Liberal government says we need to refurbish our province’s nuclear fleet and build another major plant near Toronto. The opposition Progressive Conservative leader, confident he will win this October’s election, says nuclear will be a cornerstone of his party’s energy policy. Indeed, as countries such as Japan, Germany... [read more]

GE launches global smart grid innovation hub just north of Toronto

March 9, 2011 by Tyler Hamilton
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General Electric announced today its new $40-million Grid IQ Innovation Centre, which will be located in Markham, Ontario, and will include a global testing and product simulation laboratory. This announcement reinforces one of my recent Clean Break columns about Ontario becoming a global hub for smart grid innovation. The 200,000-... [read more]

Guest Post: Plenty of options for energy-efficiency retrofits in buildings, says Wakulat

November 21, 2010 by Tyler Hamilton
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Energy-efficiency incentives for industrial and commercial buildings come and go. Next up on the chopping block is the $60-million BOMA Toronto Conservation and Demand Management fund, which is designed to incent building owners and operators to undertake conservation projects on their properties. It will expire on December 31, 2010... [read more]

Climate change action under threat in Toronto, and come next Tuesday possibly Ontario if Prop 23 is accepted in Cali

October 28, 2010 by Tyler Hamilton
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My latest Clean Break column, which appears in Friday’s Toronto Star but has already been published online, looks at the next election Torontonians and the rest of Ontario’s citizens have to worry about, this one in California on Nov. 2. That’s assuming, of course, that you believe climate change is happening, believe human activity... [read more]

What to do with sulphur?

October 11, 2010 by David Hone
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I was fortunate to be invited to attend CIGI 10 just outside Toronto, Canada. The annual “deep dive” policy discussion is held by the Centre for International Governance Innovation, a policy think-tank founded by Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of Research in Motion (a.k.a. Blackberry) and this year the focus was the global governance around the... [read more]

Wente continues to mislead, misinform Canadian public

April 11, 2010 by Tyler Hamilton
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Climate blogger and author Joe Romm of Climateprogress.org has a new book out called Straight Up, and it’s largely a selection of his best blog postings over the past few years related to climate change issues. One section is devoted to the Status Quo Media, and is a stinging critique of how poorly the mainstream media has covered... [read more]

Renewables powerhouse Iberdrola makes strategic investment in Toronto’s Morgan Solar

October 12, 2009 by Tyler Hamilton
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Since first writing about Toronto-based Morgan Solar a year ago, I’ve grown increasingly fond of this up-and-coming developer and soon-to-be manufacturer of concentrated PV systems. They think out-of-the-box, and they execute quickly. They fine tune until they get it right, and they don’t make a lot of noise until they get it right.... [read more]

Honeywell Wind Turbine to be manufactured in Windsor: Source

August 27, 2009 by Tyler Hamilton
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I’ve got a story this morning in the Toronto Star about Michigan-based EarthTronics (WindTronics) and its plans to establish a 5,000-unit a month manufacturing plant in Windsor, an Ontario city hit hard by the decline in the auto sector. The Windsor plant will employ about 200 people and should be up and running by the end of the year... [read more]

The link between heat waves and global warming

July 28, 2009 by Simon Donner
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In Saturday's Globe and Mail, Rex Murphy had yet another obtuse column speculating about global cooling, spurred by Toronto's cool, wet summer. While the errors in Murphy's supposedly ironic columns have not quite reached the level of George Will, in which a full-on intervention with the editorial board of the Washington Post now... [read more]

Rail Comeback?

May 10, 2008 by Glen Estill
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Ridership on the Go system in the Greater Toronto Area rose by 7.5% from a year ago.  Is it back to the future for transportation? The Go system is struggling to keep up.  Rail platforms are being extended to accommodate more cars.  New locomotives are on order, to increase the number of trains.  New track is being... [read more]

The Sustainable Condo Prototype Project: Green for the Holidays

December 26, 2007 by Stephen Del Percio
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Designed by Busby Perkins + Will, the Sustainable Condo Prototype Project is the product of EcoSmart, a non-profit foundation dedicated to the development of sustainable building technologies. After eight stops across Canada at a variety of events, the Condo has landed in Toronto as part of a larger educational exhibit on green... [read more]

Stellar debut for 5N Plus

December 20, 2007 by Tyler Hamilton
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Just a follow-up to my previous post about Montreal-based 5N Plus and its initial public offering. The maker of purified cadmium telluride for use in solar cells, and a key supplier to First Solar, debutted on the Toronto Stock Exchange at $3.00 (Canadian) and saw its shares skyrocket 87 per cent to $5.60. It will be interesting to... [read more]

ZENN's Canadian approval overblown

November 6, 2007 by Tyler Hamilton
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Scratching my head today as I look at the 5 per cent jump in the share price of ZENN Motors, the Toronto-based maker of low-speed electric vehicles. I guess the market is excited about the announcement today that ZENN vehicles have been cleared for sale in Canada by Transport Canada. Cleantech.com has the story here. I'm perplexed... [read more]