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CURA cements Grand Forks as first commercial partner

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CURA cements Grand Forks as first commercial partner

Only a few months after emerging from its stealth phase, CURA Climate Inc. has secured Lethbridge, Alta.-based Grand Forks Concrete Ltd. as a partner for its first pilot- and commercial-scale projects.

Carbon Upcycling's new CEO eyes global expansion

Carbon Upcycling Technologies' new CEO Markus Kritzler is juggling several priorities as he settles into his role. Chief among them are scaling its low-carbon cement substitute technology for the world stage, and filling out the team to help accomplish that.

Feds invest $100M in grid upgrades for Western mining

The federal government is investing more than $100 million in three Western Canadian transmission projects, underscoring the consensus that Canada’s clean energy transition depends as much on wires as it does on wind turbines and solar panels.

The Canadian trying to convince America to embrace the sun

Shawn Qu, who built Canadian Solar (CSIQ-Q) from humble beginnings in Kitchener, Ont., has plans for a network of plants across America that he says would usher in a "fairy tale" return for U.S. manufacturing.

Next Hydrogen secures contracts totaling $3.75M

Mississauga-based Next Hydrogen Solutions Inc. (NXH-X) has been awarded two contracts with a combined value of approximately $3.75 million to demonstrate its electrolyzer technology solution within a highly specialized nuclear application.

Progressive Planet develops new cement technology

Progressive Planet (PLAN-X), based in Kamloops, has filed a U.S. provisional patent application for a new supplementary cementitious material, branded Planet LCD Cement, designed to replace up to 50 per cent of Portland cement in concrete.

Ballard lands fuel cell order from New Flyer

Vancouver-based Ballard Power Systems (BLDP-T) announced its fuel cell systems will be deployed in New Flyer hydrogen fuel cell buses across North America, with deliveries scheduled to begin this year. New Flyer is a subsidiary of Winnipeg-based NFI Group (NFI-T).

Electra inks new cobalt supply deal with LG Energy

Toronto-based Electra Battery Materials (ELBM-X) has signed a fresh deal with LG Energy Solution that would see the company supply battery-grade cobalt to the South Korean firm through at least 2029.

Canada is racing to make graphite at home

Even if Canada mines lithium and builds battery plants, electric vehicles still need a lot of graphite for the anode, and most battery-grade processing is concentrated in China, which refines 90 per cent of the world’s supply.

Ontario tire recycling industry hits another road bump

Ontario's tire recycling industry is facing another crisis after eTracks, an organization that controls the majority of tire recycling in the province, cut tire processing this month by about 50 per cent at one of the province’s biggest recycling plants.

Alberta-federal talks should address renewables roadblocks

Removing obstacles to renewable energy development must factor into talks the Alberta and federal governments are having around electricity emissions policy, clean energy think tank Pembina Institute said in a new report.

Industrial carbon pricing will cost just a Timbit per oil barrel

ANALYSIS: Industrial carbon pricing has remarkably low costs — roughly the price of a Timbit — for industrial facilities and minimal impacts on their competitiveness, even if it’s adjusted to deliver a higher carbon price. 

Hyundai hydrogen trucks pass 20M km milestone

Hyundai Motor says its growing deployment of hydrogen fuel cell trucks in North America is being informed by real-world experience gained in Europe, where its Xcient Fuel Cell trucks have now surpassed 20 million kilometres of cumulative driving.

How big business is rewriting the U.S. sustainability story

Despite the headlines, many U.S. companies – including some of the world’s largest health care, technology and waste-management corporations – are sending a clear message: the green transition is not slowing down.

EU to pitch fund to drive green energy transition

The European Union will launch a new investment fund to help deliver the trillions of euros of spending that will be needed over the next 15 years for the bloc’s green energy transition.

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