Western Canada

Plutonic plans to go big with hydro

August 18, 2008 - Exclusive - The Vancouver-based company teams up with GE Energy Financial Services on a 1,000 megawatt run of river proposal. Full Story »

Day4 Energy boosts solar cell efficiency

July 30, 2008 - News brief - The company calls it a major breakthrough that will move it toward a 25 percent reduction in production costs. Full Story »

Xantrex Technology up for sale

July 23, 2008 - News brief - The developer of advanced power electronic products isn't divulging any details about the deal. Full Story »

TransAlta gets $7.8B buyout offer

July 21, 2008 - Exclusive - The Canadian power company, which has hydro, wind and geothermal operations, would go private under the deal. Full Story »

Ballard, IdaTech in backup power deal

July 18, 2008 - News brief - IdaTech will use Ballard's fuel cell stacks for its next generation ElectraGen system. Full Story »

Ballard, Plug Power extend supply agreement

July 2, 2008 - News brief - Ballard will remain the exclusive supplier of fuel cell stacks for Plug Power's GenDrive fuel cell power units. Full Story »

GreenField, Enerkem to build waste to ethanol plant in Edmonton

June 27, 2008 - News brief - The $70 million plant will initially produce 36 million liters of biofuels per year. Full Story »

Osage Bio Energy bringing barley ethanol to the U.S.

May 7, 2008 - Exclusive - First Reserve is putting up $300 million to fund the construction of four ethanol and protein feed production facilities in the Southeast. Full Story »

Aurora reveals plans for solar UAV

April 23, 2008 - Exclusive - Unmanned aerial vehicle to stay in the air for up to five years on intelligence, surveillance and communication missions. Full Story »

FutureGen migrates north?

February 5, 2008 - Exclusive - Carbon capture and storage heats up in Canada with a plan led by Calgary's Enbridge. Full Story »
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