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Leclanché, eCAMION and SGEM to build and operate network of 34 fast-charging stations along Trans-Canada Highway

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Leclanché North America, part of Switzerland's Leclanché SA; eCAMION, based in Toronto; and SGEM, based in Geneva; will partner to develop and to install a network of 34 fast-charging stations along the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH). The project, designed to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles in Canada, entails an investment of C$17.3

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Tesla nickel supplier BHP building off-grid solar & battery storage systems for mining

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Tesla nickel supplier BHP announced that construction on one of the world’s largest off-grid mining solar and battery energy storage systems has started. TransAlta, a clean energy provider in Canada, the United States, and Australia, will help power BHP’s Nickel West assets, specifically its Mt. MW solar farm at Mt.

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Volkswagen Group’s PowerCo breaks ground on second cell gigafactory

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Thomas in Ontario/Canada, two of them already under construction. The cell factory will be supplied completely with green electricity generated by solar and wind power, for example by a new 250-hectare solar farm in the immediate vicinity. PowerCo is aiming to manufacture sustainable batteries in Valencia.

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New highly efficient catalyst for photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction toward methane

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The work, presented in a paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), offers a unique, highly efficient, and inexpensive route for solar fuels synthesis. The solar-powered catalyst is made from abundant materials and works in a configuration that could be mass-produced. 1 under air mass 1.5 —Zhou et al.

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Hydrogenics selected for 2 MW Power-to-Gas project in Canada

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Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. While most of projects will be connected to the high-voltage transmission grid, the selection criteria also included a requirement for some projects to be connected to local distribution networks. IESO grid storage projects. Lead organization. Technology. Convergent Energy and Power LLC.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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AT&T named him chief scientist, and in that position he worked on developing architecture and protocols for a large-scale Internet so that customers could connect to it from their homes. He was honored for his contributions with the 2017 IEEE Canada Presidents’ Make-a-Difference Award. where he continued his networking work.

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This $1b EV nickel plant will be North America’s largest

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Photo by Social Soup Social Media on Pexels.com Canada Nickel Co. We’re going to see nickel demand double or triple over the next 10 years as we gear up battery production here in North America,” Mark Selby, chief executive of Canada Nickel, told CBC News in an interview. Get started today!