by admin | Nov 8, 2017 | Blog, electricity consumers, Energy Innovation
Saint John Energy won the Smart Energy Communities Award in the Utility and Energy Service Providers Sector at the QUEST (Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow) Gala on November 7th, 2017 in Ottawa at their annual conference. Saint John Energy launched their...
by admin | Oct 23, 2017 | Blog
Energize Bridgewater / Energize Nova Scotia, a free discovery fair, will take place October 27th and 28th at 564 Glen Allen Drive in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. According to an update this morning from the Twitter feed @BridgewaterEnrG , there will be an off grid...
by admin | Sep 20, 2017 | Blog, energy storage
Delegates from across Canada and abroad, toured the Toronto Island above ground facilities of the world’s first adiabatic, underwater compressed air storage plant on September 19, 2017. It is a demonstration project, owned and operated by Hydrostor Inc.,...
by admin | Sep 5, 2017 | Blog, Electric vehicles, Energy Innovation, Energy Transportation
Danny Ferguson can hardly wait till later this morning, the first day of the school year. That’s when he’ll be driving one of New Brunswick’s first two 100% electric school buses. He can hardly wait to hear what the kids will have to say. He said...
by admin | Aug 23, 2017 | Blog, Electric vehicles, Energy Transportation
Electric Vehicle drivers love their cars. Marc Gravel is no exception. Gravel is proud to be driving his 2016 Chevrolet Volt. He doesn’t mind a four hour stop in Chester to charge his battery (“refuel”) on a sunny August Nova Scotia road trip from...
by admin | Aug 1, 2017 | Blog
Applications opened on July 31st and are being accepted until September 29, 2017 for Nova Scotia’s Solar for Community Buildings Program. (see June 9, 2017 blog post) That’s a short window unless groups got wind of this program during it’s genesis...
by admin | Jul 1, 2017 | Blog, Electric vehicles, Energy Transportation
Canada’s Federal Government, in partnership with Waterloo Ontario’s Fleetcarma , launched Canada’s Charge The North program on June 13, 2017. If you are a Canadian EV owner, or a plug in hybrid owner, and are curious about participating in the...
by admin | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, Energy Innovation, energy security, off grid electricity
After Eastern North America’s 1998 Ice Storm, Cam Farnell survived in Kingston, Ontario without power in frigid weather for days in his grid connected home. That’s when he started researching the merits of off-grid living. Fast forward to 2017. Cam Farnell...
by admin | Jun 9, 2017 | Blog
Peter Craig, a Nova Scotia Dept. of Energy staffer, announced a new opportunity to generate solar electricity from rooftops of community buildings and sell it to their utility. At a June 8th Halifax city council sustainability committee meeting Craig outlined exactly...
by admin | Jun 2, 2017 | Blog, Electric vehicles, Energy Transportation
Delegates at the EV Vehicle Conference and Exhibition 2017 event in Markham, Ontario who signed up, enjoyed a field excursion to the recently opened EV Discovery Centre near York University. They had a chance to view the history of EV’s wall display, ask...
