by admin | Aug 17, 2018 | Blog, court, Electricity Grid, Emera, Energy Innovation, OpenHydro, Renewable Energy, Tidal Power
In the Irish High Court today, Ms. Justice Miriam O’Regan heard there’s a chance Irish based OpenHydro can survive, with a restructuring plan and new investment, according to an independent report. That’s why, on August 17, even though she noted the...
by admin | Jul 27, 2018 | Blog, Electricity Grid, Energy Innovation, Renewable Energy, Tidal Power
The tide turned on OpenHydro, the first company to launch a turbine in the Minas Passage in Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy. (The first attempt was in 2009 when OpenHydro partnered with Nova Scotia Power deploying a smaller open centre turbine). The high cost...
by admin | Dec 8, 2017 | Blog, electricity consumers, Electricity Grid, Energy Grid, energy security, Renewable Energy
For the first time, electricity has been exchanged between the Island of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia through Emera’s Maritime Link undersea cable project. This is a historic milestone for the transformative interconnection. The first electrons across the...
by admin | Nov 11, 2017 | Blog, Electricity Grid, Renewable Energy
The Canadian province of Nova Scotia announced 18 Solar Community Project winners at events around the province on Friday November 10, 2017. Rev. Neale Bennet, the President of Atlantic School of Theology, was at the announcement in the AST Library in Halifax. The...
by admin | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog, Energy Innovation, Renewable Energy
Annette Verschuren is a businesswoman whose impact will influence the energy landscape of Canada and beyond. The former CEO of Home Depot Canada turned energy storage entrepreneur, sat at the Trudeau /Trump table in the White House yesterday, part of the team...
by admin | Dec 14, 2016 | Blog, Energy Transportation, Renewable Energy
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla (which acquired Solar City in November), will join President Elect Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum according to a press release this morning from a Trump Transition Team-(see great again.gov for a full list of recently announced...
