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PharmaTrust MedCentres Labelled as Game-Changing Technology by CNN

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:12:06 +0000

BusinessWire · Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010

PharmaTrust MedCentres were dubbed this weekend as an industry-changing technology by CNN’s editorial producer Nadia Bilchik in her segment on stories happening overseas. The segment, which aired on Sunday, August 22nd, explained that the MedCentres would impact the pharmacy industry in a similar way that ATM machines changed the banking world.

“We are [...]

SDTC Announces Latest Funding Round for Clean Technology

Henry Vehovec — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:06:18 +0000

On August 12, 2010, SDTC issued a call to industry professionals requesting submissions of plans for their latest round of funding. The Application Deadline for this round is October 20, 2010. SDTC invests in a range of innovative solutions across all industries that address Climate Change, Clean Air, Water and Soil.

Further information is available at: www.sdtc.ca/applications

Zoltan Tompa Director [...]

Carbon Pricing as a Catalyst for Innovation and Sustainability

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:41:26 +0000

The following article recently appeared in The Globe and Mail and the Sustainable Prosperity blog linked here.

A tool to meet the productivity challenge: carbon pricing

(July 9, 2010) ROGER MARTIN AND ALEXANDER WOOD

Roger Martin is dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and director of the Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate [...]

20 MW Amherstburg Solar Project Sold to Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund (MPT)

Henry Vehovec — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:56:52 +0000

10 MW Bavaria SolarPark, photo courtesy SunPower

MPT’s Amherstburg Solar Park will be built and operated by SunPower Corp, which has proven its crystalline solar PV technology around the world in projects such as the 10 MW Bavaria Solarpark, above. Photo courtesy of SunPower.

On June 23, 2010, MPT acquired a 20-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) power project [...]

Reaction to Ontario’s microFIT Tariff Rate Cuts

Henry Vehovec — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:22:48 +0000

Not unexpectedly there has been broad negative reaction within Ontario’s nascent solar industry following Ontario’s cutting of the microFIT rate. As usual, one of the clearest thinkers and commentators on the issue is Tyler Hamilton, whose column appears regularly in the Toronto Star. His July 19th article is quoted almost in its entirety below.

Readers of this [...]

SunEdison Acquires Two 10 MW Ground-Mount Solar Projects From TransAlta

Henry Vehovec — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:27:07 +0000

Sun Edison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., announced on June 17 its purchase from TransAlsta of two ground-mount solar photovoltaic (PV) development projects in Ontario. SunEdison will work with Hydro One, Greater Napanee officials, and the local community to begin construction on the RESOP project in early 2011. Under the terms of the sale, SunEdison acquired more [...]

Mindfirst Sources Funding for Five 10 MW Solar Projects

Henry Vehovec — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:34:01 +0000

Solar panels at Vermont test facility.

In the fall of 2009 many Ontario developers rushed to submit applications hoping to gain approval for a limited number of 10 MW solar projects that would be able to fit within the estimated 4,000 MW of available capacity on the Ontario grid. Despite an abundance of applications there still [...]

Looking East-West Rather Than North-South

Henry Vehovec — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:46:58 +0000

Tom Sweeney describing "Open Venture Innovation".

The SDTC Investment Committee (IC) meetings are always fascinating because of the many wonderful and interesting projects and technologies that are discussed and reviewed. Also very interesting are the sidebar conversations with fellow IC members during breaks, before and after the closed-door sessions.

Tom Sweeney, an IC member now based in [...]

Ontario Power Authority Technology Development Fund

Nikhil Venugopal — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:18:59 +0000

The OPA’s Technology Development Fund (TD Fund) was set up to augment R&D investment in Ontario’s energy sector which, according to the Ontario Centers of Excellence, is just 0.5% of annual revenues. In comparison, the Telecommunications industry in Ontario invests nearly 20% of its annual revenues into Research & Development.

Pre-commercial technologies or applications typically face a [...]