January 3, 2011 – Toronto, ON, Globe and Mail Article by Richard Blackwell
Several of Canada’s largest energy and resource companies are quietly staking out positions in a sector that seems at odds with their usual extractive activities: the renewable power business.
Oil sands, pipeline and coal-power [...]
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,
