Cenovus, Suncor invest BC cleantech fund CALGARY _ Two oilsands heavyweights are making a push into B.C.’s cleantech sector. Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) and Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) have each pledged up to $50 million over the next 10 years to support Evok Innovations, a cleantech fund launched Thursday. With the oil and gas industry facing increasing […]
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Detroit auto show begins Jan. 16 DETROIT _ That sound of engines revving? It’s coming from Detroit. The North American International Auto Show opens next week in the Motor City. Automakers will debut around 45 new production vehicles and experimental concept cars during the media preview Monday and Tuesday. Starting Jan. 16, the public can
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Intelligent Pipeline Solution uses Industrial Internet to integrate wide range of data from internal and external sources A northeast energy company operating 15,000 miles of pipelines in the Marcellus and Utica shale regions is the first to deploy a “breakthrough software solution” that relies on the Industrial Internet to increase the safety and integrity of pipelines.
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Service tallies up considerations involved in home solar panels RALEIGH, N.C. _ The company that lets you compare air fares and translate foreign languages online wants to make it easier to weigh the costs and benefits of installing solar panels on household rooftops. Google is rolling out a new online service that quickly tallies up
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Carbon 60 a stable molecule used in solar cells systems A heating system so powerful it gave its creator a sunburn from three metres away is being developed by a New Brunswick engineering professor as a method to sharply reduce the costs of making the carbon used in some solar cells. Felipe Chibante says his
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Deployment of self driving cars likely slowed due to ruling LOS ANGELES _ California regulators have unveiled a roadmap that would let consumers begin using self-driving cars, though manufacturers would have to prove the emerging technology is safe before a licensed driver could get chauffeured around town. The approach California’s Department of Motor Vehicles offered
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New BOP Technologies says its design becomes even more important as drilling moves to deeper water, higher pressures HOUSTON, Texas – The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster focused industry’s need for robust blow out prevention technology, which BOP Technologies says it has delivered with an innovative new design that allows the BOP to work even if the drilling rig
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Google data centers look to have 3.6 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2025 SAN FRANCISCO _ Google is nearly doubling the amount of renewable energy feeding its massive data centers that enable more than 1 billion people to search for information, watch video clips and communicate virtually anytime they want. The long-term commitments announced Thursday
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GOP leaders work to undermine Paris climate deal talks WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama is trying to negotiate a legacy-making climate change pact this coming week in Paris with one hand tied behind his back. Congress can’t even agree whether global warming is real. Scientists point to the global agreement, years in the making, as
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Bill Gates committed $1B to effort to get investors involved in clean energy technology PARIS _ Government and business leaders are banking on clean energy technology to fight global warming, kicking off this week’s high-stakes climate change negotiations by pledging billions of dollars to research and develop a technical fix to the planet’s climate woes.
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