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Industry News
GE Brings Electric Vehicle Experience Tour To Vancouver GE Energy Industrial Solutions and GE Capital Fleet Services, leading the future of EV electrification and driving mass adoption of electric vehicles, brought its Electric Vehicle (EV) Experience Tour to Canada for the first time, making a stop in Vancouver mid September. Read more...
Alter NRG Announces Successful Waste to Biofuel Testing - Alter NRG Corp. announces that it has successfully completed testing of waste to ethanol at the Westinghouse Plasma Demonstration Center in Madison, Pennsylvania. Alter NRG believes that waste to ethanol and other biofuels (diesel, gasoline, etc.) is a growth market and is working with several biofuel producers to jointly model waste to biofuel solutions. Read more...
Schneider Electric PV Boxes Selected for SunPeak Solar 23 MW Power Plant in California - Schneider Electric has been selected by SunPeak Solar, LLC, a privately-owned solar energy project developer, to supply 25 solar power conversion substations (known as a PV Box) for the 23 MW IVSC-1 solar power plant in Niland, California. Read more...
Electro-Federation Canada Announces 2011 EFC Foundation Scholarship Recipients Electro-Federation Canada (EFC) and its corporate partners recently awarded over $40,000 in scholarship funds to twenty-six students across Canada. Read more... B.C. Hungry For Change Launches Industry Campaign Once again the B.C. Electrical industry has joined forces with its counterparts across the country to team up with Canadian Food for the Hungry to bring you the Hungry for Change campaign for 2011. Read more...
Siemens' OSRAM AG Acquires 100% Interest in Encelium Technologies OSRAM AG, the world's second-largest lighting company, entered into contract to gain a 100% interest in Teaneck-based Encelium Technologies, announced Tony Marano, Encelium's president and chief executive officer. Read more...
Sprott Power Corp. Announces Acquisition of 100 MW Alberta Development Project Sprott Power Corp., a developer, owner and operator of renewable energy projects, announced the acquisition of the rights to a 100 MW wind energy development project near Fort MacLeod, Alberta. Read more...
Schneider Electric's Jim Eichner Presented with International Electrotechnical Commission 1906 Recognition Award - The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the world's leading organization for the preparation and publication of international standards for electrotechnology, has presented Schneider Electric's Jim Eichner with their prestigious 1906 Recognition Award. Read more...
Labour Minister Presents Electricity Sector Employee Safety Awards The federal Minister of Labour, The Honourable Lisa Raitt, presented Lifesaving Awards to six safety-conscious electricity sector workers, each of whom saved a life through quick-thinking action. Read more...
Canada Signs Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty Canada has joined as the newest country to sign a new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement designed to crack down on the trade in fake goods. Read more...
WESCO International, Inc. Completes Acquisition Of Brews Supply WESCO International, Inc.announces that WESCO Distribution, Inc., through its wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, has completed the previously announced acquisition of Brews Supply Ltd. of Calgary, Alberta. Read more...
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