Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Major milestone reached for Muskrat Falls power project
The Muskrat Falls project has reached a major milestone with first power flow from Muskrat Falls, as the first unit was successfully synchronized with the…
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OPG subsidiary purchases natural gas assets
Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG), under a new subsidiary that will be doing business as Atura Power, has finalized the acquisition of a portfolio of…
Manitoba Hydro scaling back work at Keeyask project site
Manitoba Hydro is scaling back work and suspending travel in and out of the Keeyask Project’s construction site to help protect the safety and health…
SaskPower issues RFP for next wind generation project
SaskPower is moving forward in the competitive process for the next wind generation project with the Request for Proposal (RFP) for up to 300 megawatts…
Plans halted for DGR at Bruce nuclear site
The Saugeen Ojibway Nation in Ontario has chosen not to support a proposal from Ontario Power Generation that would have seen the construction of a…
Bruce Power begins Major Component Replacement Unit 6 project
Four years after the start of its Life-Extension Program, Bruce Power is beginning the execution phase of its first Major Component Replacement (MCR) project. The…
Hydro-Québec, NB Power announce new agreements
The CEOs of Hydro-Québec and NB Power, Éric Martel and Gaëtan Thomas, have announced the signing of three partnership and development agreements. Under these agreements,…
Nuclear Perspectives
With nearly $26 billion being invested in the refurbishment of Ontario’s nuclear assets, it’s clear that the province values the energy resource as part of…
Henvey Inlet Wind reaches substantial completion
Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Development) and Nigig Power Corporation have announced completion of the 300-megawatt (MW) Henvey Inlet Wind power facility in Ontario. Pattern…
EA issued for small modular nuclear reactor project
The federal government has issued the notice of commencement of an environmental assessment (EA) for a small modular reactor project proposed by Global First Power…
Desjardins Group investing in Cypress Wind Project
The Desjardins Group Pension Plan (DGPP) has committed to acquire, upon completion of construction and upon certain other terms and conditions, a portion of EDF…
CC&L Infrastructure completes Bremner Trio purchase
Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure (CC&L Infrastructure), Has announced that it has completed its acquisition of a majority interest in Bremner Trio Hydro Corp. and…
Hydroelectric project to be built on the Inukjuak River
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., the Pituvik Landholding Corporation, and Hydro-Québec are proud to announce the construction of a 7.5-Megawatt (MW) run-of-river hydroelectric generating station on…
OPG opens first solar project
OPG’s first ever solar power facility is now online and harnessing the sun’s rays to generate clean, renewable electricity for Ontario. The new 44-megawatt Nanticoke…
NB Power purchases Bayside Generating Station
NB Power has bought the Bayside Generating Station at Saint John from Emera Energy Inc. for $46 million, including inventory. NB Power had been buying…
NB Power developing hydrogen power
New Brunswick Power is working with Joi Scientific on a hydrogen production system to enable the world’s first electricity grid that uses hydrogen as a…
Interim report released on Muskrat Falls inquiry
Minister of Natural Resources for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Siobhan Coady has released the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities (PUB) interim report,…
NextBridge to build East-West Transmission Tie
Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines for the Government of Ontario, issued the following statement on the East-West Tie Line Project: “Ontario’s…
Wataynikaneyap Transmission Project adds two additional communities
Wataynikaneyap Power has announced that Mishkeegogamang and Ojibway Nation of Saugeen legally joined the First Nations-led power project, bringing the number of First Nations communities…
New C.D. Howe report analyzes hydro megaproject costs
Cost overruns at several large-scale hydro projects in Canada raise questions about the economic viability of continuing construction to completion, according to a new report…
Canadian government supports its first geothermal power facility
The Government of Canada has announced support for a new geothermal power facility near Estevan in Southeastern Saskatchewan. The energy project, led by DEEP Earth…
Watay power project connects its first community
Pikangikum First Nation has been connected to Ontario’s electricity grid, bringing a reliable, clean supply of power to the community for the first time. Pikangikum…
Bruce Power signs MOU with Framatome
Bruce Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Framatome valued at $18.7 million covering a range of innovations and new activities, including operational…
Revelstoke 6 project granted EA certificate
An environmental assessment certificate has been issued to BC Hydro and Power Authority for the Revelstoke Generating Station Unit 6 project (Revelstoke 6 project), following…