CFB Goose Bay awards $100 million service contract to Serco
Serco Inc. will continue to provide site support services at the 5 Wing Canadian Forces Base in Goose Bay, Labrador. The company, which is the Americas division of the multinational […]
High-level support continues for Keystone XL
What could be the most talked-about pipeline in history, the Keystone XL, is still being talked about, not built. But some of those talking about the 1,900-kilometre line are very […]
Ford reveals C-MAX Solar Energi Concept car
Ford has unveiled its new solar-powered concept car, the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, which it says has the potential to do what today’s plug-in hybrids do. Instead of plugging into […]
Chinese market for water pumps expected to triple by 2017
Massive population re-location initiatives and infrastructure expansion in China over the next few years will mean increasing growth in demand for pumps used in power generation and waste water treatment, […]
Global car sales will set new record in 2014: Scotiabank
Global auto sales have made broad gains in every region except Western Europe, according to the Scotiabank Global Auto Report released today. Since 2009, a recovery has been underway, and […]
Grid-scale electricity storage solution from New York startup
A new development in the ongoing quest for a grid-scale electricity storage system was reported in Scientific American. Invented by a New York City-based startup, Urban Electric, the promising new […]
Manufacturing up again in October
For the fourth consecutive month, Canada’s economy grew in October, Statistics Canada reports. GDP grew by 0.3 per cent in October, with significant gains in manufacturing and service industries. In […]
Conditional approval for Northern Gateway pipeline
With the recommendation of the National Energy Board Joint Review Panel now in its favour, Enbridge expects to receive government approval for its controversial Northern Gateway pipeline by July. The […]
Siemens awarded largest ever contract for onshore wind turbines
The largest ever single order for onshore wind power has gone to Siemens AG. MidAmerican Energy Holdings of Iowa, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Holdings, has ordered 448 wind turbines […]
Pembina set for biggest expansion in its history
Pembina Pipeline Corporation of Calgary will proceed with construction of approximately $2 billion in pipeline expansions following the conclusion of binding commercial agreements for transporting oil and gas with thirty […]
Wasted mechanical energy could solve world’s energy needs
A professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Zhong Lin Wang, says that he has invented a new form of energy technology that will change the world we live in […]
Government investment, weakening dollar, stronger US economy could spell relief for Canada’s manufacturers
A couple of announcements from the federal government in the last few days could mean good news for Southern Ontario’s manufacturing sector. Last Friday, the government announced that it was […]
