Clean Technologies Will Drive Ontario's Future Economic Prosperity
A groundbreaking Report on Ontario's clean technology industry was released on February 17th, 2009. This first ever study, done by OCETA and the Russell-Mitchell Group, in collaboration with Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) and the Ontario Government, found that Ontario's clean technology industry is poised for growth...[ Details ]

Sell the product, not the technology
'Cleantech' is the new buzzword referring to environmental solutions and technologies. But it’s also a commonly touted solution to the current recession...[ Details ]

Cleantech spending crucial, study says
Sees 'made-in-Ontario' strategy showcasing homegrown innovation...[ Details ]

Ontario Welcomes Cleantech Report
McGuinty Government On Track To Turn Cleantech Into Jobs of the Future...[ Details ]

First Nations Agreement Leads to new Biofuel Plant
An economic development agreement signed with four Secwepemc First Nations will assist the harvest of mountain pine beetle timber and support the construction of a wood pellet plant near Kamloops...[ Details ]

OPG Calls for Interest in Supplying Biomass Fuel for Coal-fired Power Stations
Ontario Power Generation has issued a call to potential suppliers of biomass fuel and transportation services as it moves forward with its development program to determine the commercial viability of replacing coal with biomass at existing coal-fuelled generating stations...[ Details ]

Enerkem announces first commercial-scale biofuels and biochemicals plant is entering start-up phase
Major milestone achieved bringing Enerkem one step closer to becoming the first producer of biofuels and biochemicals to commercially use waste feedstock...[ Details ]

California's Dirty Energy Secret
A novel project just approved by California regulators would take waste products from oil refining into hydrogen for power generation. The resulting carbon dioxide would be harvested for boosting oilfield production...[ Details ]

Nuclear Fusion-Fission Hybrid Could Contribute To Carbon-Free Energy Future
Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a new system that, when fully developed, would use fusion to eliminate most of the transuranic waste produced by nuclear power plants...[ Details ]

Sun-tracking device wins student prize
Window coatings, wind generators and power unit also win...[ Details ]

Ontario Unveils Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009
U.S. and Canada marching towards a green revolution...[ Details ]

Philips launches its first mainstream LED light
Technology and cost are finally converging to make LEDs feasible, with Philips anticipating $20M in sales from the line in the U.S. this year...[ Details ]

Managing Energy with Swarm Logic
Self-organizing equipment could cut energy bills...[ Details ]

Panasonic's New Light Automatically Changes Brightness to Save Power
Panasonic has developed its Auto-Eco Light-Control Twin Pa – a home-use lamp equipped with a luminance sensor...[ Details ]

BIOREM announces first full scale XLD-based system installation
BIOREM Inc. is pleased to announce the start-up of our first full scale XLD-based system in the southern United States...[ Details ]

Greener Technology Helps Create Auto Sector Jobs In Kitchener
Ontario is helping an innovative auto supplier invest in new technology that will boost productivity while reducing its impact on the environment...[ Details ]

"Green" Plastics Could Help Reduce Carbon Footprint
Making plastics from plants is not a new idea, what is relatively new - and exciting - is the idea of using plants to actually grow plastics...[ Details ]

Framework Unlocks Value to Remediate and Redevelop Former Gas Stations
The Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (OCETA), the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI), and the Province of Ontario announced the release of the online REDEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR FORMER SERVICE STATIONS^TM in the Province of Ontario...[ Details ]

FCM's Green Municipal Fund supports the City of Quinte West's Field Test to Remediate the Murata Erie North America Historical Property
The City is using the $227,750 grant to conduct a field test to determine the optimal treatment system to remediate the city-owned Murata Erie North America historical property...[ Details ]

Box4Water – Turning Wastewater Into Drinking Water
Box4Water can treat very dirty wastewater all the way up to drinking water quality...[ Details ]

Energy-Efficient Water Purification Made Possible By Yale Engineers
The approach, which requires only one-tenth the electric energy used with conventional desalination systems, is being commercialized through a newly-established company, Oasys...[ Details ]

New Environmental Technology Takes Heat Off Oil Companies
A new technology designed to recycle surface water and remove harmful hydrocarbons from entering the water supply has been announced by its developer, Tangent Environmental Technologies...[ Details ]

The SD Tech Fund^TM will be accepting Statements of Interest from February 25 to April 22, 2009
The Statement of Interest (SOI) is an initial application used for preliminary screening and is subject to a competitive review process by SDTC and a panel of independent experts...[ Details ]

Will Investment in CleanTech Dry Up in Today's Financial Climate?
Despite a record year of Cleantech investment in 2008, the global economic crisis has introduced a note of caution that likely will lead to a slowing down in investment in 2009...[ Details ]