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Skyline makes biggest solar acquisition to date in Ontario
The First Light 1 ground-mounted solar project located in Napanee, Ont., which is being repowered by Skyline Clean Energy Fund. (Courtesy Skyline Clean Energy Fund) Skyline Clean Energy Fund has made its largest transaction for solar assets to date, acquiring 76 megawatts (MW) of installed solar capacity in Ontario and expanding its portfolio by 83 per cent.
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Vema Hydrogen appoints Stephane Dallaire as CFO
Stephane Dallaire is looking to "accomplish something or make a difference" at Vema, where he is to lead financing for natural hydrogen projects in Quebec as its chief financial officer. (Courtesy Vema Hydrogen) Stephane Dallaire has been named CFO of Vema Hydrogen, where he will oversee fundraising and financial operations as the engineered mineral hydrogen developer advances its projects in Quebec.
Manitoba net-zero plan a potential ‘game changer’: non-profit
Laura Tyler, the executive director of Sustainable Building Manitoba. (Courtesy Sustainable Building Manitoba) Manitoba’s three-year Net Zero Action Plan could be a “game changer” for the province’s utilities and energy agency, while setting a stronger direction for green buildings, according to Laura Tyler, executive director of Sustainable Building Manitoba.
Rips by Triumph 应用将实体卡牌拆包体验数字化，5 个月下载量近百万
在之前的选题《中美用户，在直播间里对同一样产品“疯狂上头”》中，我们发现大量爱好者在海外直播电商平台Whatnot“沉迷”于各大拆卡直播间，根据Fashion Network援引Whatnot自己的数据，预计2025年平台GMV将超过80亿美元，做个简单对比，TikTok Shop 2025年美国站GMV 150亿美元（EMARKETER数据）。借此，Whatnot也完成了2.25亿美元F轮融资，估值超过115亿美元。 Rips by Triumph近30天美榜趋势｜图片来源：点点数据 直播拆卡在美国狂飙突进的同时，卡牌行业迎来了新玩法。3月初，一款名为Rips by Triumph的App悄悄登上了美区App Store手游下载榜Top10，下载总榜90位。 虽然把自己放在“卡牌游戏”的分类中，但这款产品却面向的是实体收藏卡爱好者，核心模式是将线下卡店和拆卡直播间搬进App，让用户无需去线下或者排队等待主播拆卡，追求随时可拆。该App于2025年10月23日上线，5个月左右，总下载量接近百万。...
Baseball Looks Towards Non-Conference Matchup and Series Against No. 6 Cloud County
Colby baseball enters the week with a record of 5-15 (0-8 KJCCC), currently riding a nine-game losing streak. The Trojans were swept by Butler this past weekend in a series that featured several high-scoring contests.
Baseball Opens Conference Play Against No. 18 Hutchinson
The Colby Trojans baseball open conference play this week with a pivotal four-game stretch against nationally ranked Hutchinson Blue Dragons. The Trojans will travel to Hutchinson for a Thursday (March 5) doubleheader before returning home Saturday (March 7) to close the series with another twin bill. Colby enters conference action swinging the bats well, hitting .259 as a team with a strong .414 on-base percentage while plating 81 runs in non-conference play.
Electra targets Q4 2027 start for cobalt sulphate refinery
Electra has laid out a schedule for its upcoming cobalt sulphate refinery in Temiskaming Shores, Ont., pictured here. (Courtesy Electra Battery Materials Corporation) Electra Battery Materials Corporation (ELBM-X) plans to start commercial operations of its cobalt sulphate refinery in Northern Ontario near the end of 2027, a sign of more certainty for the critical minerals project.
FCM directs $2.4B toward climate resilience, affordability and jobs
Mayor Berry Vrbanovic, the chair of the Green Municipal Fund Council. outlined the investments into climate resilience and energy efficiency as wins for the environment and pocket books. (Courtesy Federation of Canadian Municipalities) The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is using its $2.4-billion Green Municipal Fund to advance climate resilience, create jobs and improve affordability across Canada, according to its 2025-26 annual report.
Ontario is planning to kick-start a whole new level of energy competition
GUEST SUBMISSION: Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) recently announced plans to invite an entirely new category of energy entrepreneurs into the electricity market – small scale generators. This move can be expected to stimulate competition while significantly widening the options available to energy consumers. Responses to the IESO’s first webinar on the new Local Generation Program were enthusiastic.
Battery recycler Li-Cycle applies for bankruptcy protection
Financially troubled Canadian battery resource recovery company Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (LICYF-X) has filed for bankruptcy protection under the Canadian Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) as it continues to seek buyers or investors to keep its international business operating.
Raiven's $100M fund to support AI, IoT applications in sustainability
Toronto-based Raiven Capital has launched a $100-million (all figures US) fund to invest in startups using advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) in sustainability and climate initiatives. Named Raiven Climatech, the fund is designed to support early-stage companies involved in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting sustainability in sectors such as energy, agriculture and manufacturing.
How local competition could benefit energy consumers
GUEST SUBMISSION: Energy competition does not need to be limited to a small number of companies operating at the wholesale level. The potential benefits of wider and more open competition were recently evidenced when Ontario’s electric grid operator and a local utility decided to set up and test Canada’s first local electricity market through the IESO York Region Non-Wires Alternatives Demonstration Project.
Why Ontario’s latest power procurement matters: Part 1
GUEST SUBMISSION: The latest round of electricity procurement in Ontario has uncovered fundamental changes in the provincial energy market that appear to have both historical and economic significance. With a few caveats, for the first time in many decades the price of new electricity from renewable energy sources came in below that of comparable electricity from all other sources.
Why Ontario’s latest power procurement matters: Part 2
GUEST SUBMISSION: Ontario’s latest power procurement exercise has demonstrated that solar energy, wind energy and batteries are able to compete their way into providing a larger portion of Ontario’s energy supply. The economic appeal of renewables in Ontario is even more remarkable considering that Ontario is not the sunniest or windiest of places. The weighted average price of the new contracts was $87.80 per megawatt-hour, or less than nine cents per kilowatt-hour.
Clean energy will deliver a reliable grid
Clean, non-emitting electricity resources will not just improve the existing power system, they may also prove to be essential in delivering the kind of energy reliability that Canadians depend on. Identifying viable sources for future reliability matters because across Canada major plans are underway for significant expansions of power grids to meet rising demand for electricity and replace carbon-intensive power plants with cleaner alternatives.
National strategy needed for Canada's geothermal industry: RBC
Vivan Sorab, the clean technology lead at the RBC Climate Action Institute, said Canada's geothermal energy industry would benefit from a harmonized regulatory environment. (Courtesy RBC) Canada has the ingredients to be a leader in the geothermal energy industry, a report from RBC suggests, but needs a unified national strategy and support for young companies to tap into the opportunity.
Canadian cleantech faces funding challenges, but bright spots remain
When Jennifer Côté was looking for another round of venture capital funding for her startup, she turned south. After raising an initial round of US$1 million in 2021, the cleantech company she co-founded in 2020, Opalia, had a more difficult time raising a second round of money. “The following fundraising went totally differently.
The results are in for Canada’s first local electricity market ... and they look good! - Electrical Business
October 1, 2024 – Significant change could be coming to an electrical grid near you. Opportunities may soon open up for a wide variety of clean energy suppliers to add electricity to the grid, and for increasing numbers of relatively small energy producers—including consumers—to enter the energy market using local resources.
HPQ strikes JV agreement for commercial fumed silica reactor
Samples of fumed silica produced by the reactors which are expected to be used in the commercial-scale project. (Courtesy HPQ Silicon Inc.) HPQ Silicon Inc.’s (HPQ-X) subsidiary is planning for a joint venture (JV) with an unnamed company to operate a commercial-scale fumed silica facility which sustainably produces a material used in pharmaceuticals, paints and cosmetics. Based in Montreal, the subsidiary HPQ Silica Polvere Inc. (HSPI) is part of the proposed JV.
The U.K. makes a historic move into community power
Former executive director, Association of Power Producers, Jake Brooks. (Courtesy Jake Brooks) GUEST SUBMISSION: While the concept of local power has been gathering support and investment for many years, it has arguably reached an historic milestone with the U.K.’s newly announced Local Power Plan (LPP). A range of new business ventures directly and indirectly related to these energy facilities are likely in the offing.
Clean Energy Opportunities: Exploring the dynamics of distributed energy projects
By Jake Brooks Significant change could be coming to an electrical grid near you. Opportunities may soon open up for a wide variety of clean energy suppliers to add electricity to the grid, and for increasing numbers of relatively small energy producers — including consumers — to enter the energy market using local resources.
Nanoscale synchrotron x-ray analysis of intranuclear iron in melanised neurons of Parkinson’s substantia nigra - Communications Biology
Abstract Neuromelanin-pigmented neurons of the substantia nigra are selectively lost during the progression of Parkinson’s disease. These neurons accumulate iron in the disease state, and iron-mediated neuron damage is implicated in cell death. Animal models of Parkinson’s have evidenced iron loading inside the nucleoli of nigral neurons, however the nature of intranuclear iron deposition in the melanised neurons of the human substantia nigra is not understood.
Group Bel takes on climate impact of dairy production in Quebec
Increasing the lactation cycles per heifer will be one of the steps Group Bel and Logiag will promote in a Quebec project to decarbonize the dairy supply for Group Bel. (Courtesy Group Bel Canada) Group Bel Canada, the maker of Babybel and The Laughing Cow cheese snacks, is supporting steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its milk supply with the help of consultancy Logiag.
SolarBank CEO stays sunny despite Trump-shaped dark clouds
SolarBank Corporation (SUNN-NE) has sunny days ahead, president and CEO Richard Lu said, as the Toronto-based company looks forward to fulfilling a $1.5-billion project pipeline and prepares for expansion into electric vehicle (EV) charging and data centres. A developer, independent power producer and asset manager, SolarBank has reason to be optimistic, Lu outlined in an interview with Sustainable Biz Canada.
Linamar to invest $1.1B in EV parts, batteries in Ontario
Guelph, Ont.-based Linamar Corporation (LNR-T) plans to invest $1.1 billion into the development and manufacturing of auto parts, particularly for electric vehicles (EVs), and development of EV batteries in Ontario. The expansion plan is geared toward parts such as powertrains and technologies for hybrid and electric cars, and parts manufacturing and semiconductor packaging methods for EV batteries to enhance vehicle range and reduce charging times.
Can green energy be both clean and profitable? Absolutely
GUEST SUBMISSION: In today’s energy landscape, the question is no longer if green energy can be both clean and profitable; it’s about how fast we can scale its adoption to meet the urgent demands of our economy, our planet and our investors. Experts have long believed that sustainability and financial performance are not competing goals — they are inherently connected.
Why Canada Needs an Electricity Strategy
Jake Brooks March 30, 2023 The federal budget released on March 28 confirmed in dramatic fashion that Canada is facing a major construction challenge. Our electric power grids, which provide essential power services across the country, will need huge upgrades over the next 26 years.
Biogenic metallic elements in the human brain?
Abstract The chemistry of copper and iron plays a critical role in normal brain function. A variety of enzymes and proteins containing positively charged Cu+, Cu2+, Fe2+, and Fe3+ control key processes, catalyzing oxidative metabolism and neurotransmitter and neuropeptide production. Here, we report the discovery of elemental (zero–oxidation state) metallic Cu0 accompanying ferromagnetic elemental Fe0 in the human brain.
Nanoscale chemical speciation of β-amyloid/iron aggregates using soft x-ray spectromicroscopy
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How to Code Ridge Regression from Scratch
Ridge Regression, like its sibling, Lasso Regression, is a way to “regularize” a linear model. In this context, regularization can be taken as a synonym for preferring a simpler model by penalizing larger coefficients. We can achieve this concretely by adding a measure of the size of our coefficients to our cost function, so that when we minimize the cost function during model training, we prefer smaller coefficients to larger ones.
Exploring Covid-19 Dataset
Photo by Forest Simon on Unsplash In this article we will discuss about handling Covid-19 dataset through various steps such as loading the data into data frame, cleaning the data, extracting statistics from it and finally do some visualizations from which we can draw some conclusions based on the facts provided by the data.
Say Yes Instead of No
And Other Essential Sales Skills for Aspiring Data Scientists Photo by Michèle Eckert on Unsplash Let’s get this out of the way first: This is a how-to about very basic sales skills for data scientists. If you’re reading this, you’re probably a data scientist (though you need not be, read on, read on!). Since you’re probably a data scientist, you won’t mind a quick exercise in conditional probability.
Alectra study finds DER benefits likely
WARNING: SIGN-IN You need to be a member of Energy Central to access some features and content. Please sign-in or register to continue. A study conducted by Alectra Utilities with the support of the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) in 2017 is receiving renewed attention as the IESO supports the utility to develop and host Canada’s first Local Electricity Market under the auspices of the IESO’s York Region Non-Wires Alternative (NWA) Project.
Label‐free Nanoimaging of Neuromelanin in the Brain by Soft X‐ray Spectromicroscopy
Research Article Joanna F Collingwood Corresponding Author E-mail address: J.F.Collingwood@warwick.ac.uk University of Warwick, School of Engineering, Library Road, CV4 7AL Coventry, UNITED KINGDOM Search for more papers by this author Abstract A hallmark of Parkinson’s disease is the death of neuromelanin‐pigmented neurons, but the role of neuromelanin is unclear.
Metallic iron in cornflakes
Metallic iron in cornflakes† Frederik Lermyte, ‡ab Wen-Ying Zhang, ‡b Jake Brooks, a Steven Huband, c Joanna F. Collingwood, a Martin R. Lees, c Margaret P. Rayman d and Peter J.
DVD’s, Videos, TiVo, Downloadables
Fellini’s Boys I am always surprised to discover how few of Federico Fellini’s professed American admirers have ever seen I Vitelloni (1953), which Criterion has just released in a strikingly chiaroscuro restored new print. As it happens, I consider I Vitelloni to be his funniest and most emotionally coherent cinematic achievement.
Should regulators put limits on DERs?
In an unmistakable sign that change is underway, people in the power business have begun to ask new and different questions. Are DERs (Distributed Energy Resources) net positive for consumers and should grid administrators and regulators be dedicating resources to integrate them? More generally, considering all the other options on the table, to what extent should DERs be accommodated and encouraged in energy policy and planning?
Is it the government’s job to make the energy sector less risky?
The art of government is always about balancing competing objectives. One of the more rewarding balancing acts in the near future will be deciding whether and how to manage energy risk. Recent developments ranging from technology change to public expectations are introducing new risks into the energy market. Because higher risk translates to higher costs, the question inevitably arises – should government play a role in reducing the risk of new energy investments?
IESO launches critical consultation on capacity
The Ontario IESO (Independent Electricity System Operator) recently launched a consultation process on how to meet the province’s anticipated capacity requirements for power over the next 5 years. A key part of the Market Renewal Program, this consultation process will examine the proposed Transitional Capacity Auction (TCA).
How quickly will transactive energy grow?
Austin Rosenbaum has published an excellent overview of the potential for transactive energy systems. (7 Reason Utilities Should Take Transactive Energy Seriously). Yet, the impacts we see now could be little more than the tail of the elephant - no one can tell at this point what kind of changes will be wrought by the spread of transactive models. Facing this kind of uncertainty, it’s useful to get a handle on the factors likely to affect the timeline for deployment of transactive energy systems.
University of Tulsa Athletics
Sept. 24, 2004 YALE vs SMU (Sep 24, 2004) YALE vs SMU (Sep 24, 2004) Box Score Short Box Score Play-by-Play <!File source:C:\TASSO\MSO2004\REPORTS\GAME.BOX> Soccer Box Score Soccer Box Score (Final) 2004 Golden Hurricane Men's Soccer YALE vs #15 SMU (Sep 24, 2004 at Tulsa, Oklahoma) YALE (0-5) vs. Goals by period 1 2 Tot SMU (5-2) ------------------------------- Date: Sep 24, 2004 Attendance: 164 YALE................ 1 1 - 2 Weather: Cloudy, light breeze 88 deg SMU.................
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