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Budget 2026 extends clean energy tax credits in $52-billion electricity expansion plan

By Derick Lila6 hours ago

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Ontario bill could make plug-in balcony solar a reality for renters and condo owners

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University of Osaka researchers reveal new way to improve perovskite solar cell fabrication

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Ontario’s $120-billion grid problem could benefit solar and storage

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Nova Scotia Launches Competitive Procurement for New Electricity Generation and Storage

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Remote Ontario research station replaces decades of diesel reliance with award-winning solar and battery project

October 27, 2026

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Canada’s renewable energy industry is getting busier. Here’s why ETC 2026 gave me hope.

After three days at Electricity Transformation Canada 2026, conversations with industry professionals and a one-on-one interview with CanREA CEO Vittoria Bellissimo, I left ...

October 25, 2026

Studies and Modelling

Sheep grazing around solar panels offers farmers economic, ecological gains

In the right numbers, sheep grazing increases populations of beneficial insects like bees and lady beetles compared to mowing.

October 21, 2026

Research and Development

New way to make perovskite solar cells more efficient and durable

The team developed a way to grow perovskites with fewer of these defects

October 14, 2026

Research and Development

Solar cells gain efficiency by emitting light in fewer directions

The framework opens a general route for improving photovoltaic efficiencies

October 7, 2026

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How solar is beating all small modular reactor metrics

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Is Quebec becoming Canada’s next solar market?

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Canada Greener Homes Program is coming back. But first, let’s discuss what went wrong last time

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The $20,000 Solar Question: Should you wait for Perovskite Solar or install panels now?

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Studies and Modelling

Stanford study says clean energy bottleneck isn’t technology—it’s market design

Renewables being intermittent power sources means utilities can only rely heavily on them if they're paired with grid-scale battery storage

October 5, 2026

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Federal memo says rooftop solar payback takes 30-years in Canada. But the numbers tell a complicated story

The payback problem is real

September 30, 2026

Press Release

U.S. energy storage market posts record 18.9 GWh in Q2 as longer-duration systems drive growth

Total GW installations down 7%, but GWh up 17% year-over-year. A new record.

September 29, 2026

Insight

Canada ends anti-dumping and countervailing duties on certain Chinese solar modules

Removing trade measures that had been in place for more than a decade.

September 29, 2026

Press Release

Renewables hit record in 2025, but world must move faster: Report

Global renewable capacity must accelerate sharply to meet 2030 target

September 22, 2026

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Montreal Olympic Park Opens Quebec’s First Fully Solar-Powered Public Space

Montreal’s Olympic Park has opened Espace solaire, a permanent outdoor workspace powered entirely by solar energy and equipped with battery storage, Wi-Fi, outlets ...

September 20, 2026

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