March 24, 2026 Manitoba Hydro’s Wind Call for Power for the purchase up to 600 megawatts of wind energy from Indigenous majority-owned projects is reaching another major milestone today with the issuing of the first Request for Proposals (RFP). This first RFP intends to select a new wind project that will provide, through a power…
Ontario utility invests in advanced grid sensing and metering to support demand flexibility, improved planning, and long-term system reliability Festival Hydro is deploying Landis+Gyr’s (SIX: LAND) Revelo platform of advanced grid sensing and metering technology to upgrade its current system and provide long-term support for next generation energy management. Based in Stratford, Ontario, Festival Hydro…
March 24, 2026 The Government of Saskatchewan has approved SaskPower’s North-South Transmission Systems Interconnection project. The new transmission lines, which will connect Saskatchewan’s northern and southern electrical grids, will support reliability and growth in the province’s far north. Currently, Saskatchewan’s grids operate independently and are connected through Manitoba, with the smaller northern system geographically distant…
March 10, 2026 Kruger Energy, l’Alliance de l’énergie de l’Est, and Potentia Renewables Inc (Potentia) are pleased to announce that the Government of Quebec has authorized the Saint-Paul-de-Montminy Wind Farm Project. This wind farm will generate green energy to meet Quebec’s energy needs and will contribute to the province’s decarbonization goals. With a capacity of…
March 10, 2026 CIB is providing a $206 million loan to a partnership between Slate Asset Management and funds managed by Hamilton Lane to develop a wind farm at Mersey River. Project partner Renewall Energy Inc. will sell electricity to end customers in Nova Scotia. The project includes construction and installation of 33 wind turbines with related grid…
March 10, 2026 Boralex Inc. (“Boralex”) (TSX: BLX) and Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation (SNGRDC) announce the commercial commissioning of the Hagersville Battery Energy Storage Park, the largest operating battery energy storage facility in Canada. With a capacity of 300 MW / 1,200 MWh, the landmark project represents a significant milestone in Ontario’s energy…
March 10, 2026 SaskPower’s first microgrid project is bringing a new source of power to the small community of Descharme Lake and helping reimagine what a modern, reliable power solution can look like for northern Saskatchewan’s most remote areas. For decades, Descharme Lake residents relied on a 96-kilometre (km) power line stretching north from La…
February 25, 2026 AltaLink’s existing 54L transmission line is a single circuit 138 kilovolt line, approximately 24 kilometres (km) long. The line starts at the Canmore Substation, continues west through the Hamlet of Harvie Heights into Banff National Park, and ends at the Banff Substation. The line was originally constructed in 1941 and has reached…
February 25, 2026 OEC Renewables, a provider of clean energy solutions, announced the acquisition of the East Strathmore Solar Project from Elemental Energy. The 20-megawatt (MW) operating solar generation facility—located in Wheatland County, south-central Alberta—expands OEC Renewables’ portfolio of clean energy generation assets. “This investment strengthens our renewable generation portfolio of renewable assets that deliver…
February 25, 2026 In May 2025, the OEB launched its Innovation Sandbox Challenge: Empowering Indigenous Innovation and Leadership, which is providing funding, project-specific support and regulatory guidance through the OEB’s Innovation Sandbox. Natural Resources Canada is supporting this initiative with $1.125 million from the Energy Innovation Program Smart Grid Regulatory Innovation Capacity Building funding call. The…
February 9, 2026 The government of Ontario has made the Greenstone Transmission Line a priority project and designating Hydro One to develop and construct the 230-kilometre line that will run from Nipigon Bay to near Aroland First Nation and the gateway to the Ring of Fire. The Greenstone project will create more than 7,000 jobs…
February, 9, 2026 In a recent LinkedIn post, PLP highlighted a recent project they were involved in, the AltaLink and ATCO 240 kV transmission project spans 130 km and features bundled ACCC® conductors supported by PLP hardware to improve reliability and meet Alberta’s growing energy needs. “Huge shoutout to CTC Global, Midal Cables, Burns &…
February 9, 2026 Hydro-Québec is announcing that the company will intensify preparatory work and launch the construction of a new electrical substation in Côte Saint-Luc. This major project, which includes an 18-km transmission line to supply the substation, represents an investment of $740 million. It will improve service quality and increase the power system capacity for…
February 9, 2026 OPG has announced a significant milestone with the completion of construction on the refurbishment of the Darlington Unit 4 nuclear reactor. The unit is now complete and will be returning to service four months ahead of schedule, the overall refurbishment project coming in $150 million under budget. Originally expected to return to…
February 9, 2026 The government of Ontario has directed the Ontario Energy Board to designate Hydro One Hydro to develop and construct a new priority transmission line between Sudbury and the Barrie area. The proposed priority project is a new single-circuit 500-kilovolt (kV) transmission line that will span approximately 300 kilometres from the Hanmer Transformer Station…
February 2, 2026 End of 2025, the Nordex Group secured repeat orders in Canada for the supply and installation of a total of 73 turbines. The two orders comprise N163 turbines and for the first time N175/6.X turbines marking the market entry of the N175 in Canada. In total the new orders have a combined…