May 29th, 2010
According to Clean Energy Canada with regard to fuel cells, "Current projections anticipate an industry growth rate of 75% per year over the next decade, for an expected worldwide commercial market of $46 billion in 2011." Clean Energy CA Please note that this is their estimate and other market estimates may or may not support this one. Part of the reason they expect such quick growth and such a substantial market share is [...] Read More
Canada’s Largest Wind Farm IfEnergy
The largest wind farm has recently been completed by Brookfield Power in Canada. Called the Prince Wind Energy Project located in Sault Ste. Marie, the wind farm boasts of 126 wind turbines producing almost 200 MW of renewable energy. This development is a significant breakthrough for Canada with Ontario having almost 1,200 MW of energy coming from renewables. According to Energy Minister Dwight Duncan, this will help make Ontario a [...] Read More
Green Peace Decentralized Power Opinion IfEnergy
GreanPeace is committed to stopping climate change through the use of decentralized energy alternatives. "The scope for reducing electricity demand, and thus CO2 emissions, through energy efficiency measures is widely accepted, if weakly pursued by government. Less well known, but at least as important, is the potential to reduce wastage and emissions by remodeling our electricity system around a decentralized pathway, where energy is produced close to where it is consumed." They [...] Read More
J.D. Power: Consumers Are Spending More on Wireless Services The Wireless Weblog
International Business Times' Daniel Jacobs says a J.D. Power and Associates study finds that overall spending for wireless services has increased significantly since 2004 as consumers try out new non-voice serices. The average bill this year is $66 per month, up from $55 per month in 2004. "It will be important for wireless carriers to continue to roll out new services and products to increase customer revenue as industry penetration slows [...] Read More
The iPhone Comes to Canada The Wireless Weblog
Canada's Rogers Wireless yesterday issued the following all-too-brief statement from CEO Ted Rogers: "We're thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada later this year. We can't tell you any more about it right now, but stay tuned." "It was widely expected that Canada's largest cellphone carrier would land the iPhone as it is the only compatible network in the country, but it was also [...] Read More