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Alternative Energy, BC Economy, Business Profiles, Economic Development, Featured, Mining, Oil & Gas, Prince George
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
There will be a number of companies such as Galaxy Broadband www.galaxybroadband.ca and Timberspan Wood Products www.timberspan.ca at an open house on Thursday April 26 at 12985 Willow Cale Road in Prince George. This open house is being presented by Northern BC Business www.northernbcbusiness.com and Northern BC Mining www.northernbcmining.com. At this event businesses involved with [...]
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Alternative Energy, Featured, Tumbler Ridge
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Capital Power www.capitalpower.com has started shipping the new wind turbines fromPortland for the new project in 10 km northeast of Tumbler Ridge. The turbines from Vestas were not expected until May 2012, but with the warmer spring weather the bases will be delivered to the site. Major construction will start 2-3 months early and will [...]
Posted by oneadam
Alternative Energy, China, First Nations, Forest Industry, North West
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Globe and Mail British Columbia’s native communities have often been, at best, reactive to Chinese investment in energy and mining projects. But that is starting to change. The Kaska Dena Council in Northern BC is in the final stages of a deal with a Chinese company … Click for more
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Alternative Energy, Haida Gwaii, Prince Rupert
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
NaiKun Wind Energy Group (TSX-V: NKW) announced today that its offshore wind energy project has been granted a federal screening decision, confirming that Canada’s first offshore wind project can be constructed with no significant environmental, social or health effects. This project is to be located off the NE coast of Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands). [...]
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Alternative Energy, Chetwynd, North East
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Plutonic Power Corporation (TSX: PCC) and GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), have achieved commercial operations at their second major renewable energy project, British Columbia’s largest wind farm, a major milestone in their growth collaboration. The Dokie Wind project is now fully operational, providing clean energy to BC Hydro under a [...]
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Alternative Energy, BC Economy, Tumbler Ridge
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Finavera Wind Energy TSXV: FVR) is pleased to announce the Company’s 77 megawatt Wildmare and 47 MW Tumbler Ridge Wind Energy Projects have successfully passed the screening stage of the British Columbia Environmental Assessment process. These projects are two of the Company’s four projects that were each awarded 25 year power purchase agreements from BC [...]
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Alternative Energy, Chetwynd, Dawson Creek
Friday, February 25th, 2011
GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), has agreed on the indicative terms of an equity investment in a 77-megawatt wind farm that Finavera Wind Energy Inc. (“Finavera” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: FVR) plans to build in British Columbia’s Peace River Region. GE will bring additional cash to this deal and Finavera [...]
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Alternative Energy, Business Profiles, Kitimat, North West, Oil & Gas, Viewpoints
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Windsor Star 1, 2011, that should be a wake-up call for Canada’s oilpatch and the country’s … which would deliver petroleum to a new marine terminal in Kitimat, BC, … Click for more
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Alternative Energy, BC Coal, BC Economy, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Oil & Gas
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Vancouver Sun … of Energy reported this week, wells like this one in the Fort St. John area. … BC holds 30.9 per cent of Canada’s estimated natural gas reserves … Click for more
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Alternative Energy, Chetwynd, North Central, North East
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
EarthTechling Located 680 miles northeast of Vancouver, Canada, near Chetwynd, the Dokie Wind Project will sell energy generated during its 25-year commissioning period … Click for more
