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JLR adds sustainable energy services
The firm’s new Ottawa-based Innovative Energy Group is made up of a team of five members who were previously with Leidos Canada.
UBC Researchers: Bacteria-powered solar cell converts light to energy
This innovation could be a step toward wider adoption of solar power in places like British Columbia and parts of northern Europe where overcast skies are common.
Molten salt and sun combine to make power at 110-MW plant in Nevada
In these hot, dry days of summer a technology that creates and stores energy in the desert sounds appealing. On July 14, Scientific American published an article extolling the merits of concentrated solar power technology as the answer to energy…
Company News Round-Up: Golder, Arup, Hatch, JMP – a remediation, a tunnel, a solar array, and industrial automation
Golder Associates oversaw the testing and remediation process on the successful Blatchford site remediation in the heart of Edmonton. During the second phase of the remediation crews removed approximately 21,000 tonnes of soil, including hydrocarbon-contamination, from around five former building…
Solar Power: Dancing With Physics
The engineer who designed the largest BIPV solar PV system in Canada explains what makes it unique. The array is located at the University of Alberta’s Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre in Camrose.
Engineers work magic in 2014
Engineerjobs.com has published “The 20 Greatest Engineering Feats of 2014.” Among the remarkable 20 achievements were: Swarm robots that mimic the behaviour of termites and build 3D structures without requiring a central command structure or prescribed roles. The Termes autonomous…