Category: International

  • Student Housing Built From Shipping Containers

    The city of Johannesburg, South Africa, recently got an innovative student housing structure made of recycled shipping containers and disused grain silos. Mill Junction student accommodation, as the complex is called was designed and built by the South African property developer Citiq. All told, the building process took a year to complete. The complex is…

  • Canadian Solar Sells 10-MW Solar Site to BlackRock

    Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, today announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., entered into an agreement with a fund managed by BlackRock, whereby BlackRock will acquire from Canadian Solar the Oro-Medonte solar […] — Solar Builder magazine

  • BlackRock Acquries 10-MW Canadian Solar Project in Ontario

    Canadian Solar Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., entered into an agreement with a fund managed by BlackRock, whereby BlackRock will acquire from Canadian Solar the Westbrook 10-MWac utility-scale solar power plant in Kingston, Ontario, at a […] — Solar Builder magazine

  • Canadian Solar Powers 10-MW Install in Ontario

    Canadian Solar Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has signed a 10-MWac Module Supply Agreement with Silvercreek Solar Park Inc. to provide Ontario-made Canadian Solar modules for a ground-mounted utility-scale solar power plant in Canada.  This is Silvercreek’s […] — Solar Builder magazine

  • Did the Canadian Government Break the Law by Approving GE Salmon?

    Center for Food Safety (CFS), Food & Water Watch and Friends of the Earth-U.S. commend Ecojustice, Ecology Action Centre and Living Oceans Society for challenging the Canadian federal government’s approval of AquaBounty’s genetically engineered (GE) salmon. [caption id="attachment_318515" align="alignnone" width="500"] The groups are asking the court to invalidate the assessment of AquaBounty’s GE salmon, and require the government to comply…