Tag: alberta
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Leyline closes first international loan with Westbridge Renewable Energy to support 278 MW solar project in Alberta
Leyline Renewable Capital has closed its first international loan with Canadian developer Westbridge Renewable Energy Corp. The loan will support the 278 MW Georgetown Solar project in southern Alberta, Canada. Georgetown may borrow up to $4,830,000 CAD (approximately $3.55 million USD). “This partnership with Westbridge Renewable represents an important step for Leyline as we venture into new markets,”……
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GP Joule completes first merchant solar project in Alberta Canada
GP JOULE Canada Corp., a subsidiary of GP JOULE GmbH, has completed construction of the 25.43-MW Innisfail Solar project in Red Deer County, Alberta. GP JOULE joined forces with Elemental Energy Inc., the British Columbia-based renewable energy developer, investor, and project owner — along with community stakeholders — to successfully completeRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Crude Oil Transport Train Explosion Incinerates Surrounding Neighborhoods
The inherent risks of transporting crude oil have once again been brutally and painfully exposed after a massive explosion in Quebec, Canada left part of an affected town looking like a war zone. At least five people died when a crude oil train …
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The Best Tool to Combat Climate Change Is Nature
While calls are mounting for the need to rebuild and strengthen infrastructure such as dikes, storm-water management systems and stream-channel diversion projects, we’ve overlooked one of our best climate change-fighting tools: nature …
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Breaking: Nine Arrested After Halting Construction at Keystone XL Pump Station
Early this morning, eight individuals blocked construction of a pump station for TransCanada’s controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline on Seminole land-by-treaty by locking on to equipment in the largest action yet by the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance. The group took …