Nova Scotia is putting expansion of electricity storage capacity as a key pillar of its transition away from coal-fired electricity generation.

Energy-Storage.news speaks with Jason Rioux, chief development officer at NRStor, a company at the forefront of Canada’s storage sector for over a decade.

Demand for electricity is growing in Ontario for the first time since 2005, and a new plan from the Canadian province sees a diverse low carbon energy portfolio as the answer.  

Canadian energy company TC Energy has announced that its pumped hydro energy storage project in Ontario will soon receive a final evaluation from the Canadian Ministry of Energy.

More similarities exist between the business models of trading energy from batteries and other, more ‘traditional’ types of asset than many people realise.

Ontario and Alberta account for the bulk of Canada’s installed, planned and proposed large-scale energy storage today. The rest of the country can lean on the experiences and lessons learned, Andy Colthorpe hears from developers and expert voices.

Ontario’s electric system operator has announced the award of contracts to a further eight battery storage projects in expedited RFP.

The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) has bought convertible notes worth US$400 million in European lithium-ion gigafactory firm Northvolt.

Vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) firm Invinity Energy Systems has expanded its manufacturing facility in Vancouver, Canada, to 200MWh of annual capacity.

An Ameresco joint venture (JV) is delivering one of the biggest projects awarded a long-term contract in Ontario’s recent energy storage procurement.