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The majority of BESS deployed in Canada to date has been large behind-the-meter C&I systems in Ontario like the one pictured, but this could be set to change. Credit: PRNewsfoto/Convergent Energy + Power

Canada’s budget includes energy storage tax credit in wave of cleantech investment

March 30, 2023
Canada will introduce tax credit incentives and invest in developing and manufacturing solar PV, energy storage and other renewable energy technologies in an Inflation Reduction Act-style scheme.
Donkin coal mine, Nova Scotia, which closed in 2020. Image: Morien Resources.

Nova Scotia electricity law changes give ‘new momentum’ to energy storage projects

March 24, 2023
The government of Nova Scotia amends Electricity Act with the view to accelerating the deployment of energy storage.
Image: Convergent Energy and Power.
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Energy storage everywhere at once: Inflation Reduction Act creates viable clean energy economics

March 1, 2023
A major upturn in US energy storage deployments is expected as a direct consequence of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Developer Enfinite brings online 40MW/70MWh of battery storage in Alberta, Canada

February 27, 2023
Alberta-based developer Enfinite has commissioned two grid-scale battery storage projects in the Canadian province.
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Canadian utility NB Power seeks bids for 50MW energy storage and 220MW of renewables

February 22, 2023
Canadian utility NB Power has issued a Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) seeking to establish 50MW of energy storage and 220MW of renewables capacity in New Brunswick, Canada.
A TransAlta hydroelectric dam. Image: TransAlta via Twitter.

Canada’s TransAlta buys 50% stake in 4.8GWh Alberta pumped hydro project

February 20, 2023
TransAlta has acquired a 50% stake in an early-stage development pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Alberta.
The four states of vanadium used in electrolyte for VRFBs. Image: Invinity Energy Systems.

Canada’s first commercial vanadium recovery plant gets Emissions Reduction Alberta funding

February 16, 2023
Suncor’s plan to recover vanadium from coke-fired boilers will receive CA$7 million (US$5.2 million) government funding.
Rendering of Oneida, the 250MW/1,000MWh project on which NRStor is among development partners. Image: NRStor.

Government backing, key agreements in place for 250MW/1,000MWh Ontario BESS

February 14, 2023
Multiple steps forward have been taken in Ontario in the development of Canada’s largest battery storage project to date.
Coal-fired power plant in Alberta, Canada, pictured in 2017. Image: Flickr user TonyGlen14

Renewables with energy storage cost-competitive with gas in Canadian provinces

February 7, 2023
Wind and solar PV paired with energy storage cost-competitive against gas in Ontario and Alberta, according to study from Clean Energy Canada.
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Westbridge adds another solar-plus-storage project to 1GWh pipeline in Alberta, Canada

February 6, 2023
Utility-scale solar PV developer Westbridge Renewable Energy has kicked off development of its fifth solar-plus-storage project in Alberta, Canada.

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