Electric vehicle owners in Ontario may one day be able to use the electricity in their EVs instead of loud diesel or gas generators to provide emergency power during blackouts. They could potentially also sell back the energy in their cars to the grid when needed.
Foresight is delighted to introduce Canada’s most investable cleantech ventures – the Foresight 50. These inspiring innovators come from across Canada and a variety of sectors including watertech, carbon solutions, hydrogen, and renewable energy.
The message from the COP26 summit in Glasgow is clear: We’ve run down the clock on climate change. Scientists warn that the world could warm by 2.4 degrees by the end of the century without further action to curb emissions in the next few years. That’s well above safe levels.
Et si en plus de se déplacer, nos voitures servaient à stocker et distribuer de l’énergie? C’est le pari d’Hydro One et Peak Power qui lancent un projet-pilote permettant aux propriétaires de véhicules électriques d’utiliser leur voiture comme source d’alimentation de secours lors de panne de courant.
Ontario’s largest utility and a Toronto-based AI company are collaborating to run a pilot program that will see up to 10 Nissan Leaf-owning households participate in a vehicle-to-home, bidirectional charging program
Jennifer Keesmaat is one of the founding partners behind Markee Developments, which designs, finances, builds, and affordable housing in Toronto. To learn more, follow this link. To check out some of the projects that Toderian UrbanWorks has been involved in around the world, check out Brent’s website here.
For years, the concept of sustainability in commercial real estate was argued to be a complex and competing interest with the financial goals and fiscal realities of a property.
Many industry experts thought that both sets of priorities would not work together, but now see there is a viable business case to be made.
A world-class project in grid innovation is taking place underground, beneath the streets of Toronto. Launched in two underground garages, Peak Power’s demonstration of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is just the kind of future-forward thinking that could revolutionize the green energy landscape.
How can we tackle big, challenging energy issues? By attracting a diverse, passionate team and putting that passion to use. Imran Noorani and his team at Peak Power are taking on the ambitious project of making the climate polluters part of the climate solution in a revenue-positive way.
Canadian companies are looking to scale up their businesses to supply growing U.S. demand for clean technology as President Joe Biden attempts to push through a slate of aggressive climate-change policies.
Contact us to book your free virtual site assessment to determine if distributed energy resources could contribute to your financial and environmental goals.
