Catch the Wind Ltd. (TSX-V: CTW), a supplier of Vindicator® Optical Control Systems (OCS), has granted options to its management and directors under its annual compensation policy. 100,000 stock options were issued to Dr. Jo Major, Jr., Chairman and Interim CEO. 50,000 stock options were issued to each of Daniel Lacroix, VP of Design and Operations, William Fetzer, VP of Business [...]

Catch the Wind Ltd. (TSX-V: CTW), a provider of laser-based wind sensor products and technology, has appointed John Green as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Frederick Belen as Vice President of Technology and Product Line Management. Green has been supporting Catch the Wind as a financial and operational consultant since early September, 2011. With over 20 years of executive experience, [...]

Dallas, Texas (TechWire.ca) – October 18, 2011 – In the same month Forbes Magazine rated Canada as the world’s top country for business, executives from the Ontario Clean Technology Alliance are attending Solar Power International in Dallas to invite environmental technology companies from around the world to participate in the Province of Ontario’s clean technology revolution. [...]

Ram Power, Corp. (TSX: RPG), a renewable energy company focused on the development, production and sale of electricity from geothermal energy, announced today that John F. O’Neill has resigned as VP & Chief Financial Officer  (CFO) to pursue other opportunities. O’Neill joined Ram Power in September 2010. Prior to Ram Power, O’Neill was with EGB Consulting and had [...]

Capital Power LP, the legal entity that directly and indirectly holds substantially all of Capital Power Corporation’s (TSX: CPX) assets, and Samsung Renewable Energy Inc., and Pattern Renewable Holdings Canada ULC have entered into a limited partnership for the development, construction and operation of a 270 megawatt (MW) wind power project to be known as K2 Wind Ontario [...]

Greengate Power Corporation and Vestas-Canadian Wind Technology, Inc. have signed a turbine supply and long-term service and maintenance agreements for Greengate Power’s  300 MW Blackspring Ridge I Wind Project. Greengate is expecting to begin construction on Blackspring Ridge I in 2012, with a target commercial operation date of 2013. Upon completion, Blackspring Ridge I is [...]

QSolar Limited (CNSX: QSL) said it has started its own manufacturing and research and development operations in Shanghai, China. QSolar has leased facilities and hired a workforce to initially manufacture one pilot line with an annual production capacity of 15 megawatts (MW) of QSolar’s Kruciwatt product line. The near term objective for this manufacturing facility will be [...]

Catch the Wind Ltd. (TSX-V: CTW), a provider of feed-forward, intelligent turbine performance improvement systems, has appointed Susan Nickey and Dr. Jo Major, Jr. to its board of directors. Nickey was most recently CFO of Acciona Energy North America Corporation, a subsidiary of Acciona S.A. Prior to joining Acciona, Nickey served as Managing Director, Investment Banking at Mesirow [...]

Qsolar Limited (CNSX: QSL) said the pilot solar installations of QSolar 230W frameless Spraytek panels in Verona, Italy and Valencia, Spain have been completed. and they will be used as demonstration models for customers Qsolar currently is in sales discussions with. QSolar also announced that Beijing Nandu Trade. Its Chinese distributor is currently evaluating the Spraytek panels [...]

BrightRoof Solar LP said it has submitted more than 40 applications to the Ontario Power Authority for solar Feed-In Tariff (FIT) contracts. The projects will together create more than $50 million of equipment sales and installation work in Ontario, and will add more than 12 megawatts of clean electricity generating capacity to Ontario’s power grid. The project sites are located [...]

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TSX: ATA) announced today that Photowatt Ontario Inc. has signed a supply agreement to supply Ontario made modules to the Canadian subsidiary of an unnamed global supplier of solar power serving the Ontario solar market. The supply agreement is a two-year commitment for the manufacture and delivery of approximately 24 MWs of modules with the [...]

Synex International Inc. (TSX: SXI) today provided an update on the development of Barr Creek Hydro Project. Barr Creek Hydro Project, a 4.4 MW hydroelectric plant to be located near the Village of Tahsis on Vancouver Island, is being developed by The Barr Creek Limited Partnership (BCLP) and its general partner, Barr Creek Hydro Ltd. (BCHL).  BCLP and BCHL will own, construct [...]