Veresen Inc. Announces Start of Operations at York Energy Centre
May 15th, 2012
Veresen Inc. announced on May 9th the official commencement of operations at the York Energy Centre in the Township of King in Ontario. The $337 million facility ranked 81 on the 2012 Top 100 Projects list and consists of a 456 megawatt gas turbine energy facility. The plant is designed to provide peak power in [...]
Top 100 Update: Gearing up for 2013
April 30th, 2012
Our researchers never sleep. As the team at ReNew Canada continues its work on the 2013 report on Canada’s Top 100 biggest infrastructure projects, we’re taking a break to fill you in on a few major developments that occurred after we released the 2012 report. We’re also releasing a few details about some of the [...]
Interior Heart and Surgical Centre
April 12th, 2012
The British Columbia Ministry of Health, along with Partnerships BC, have selected the preferred proponent for the new Interior Hearth and Surgical Centre in Kelowna, BC. The $448 million facility will be constructed using a design, build, partially finance, and maintain contract with Plenary Health. Plenary Health includes Plenary Group, HOK Architects, CEI Architecture Planning Interiors, [...]
Windstream Energy Selects Firms to Build Offshore Wind Farm
January 18th, 2012
Despite an ongoing moratorium imposed by the Ontario government, Windstream Energy is moving forward on it’s plans to build North America’s first fresh water offshore wind farm. The company holds the only Feed In Tariff contract for generating offshore wind energy in Ontario. The company has selected four Hamilton area companies to develop the project, [...]
Top 100 2012 Badge Winners
January 4th, 2012
The badge program from ReNew Canada was developed as a way to say thank you to all of the companies that have contributed to our Top 100 publication. Below is a list of companies and the number of projects they are involved in on this year’s Top 100 list. The badges are rewarded depending on [...]
Ottawa Considering New Legislation to Speed up Construction of the New International Trade Crossing
December 14th, 2011
Facing the potential of project delays by the owners of the Ambassador Bridge, the government of Canada is considering introducing legislation to exempt the project from laws requiring certain permits to be issued. The governments of both the United States and Canada are currently facing legal challenges to developing the project. The project was formerly [...]
Metro Vancouver Approves Gas Tax Hike
October 19th, 2011
Metro Vancouver mayors voted earlier this week to increase the provincial gas tax by two cents per litre. The increase requires the introduction of provincial legislation, which is expected to pass soon. The increase should provide TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s transit agency, with an additional $32-$45 million annually. This increase will go towards funding the new [...]
Federal Government of Canada set to Introduce new Coal Regulations
October 7th, 2011
The federal government of Canada, Ministry of the Environment, has announced the development of new coal regulations that will become mandatory in 2015. The proposed regulations stipulate that any new coal power plant must have emission levels comparable to a high efficiency natural gas plant. The new regulations have some environmental groups concerned that coal [...]
Environmental Groups Take Legal Action on Proposed New Nuclear Reactors
October 4th, 2011
Ecojustice and the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), on behalf of Greenpeace Canada, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, CELA, and Northwatch have filed for a judicial review, in Canadian Federal Court, of the assessment undertaken for the proposed nuclear reactors at the Darlington Nuclear complex east of Toronto. The organisations suggest that the federal assessment does not [...]
