The Atlantic Wind Site opened at North Cape, P.E.I. in 1981 to explore and advance the development of wind energy across Canada. Rebranded as the Wind Energy Institute of Canada (WIECan) in 2005, the research and development non-profit owns and operates a functional 10-megawatt wind …
The Katie Anne is Wedgeport-built. Challoner says his team made a few tweaks to its classic Wedgeport hull for the design challenge. A half-a-million-dollar makeover challenge has been gripping Atlantic Canada since last summer—some parts of it anyway. Specifically those parts, and those people, contained …
Ask Debbie Plouffe what P.E.I.’s Center for Aquaculture Technologies is all about, and you’ll immediately appreciate why the Center—which opened just five years ago—is making a marked difference to the region’s aquaculture industry. “All of us love fish, and fish research; we love aquaculture, and …
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR’S current Liberal government has put forward a plan it describes as visionary in its scope of change for the province’s mining industry. Announced in November of 2018, Mining the Future 2030 outlines a 10-year plan to increase mining activity at every level—education …
It’s not a glamorous field and it certainly doesn’t smell very good, but Patrick Kiely’s vision for wastewater treatment is almost as large and as sprawling as the infrastructure he’s hoping to revolutionize. The Ireland-born microbiologist and entrepreneur wants to make wastewater treatment more efficient …
Major oil and gas companies are currently pursuing billions of dollars’ worth of exploratory work in Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore, part of a hunt that could lead to multiple new oil projects. The industry’s offshore pursuit could unlock millions of barrels of oil while providing …
This photo was taken from the summit of Mount Carmel during summer 2019 by Jon MacNeill of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. He says that when he hiked it 20 years ago with his father, “it was nothing but a beautiful vista of Acadian …
With 98 per cent of its in-province power generated from wind energy, Prince Edward Island leads Atlantic Canada by a wide margin. Wind accounts for 12 per cent of N.S.’s in-province power generation and seven per cent for New Brunswick. Hydroelectricity dominates N.L. at 94 …
“Seen a whale or turtle? Tell Jack!” It’s a refrain common to many sea-watchers in Newfoundland and Labrador, seen on stickers and postcards all over the province as the snow melts and the leaves unfurl for another sunny season. And sure enough, as the whale …
I’ve always felt it to be true, but the work on this Projects issue of Natural Resources confirms it: Atlantic Canada is truly blessed. Oil and gas? We have it in abundance. Hibernia, Terra Nova, White Rose and Hebron are already producing an average of …
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