This Toronto Innovation Hub Is The Anti-Apple HQ
Inside a gleaming glass tower in downtown Toronto, the Parametric Human Project is building a virtual human body that can be used for medical testing instead of lab animals. Down the hall, a startup called Woodland Biofuels is developing cellulosic ethanol from forestry and farm waste.
Why Canadian cleantech is happy with Trump’s Paris mistake: Comment
Trump’s decision is deeply misguided and the exact opposite of what is needed to create a sustainable global economy. But it is no cause for Canada’s clean technology companies to hit the panic button — in fact, it might be just the opportunity they need.
Still room to grow in China for Canadian cleantech companies
For companies that focus strategically on the right products and services, the market for Canadians to export clean technology, or cleantech, to China, still has room to grow, says Tom Rand, managing partner of ArcTern Ventures, a Toronto firm that invests in cleantech startups.
Impact investing’s not inefficient; your money’s working double duty
If your investments were a person, who would they be? Perhaps a bespectacled accountant tallying pennies in a cubicle. Or maybe an exhausted analyst with shoulders hunched over an Excel spreadsheet. If you’re like many Canadians, you aspire to be a different kind of investment: one who stays late at the office, but also volunteers on the weekends.
It’s budget day! How much ‘green’ will the govt. put toward green projects?
E-Squared featuring Tom Rand, Senior Advisor, MaRS Cleantech and Ken Green, Senior Director, Centre for Natural Resources, Fraser Institute
Canadian entrepreneurs seek path to fossil-fuel-free future
Right now, politicians from around the globe are meeting in Paris to figure out the next steps in reducing climate change.But a number of Canadian entrepreneurs have spent years sussing out technologies that may help us get to a future of cleaner power.
The fossil fuel party is over — so what's the good news?
Canada’s emerging leaders across the clean energy spectrum are ready to play big. Morgan Solar will produce solar energy for less than 5c/kwh in the oil-rich Mideast. Woodland Biofuels can produce renewable transport fuel from wood and agricultural waste for less than the gasoline it replaces.
Canada’s best-kept secret: 14 cool and innovative clean-tech companies
Clean tech is Canada’s fastest-growing industry and perhaps its best-kept secret. According to Ottawa-based Analytica Advisors, which tracks and benchmarks the space, clean tech currently consists of about 700 companies in Canada, employing 41,000 people and generating $11.3-billion annually. Most of these companies are exporters, with 52% of sales outside of Canada and 42% outside of the U.S.
Tom Rand on Climate Change action
Tom Rand talks about what can be done politically to move forward on addressing climate change
Government of Canada Encourages Innovative Biofuel Production in Sarnia
"Our Government recognizes that innovation holds the key to long-term economic stability for the people, communities and businesses of Ontario," said MP Davidson. "Our investment in Woodland Biofuels will lead to opportunities for job creation, growth and long-term prosperity in Ontario, and will strengthen Canada's position as a global leader in clean energy."