#Canada

Canada, Toronto: The governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island have announced funding to build a new transmission line from Sherbrooke to Skinners Pond.

Canada, Alberta, Fort McMurray: The Fort McMurray West 500 kV Transmission Project hit its “construction complete” milestone 91 days ahead of schedule.

The company has announced the establishment of a new research and development (R&D) presence in Montreal.

Canada, Quebec: Locweld wins contract for the lattice transmission structures of the project, which is expected to be commissioned in 2022.

Hydro One plans to spend $30 M on new infrastructure, it says will strengthen power reliability to distribution companies in Waterloo Region.

Canada, Alberta: Medicine Hat College is set to receive a new electrical substation, paid for in full by the province.

Canada, Ontario, Oshawa: An end-of-life transformer is being replaced with a new 50 t transformer at a substation in Oshawa.

Manitoba Hydro has been given the green light to begin construction on a new, 80 km transmission line to Saskatchewan.

Canada: Hydro One Inc. announced it is moving forward with plans to build a new Ontario grid control center in Orillia.

Canada: Ameresco has completed a 4 MW, 16 MWh energy storage project for Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO).

Canada: Hydro One, with Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation announced the completion of the Niagara Reinforcement Line.

Valard Construction was selected by Wataynikaneyap Power LP to provide engineering, procurement and construction solutions for the Wataynikaneyap Transmission Project in Canada.

Canada: A lightning strike caused a fire in a transformer in British Colombia, Canada.

Northern Transformer has received a repayable contribution of $3 M from FedDev Ontario to help implement ‘clean’ technologies and reduce its environmental footprint.

The Ponoka County area experienced power outages of varying lengths during the late afternoon on Wednesday due to lightning and thunderstorm after a transformer was struck by lightning and caught fire.

Canada: Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s minister of natural resources, confirmed that the $453 M Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project has been approved.

Canada: Hydro One is making a $40 million investment over four years to improve infrastructure and accommodate future growth for the Sault Ste. Marie region.

Canada: A $260 M, 200 km transmission line project from Pasqua to Swift Current is now complete.

Canada: GE’s Grid Solutions business won a contract to perform key upgrades on Hydro Quebec’s Montagnais substation’s protection and control systems.

Canada, Toronto: A transformer explosion triggered a power surge in Toronto, sparking fires and knocking out power to some homes.

Delta-X Research announce release of its innovative technology called Reliability-based Dissolved Gas Analysis, dissolved gas analysis test data.

The federal government and BC Hydro have announced a project to expand transmission lines to meet the Peace area’s growing industrial and development demands.

Canada, Ontario: Canadian transformer manufacturer E Craftsmen Corporation is celebrating 60 years of design and manufacture of custom transformers and inductors in the City of Waterloo, Ontario.

Canada, Ontario: The Ontario government has approved the construction of a wind farm on Amherst Island in Lake Ontario, which is internationally designated as an Important Bird Area, and known as the owl capital of North America.