March 28, 2012 - Skills/Compétences Canada (S/CC)—a not-for-profit organization promoting careers in skilled trades and technologies—has signed TransCanada Corp. as Premier Sponsor of the 2012 Skills Canada National Competition, being held in Edmonton in May.

(Updated April 13, 2012) March 28, 2012 - Announced at an event attended by customers, channel partners and employees—and Electrical Business!—Siemens Canada’s Industry Automation division officially launched three new product lines in the area of industrial control. These include the next-generation of the Sirius modular system of power control products…

March 27, 2012 - Research around the world has focused on improving the performance of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and bringing down their cost, but little attention has been paid to the best ways of arranging those cells, which are typically placed flat on a rooftop or other surface, or…

March 27, 2012 - The Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship (CCDA) has launched the Call for Nominations for the second biennial Darryl Cruickshank Memorial Award (so named to honour the life-long impact of the late Darryl Cruickshank to the Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program).

March 27, 2012 - The Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) presented its annual industry awards last night at the EDA’s annual general meeting in Toronto, Ont. We congratulate the following:

March 26, 2012 - Ideal Industries (Canada) Corp., a provider of electrical tools and supplies for professional contractors, has announced the promotion of 10-year company veteran Bill Stephens to national sales & marketing manager. Congratulations Bill!

March 26, 2012 - The technology for enabling the fabled ‘hydrogen economy’—an era based on hydrogen fuel that replaces gasoline, diesel and other fossil fuels—has, apparently, been available for decades, and could begin commercial production of hydrogen in this decade.

March 24, 2012 - To meet the growing need for electricity in central Saskatchewan, SaskPower is proposing to construct three power lines to be in service by the end of 2013. The estimated cost to complete all three projects is $105 million.

March 23, 2012 - Yesterday, the long-awaited review of North America’s first feed-in tariff (FIT) program was announced. The prices paid for solar energy have been cut by up to 32%, permitting and approvals are being overhauled and new criteria are being used to assess what projects can be expedited…

March 23, 2012 - Siemens has acquired the majority stake in Marine Current Turbines Ltd. (MCT), the UK company based in Bristol, which develops and builds tidal power systems.