A Cool Challenge
Selkirk College is participating in the BC Cool Campus Challenge to lower its environmental footprint
by Virginia RaschEnergy
We are covering all the latest stories about energy in the Kootenays. We want to showcase developments in existing energy companies, and tell our readers all about the newest eco-friendly innovations in the industry - whether it's solar power, geothermal, electric or other energy sources. If you have an idea for a future energy-related article, please fill out our online form.
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Green Scene, West Kootenay, Castlegar, Nelson, Energy, Environment
Kootenay BizBlog, West Kootenay, Trail, Energy, Financial
Trust, Columbia Power purchase Waneta expansion
The Trust and Columbia Power, which currently own 49 per cent of Waneta Expansion, worked closely with the BC Government to make this purchase possible.
East Kootenay, West Kootenay, Energy, Top 120 employers
Electricity use is on the rise despite a mild winter
Electricity use is up 20 per cent or more since the start of December among FortisBC customers.
Kootenay BizBlog, East Kootenay, West Kootenay, Energy
Natural gas supply still limited despite completed Enbridge pipeline repair
Until both Enbridge-owned pipelines are back at full operating pressure, FortisBC will have a constrained supply of natural gas
Kootenay BizBlog, West Kootenay, Trail, Energy, Financial
Teck announces closing of Waneta Dam sale
As part of the sale, Teck Metals Ltd. holds a 20-year lease to use the two-thirds interest in Waneta to produce power for its industrial operations in Trail
Green Scene, East Kootenay, Radium Hot Springs, Energy, Entertainment and Hospitality
The Lido Motel in Radium Hot Springs, B.C., has your values at heart
Green travellers are enthusiastically welcomed at the Lido Motel in Radium Hot Springs, B.C.
by Virginia Rasch
Green Scene, East Kootenay, Invermere, Energy, Environment, Small Business
Sun-kissed lemons and buckets of optimism
Based in Invermere, B.C., Forrest Campbell formed Freewheeling Energy
by Virginia Rasch
East Kootenay, West Kootenay, Education, Energy, Technology
3-D printing innovation in engineering
Selkirk College and Austin Engineering worked together to create a 3-D printed model of the proposed Corra Linn dam upgrades for FortisBC.
by Jillian Clark
Kootenay BizBlog, East Kootenay, West Kootenay, Developments, Energy, Technology
FortisBC looking to build B.C.’s largest utility-led solar project in Kelowna
The proposed Ellison Community Solar Pilot Project, if approved, would be B.C.’s largest utility-led community solar project to date.
Kootenay BizBlog, West Kootenay, Castlegar, Developments, Energy
A by-the-numbers look at the newly opened FortisBC Operations Centre in Castlegar
As FortisBC's $23-million operations centre comes to completion in Castlegar, we examine some of the benefits and features of the new facility
