Tag: energy infrastructure
University of Waterloo secures $1.2M government grant to protect energy sector
A Waterloo Engineering professor was awarded $1.2 million in federal funding to protect Canada’s critical energy infrastructure and energy sector supply chains from cyber threats.
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Hydro One breaks ground on Chatham to Lakeshore Transmission Line
Hydro One announced it broke ground on its Chatham to Lakeshore Transmission Line, starting construction on a $268 million investment, which once built, will...
OPG to deploy automated drones for remote monitoring of power stations
Transport Canada announced it has approved Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) to operate Percepto’s drone-in-a-box solution Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) at McConnell...
Protecting Canada’s energy infrastructure from cyber threats
Natural Resources Canada announced $407,000 in funding for the University of Waterloo to develop an enhanced cyber security system to protect Canada’s critical energy infrastructure.
“We’re investing...
CIB to invest up to $170M in clean energy storage project
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) will invest up to $170 million in the half billion dollar Oneida Energy Storage project, in Southwestern Ontario.
Under the...