To encourage Ontario residents to switch to sustainable Electric Vehicles (EVs), Ontario is investing in building thousands of EV charging stations in small and mid-sized communities across Ontario. Businesses,…
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) commends the Ontario government on the release of the Powering Ontario’s Growth plan. This plan, released by Minister for Energy, Todd Smith,…
Ontario’s Ministry of Energy recently asked the public for input on their provincial decarbonization strategy, with the goal of achieving net-zero emissions for all energy supplies by 2050 and electricity…
Today, OSPE’s Energy Task Force is publishing new research on decarbonizing Ontario’s energy grid. Their latest report (Electricity Supply Mix Study: The Retail Price Impact of Net-Zero Supply Options) forecasts…
At OSPE’s 2022 Engineering Conference, Emanuel Corthay (P.Eng.) will share his experience using AI (artificial intelligence) and computer vision to design greener, safer roads. In recent years, High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes have been introduced across Canada to reduce emissions and congestion. However, it is…
At OSPE’s 2022 Engineering Conference, David Thompson (P.Eng., PMP) will present on two recent projects which used landfill gas (LFG) generated by Walker Industries as a source of renewable energy. In…
The global pandemic has brought attention to many issues that previously were only of interest to small cadres of insiders and subject matter experts. One issue whose profile has been…
On March 17th, the Ontario Government launched its Critical Minerals Strategy, a five-year plan to position Ontario as a global leader in supplying critical minerals. The strategy is in concert with other…
On April 7, The Government of Ontario released its Hydrogen Strategy that aims to set the province up to be a leader in the hydrogen sector. The world is adopting hydrogen as an…
On March 28, the governments of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Alberta agreed to a Strategic Plan for the Deployment of Small Modular Reactors outlining the path forward on the…
