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Miguel Amante

E-cars stalled by battery costs: panel - CBC News - September 20, 2010 - 1 views

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cleantech energy technology

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  • Miguel Amante on 07 Oct 10
     
    High electric battery costs are still the main roadblock to mass marketing electric cars, industry experts say.
Assunta Krehl

How to manage your hydro bill - Canada Newswire - September 13, 2011 - 0 views

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Advisors Tom Rand Cleantech Energy

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  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Sep 11
     
    Tom Rand, Cleantech Advisor at MaRS Discovery District is helping Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited to spread the message about electricity conservation.
Tim T

Wanted: A New Biz Model for Electric Power - BusinessWeek - 0 views

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Business Model

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  • a radical departure from the traditional utility business model: making more money by selling more power
  • a smart grid that allows any entrepreneur to be a power generator or a vendor of energy-efficient systems, threaten utilities' monopolies
  • You are not making a lot of money anymore building big power plants," says Wellinghoff. "You have to figure out what business you are in
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  • Here's how a utility can make more by selling less. Instead of spending $2 billion on a new 1,000-megawatt power plant, say, the utility decides to spend $2 billion or less insulating homes, paying customers to install more efficient equipment, and making the grid smarter. Taking those steps would slash power consumption by more than 1,000 Mw, eliminating the need to build the power plant and cutting greenhouse gas emissions at the same time
  • $2 billion investment
  • Even though the price of electricity will be higher, customers who comply will be using much less power (and those who don't will effectively subsidize those who do)
  • The new model isn't a sure thing
Assunta Krehl

Mining Unwanted Electronics - Financial Post - April 12, 2010 - 0 views

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Cleantech energy recycling innovation Advisors Tom Rand

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  • Assunta Krehl on 12 Apr 10
     
    Alfred Hambsch, founder of Global Electric Electronic Processing, says the e-waste recycling business is a trend that is about to explode into an industry. According to Tom Rand, MaRS Discovery District Clean Tech Practice Lead says, "Regulators in Canada and the United States are now heeding the calls of environmentalists and mandating the proper recycling of scrap electronics, paving the way for innovative clean tech outfits."
Cathy Bogaart

Innovations in energy storage could play important role - Toronto Star, Jan 20, 2011 - 0 views

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cleantech energy clients clients & tenants hydrostar

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 14 Jan 11
     
    MaRS cleantech client, Hydrostar, is featured in the Toronto Star Business section. Energy and Technology columnist Tyler Hamilton talks about Hydrostar's novel way to store large quantities of energy that can be dispatched later as needed, such as during periods of high electricity demand.
Assunta Krehl

Ontario on course for a greener future - People and Planet Net - 0 views

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Green Energy Act Cleantech Advisor Tom Rand Energy

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  • Tom Rand, who leads an advisory service for companies wishing to develop a stake in clean technology, at the non-profit MaRS headquarters in downtown Toronto, agrees on the importance of this ‘right to connect’
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Oct 09
     
    Canada is seriously committed to phasing out all coal-fired electricity generation within five years and to becoming North America's leading green jurisdiction. To help to do this Ontario has passed a Green Energy Act with strong incentives . Tom Rand, who leads an advisory service for companies wishing to develop a stake in clean technology, at the non-profit MaRS headquarters in downtown Toronto, agrees on the importance of this 'right to connect'.
Sarah Hickman

Exporting | Export, Import and Foreign Investment | Canada Business - 0 views

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canada market research globalization

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  • Sarah Hickman on 15 Oct 09
     
    Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada provides free up-to-date access to local and global market reports (via subscription only). Market reports on the following industries are included: manufacturing, materials, aerospace and defense, agriculture (technology and food), arts, automotive, bio-tech, building products, chemicals, consumer products, electric power, environment, fish and seafood, forest, health, IT, metals, ocean tech, oil and gas, plastics, rail and urban transit, space, and tourism.
Assunta Krehl

Electric bike design firm races ahead of competition for $10K prize - ITBusiness - May ... - 0 views

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Advisors Keri Damen MaRS events up-start competition Entrepreneurship 101 awards Lifebike cleantech clients

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  • Assunta Krehl on 02 Jun 12
     
    Henry Chong, LIFEbike completed MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 course and entered in MaRS 2012 Up-Start Competition. Keri Damen, Director of Entrepreneurship Education states "the Upstart competition serves as the capstone to the program." Chong won the competition for $10K.
Assunta Krehl

TheStar.com | World | Race on to use people power to light up our lives - 0 views

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Tom Rand cleantech energy

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  • But though piezoelectric technology is gaining momentum as the search for greener energy sources intensifies, it's not likely to replace more traditional power sources anytime soon, said Tom Rand, a project leader at MaRS with a background in electrical engineering.
  • "Everyone knows piezoelectricity works," he said. "The question is whether it's cost-effective."
  • "Everyone knows piezoelectricity works," he said. "The question is whether it's cost-effective."
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  • "Everyone knows piezoelectricity works," he said. "The question is whether it's cost-effective."
  • Rand said, in the next 10 years he expects to see this type of technology springing up all over cities like Toronto."I think it will happen simply because the optics are great," he noted. "It looks good to power a checkout at a supermarket with the cars that are rolling into the parking lot. But whether or not it's a serious player in energy production, I have my doubts ... I don't think it's a game-changer."
  • Assunta Krehl on 22 Jul 09
     
    Tom Rand states "everyone knows piezoelectricity works ... the question is where it is cost-effective
  • Assunta Krehl on 22 Jul 09
     
    Tom Rand states "everyone knows piezoelectricity works ... the question is where it is cost-effective.
Assunta Krehl

Federal Commission's support for pay-as-you-drive to renew aging infrastructure poses..... - 0 views

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Skymeter ICT wireless communications

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  • U.S. commission report released today underscores the need for a nationwide pay-as-you-drive system - a system akin to one refined and tested worldwide by upstart tech firm Skymeter Corp.
  • Skymeter as its technical solution partner of choice for 'Smart Transportation Pricing' technology in the city of Seoul under the Connected Urban Development program.
  • "The Commission has hit the bull's eye with its recommendations", says Skymeter CEO Kamal Hassan. "Recognizing and recommending sensible policy using reliable and cost-effective technology addresses the three evils plaguing surface transportation: under-funding, CO(2) emissions, and traffic jams." Hassan says that by opting for a sensibly-designed GPS-driven user fee system America's total CO(2) emissions will be reduced by 5% or 350 million metric tonnes, the same reduction as if one out of every four cars on the road were replaced by electric cars. It will also make the average commute around 10% faster. "Those are pretty good side effects for a system that returns the nation's road financing system to health" says Hassan.
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  • Skymeter solution solves severe GPS signal problems among numerous intersecting and parallel side-roads and offers a high degree of billing accuracy, critical to system acceptance. Skymeter is currently being tested in San Francisco against what are considered to be the best GPS receivers in North America. The results of these tests to date mirror successful European and Asian trials of Skymeter's system.
  • Skymeter Corporation is a Toronto, Canada-based data services operator that enables location-based payments using financial-grade GPS telematics. Its billing-delivery services include Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) metering for road use, parking and PAYD insurance. These services incorporate methodologies for both privacy and anonymity to ensure motorists enjoy complete privacy while traveling and absolute confidentiality of their trips. Skymeter is equivalent to an anonymous, in-car cell-phone that automatically pays for all transport services based on actual usage. Skymeter enables every form of road-use charging from small city areas such as London and Stockholm's cordon charges up to metering every vehicle in a state, province or country in order to replace fuel taxes.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    U.S. commission report released states that there is a need\nfor a nationwide pay-as-you-drive system - a system that is similar to Skymeter Corp which is an upstart tech firm and a MaRS Tenant. Skymeter technicial solution solves the severe GPS signal problems as is currently being tested in North America. Feb 26, 2009
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    U.S. commission report released states that there is a need for a nationwide pay-as-you-drive system - a system that is similar to Skymeter Corp which is an upstart tech firm and a MaRS Tenant. Skymeter technicial solution solves the severe GPS signal problems as is currently being tested in North America.
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