Laval Technopole - INDUSTRIAL POLE

Embrionix Design Inc. Receives Financial Support From Government of Canada

Tue, 07 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

LAVAL, QUEBEC--(May 6, 2013) - The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, today announced that the firm Embrionix Design Inc. has been granted financial assistance to acquire technological equipment

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A partnership between Volts Energies the Cégep de Jonquière

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Low Cost Energy solutions for remote areas

The Industrial Research Chair of the Cégep de Jonquière "TERRE" (Technologies des énergies renouvelables et du rendement énergétique – renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency) has been actively working to develop a concept for a sustainable energy supply in remote sites of the hydro-electric network.

For several months now, the research chair TERRE has built a “sustainable” partnership with Laval company Volts Energies, a company with expertise in coupling solar-diesel and energy efficiency

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A Partnership to Stimulate Forest Economy Through Biocoal Production with Airex Energies

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

FPInnovations and the Centre technologique des résidus industriels (CTRI) have announced a joint research project relating to the production of biocoal from forest biomass—a raw material usually left on cutovers. This $1.8-million, 3-year project is being funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Natural Resources Canada, the Consortium de recherche et innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec – CRIBIQ (a Québec consortium for research and innovations in industrial bioprocesses), Airex Energy and Resolute Forest Products.

The project consists of processing forest biomass by means of Airex Energy's pilot-scale rapid torrefaction unit in order to manufacture biocoal

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