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Electrical Cable Supply (ECS), an independently owned provider of electrical wire and cable based in Richmond, B.C., has appointed Christy Morrison as president. Morrison’s wire and cable career actually began with ECS in 1995, where she spent 17 years in various roles. In 2012, she joined Wesco’s Canadian head office in Markham, Ont., as supplier relations manager for wire, cable, and datacom. “Christy’s addition to the team will be pivotal for the future growth and continued success of ECS across Canada,” said Hossein Mohseni, COO.
» Meet Christy
Jobber—a provider of operations management software for home service businesses—recently awarded $150,000 (collectively) to the recipients of its third annual Jobber Grants program. 25 entrepreneurs were selected from thousands of applications and rewarded with funds ranging from $5000 US to $15,000 US, says Jobber, “to help accelerate the growth of their home service businesses and shine a light on their community impact”.
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Stationary battery manufacturer Hithium’s 300Ah cell-based modules feature the company’s proprietary immersion liquid-cooling technology. The first power station to be entirely supplied with liquid-cooling battery products features Hithium’s technology, with the manufacturer serving as core provider for the 140MWh plant in China’s Guangdong Province. Hithium’s 300Ah cell broke ground with its 12,000 cycle life and <2% degradation in the first 1000 cycles.
The company has also increased the intrinsic safety of LFP battery technology, developing its own proprietary LFP with lattice doping that achieves a higher capacity and lowered internal resistance of the cell.
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Nearly 10 years ago to the day, Electrical Business Magazine announced “You’ve heard the rumours, and now Imark Canada is officially open for business and accepting member applications”. Happy anniversary! The Imark electrical distributor members and supplier partners met in Ottawa this past week for their annual members meeting, the highlight of which was the Recognition Awards dinner. Congratulations to the 2023 winners and finalists.
» Meet the winners. See our photos! |
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Investment in building construction declined 2.6% to $17.5 billion in July 2023, reports Statistics Canada. The non-residential sector was up 0.5% to $5.9 billion, while the residential sector decreased 4.1% to $11.5 billion. Single-family home construction investment declined 5.5% to $5.8 billion, the lowest level since August 2020, while multi-unit construction investment was down 2.8% to $5.7 billion—the ninth consecutive monthly decrease.
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Alectra Utilities has added an International eMV all-electric double bucket truck to its fleet, which will be used by powerline technicians in day-to-day overhead line maintenance operations. “The addition of our first fully electric bucket truck marks a significant step toward electrification,” said Chris Hudson, Alectra. Meantime, Toronto Hydro has also added a fully electric bucket truck to its fleet—a first for that LDC, too. The truck joins the utility’s 13 electric vehicles and 53 hybrid vehicles.
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Caterpillar says its new Cat Compact ESS is a mobile battery energy storage system that supplements traditional mobile power solutions to reduce noise and enable deployment of renewable energy sources. Designed for plug-and-play installation and integration, Compact ESS modules are designed for applications requiring long periods of low loads.
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Mersen’s MDC direct current distribution fuses help customers achieve ultimate protection, says the company, and let system integrators and OEM manufacturers easily select fuses for the protection of DC distribution in a variety of applications. Applications include DC cabling, DC bus, DC auxiliary circuits, electrical energy storage, battery module protection, electric vehicle charging, critical power, and UPS protection.
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October 17-18, Burlington, Ont. CUTRIC is the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium.
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