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#Canada has a chance to add a new dimension to its #Energy economy – one that is clean, profitable and globally groundbreaking.

The opportunity is #ElectricityStorage, which until now has been limited by technology to a relatively modest scale. That’s about to change. And it means that Canada – and specifically #Ontario – can become an ideal seedbed for storage technology, because there are ready markets for both large- and small-scale storage systems.

Read more at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/energy-storage-its-canadas-moment/article26649669/

#Toronto doctor #JulielynnWong travelled to the habitat last December, her bag held a rather bulky item: a #3DPrinter. She wanted to test what tools can be fabricated on the fly to treat ill or injured #Astronauts.

So the idea was, hey, why don’t I look at the #Medical inventory for #Space missions and see what’s 3D printable — just try to convert everything from hardware into something that’s virtual?” says Wong. In addition, she decided to power the device with #SolarPanels — a likely #Martian energy source. “Using #3DPrinters for space #Medicine is transformative.”

Read more at: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/10/05/toronto-doctor-using-3d-printer-to-solve-the-problems-of-space-travel.html

#ManojBhargava, CEO of Renew Enhanced Circulation, demonstrates how the “free electric bicylce” generates and stores #Electricity at the lab in Famington Hills, Mich. on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015.

Bhargava, 62, born in #India and a metro #Detroit resident since 1997, is the narrator and central figure in the film, which pegs his net worth at $4 billion and says he plans to give 99% of it to charity.

Read more at: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2015/10/04/5-hour-energy-creator-innovation/73339066/

An #Aircraft powered by one of its engines takes off somewhere in the world every two seconds. In the #US, six of its light bulbs are sold every second. It  employs more than 300,000 people in 175 countries.

And it is the only company to have been a member of the #DowJones’ index of the US’s 30 biggest companies since its inception in 1896.

#GE born from the brainchild of #ThomasEdison’s first electric light company in the late 1880s is one of those companies most people have heard of, but few could tell you what it does.

Read more at: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/visionary-rebuilding-ge-scratch-become-200021045.html

The #UnitedArabEmirates is moving ahead with its #Oil and #Gas investments despite the current drop in oil prices and expects no delays in plans to boost its crude output potential by 2017, the country’s energy minister said on Sunday.

Read more at: http://gulfbusiness.com/2015/10/uae-spend-35bn-diversify-energy-sources-minister/#.VhE0pjZRGUk

If the #London listed commodities trader and miner, #Glencore, is to avoid the same fate as the infamous #WallStreet bank, it will require the unwavering support of its largest shareholder, #QatarHoldings.

Read more at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/mining/11909422/Indebtedness-is-hurting-Glencore-what-must-Ivan-Glasenberg-do-to-ensure-it-survives.html

Will #NASA’s first #MartianColony be built from ice?

The agency has awarded the first place prize in its 3-D Printed #Mars Habitat Contest to the visually stunning #MarsIceHouse, a sleek structure that aims to harness the Red Planet’s liquid water and low temperatures to build a “multi-layered pressurized radiation shell of ice.”

Team Space Exploration Architecture and Clouds Architecture Office

Read more at: http://www.discovery.com/dscovrd/space/3-d-printed-martian-igloo-wins-nasa-habitat-contest/

#SNCLavalin said on Wednesday it has exercised its option to sell its 5 percent stake and the balance of its loans in the #Ambatovy #Nickel project in #Madagascar to #Japan’s #SumitomoCorp for approximately C$600 million (US$451 million) in cash.

Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/30/snc-lavalin-ambatovy-sumitomo-idUSL1N1203E520150930

#Alcoa announced on Monday it will break itself in two, separating a faster growing #Plane and #Car parts business from traditional #Alumina and #Aluminum production as shareholders seek higher returns amid a commodity slump.

#BHP used a similar rationale for ring-fencing select operations in #Australia, #SouthernAfrica and #SouthAmerica into what became South 32 last May to concentrate on its most profitable commodities.

Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/29/alcoa-split-bhp-billiton-idUSL3N11Z2FS20150929

There is concern in New Caledonia over the slump in nickel prices and the sharp drop of the share value of Glencore, which is a key stakeholder in the Koniambo nickel plant.

Glencore has lost about 15 billion US dollars in recent weeks and it is uncertain if it will fund major repairs of a furnace at Koniambo.

Read more at: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/285698/concerns-in-new-caledonia-over-nickel-price