Category: Industry News

Canadian Alternative Energy Companies See Opportunity in Kyoto Agreement

VANCOUVER (CP) - As the Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions comes into effect this week, Canadian alternative energy companies are seeing green of a different kind. Companies with "clean" or low-emission technologies are poised to exploit the market as countries look to meet their commitments under the agreement.

Wayward Bouy Connects Victoria With Tiny Island

A Carmanah Technologies' light brightened the day of a headmaster living on a small Shetland Island. The light, made by the Victoria company which specializes in solar-powered lighting, was attached to a five-metre tall Canadian Coast Guard buoy deployed off Newfoundland. The buoy broke free and rode the waves across the Atlantic Ocean to end up on tiny Papa Stour, on the west side of the Shetland Archipelago. "It was amazing," says Mimi Drabit, coast guard liason for Carmanah Technologies. Not only did the light and its bouy complete the 5,800 kilometre journey, but the light was flashing when it was found on the rocky, rugged coast. Papa Stour is just three kilometres by five kilometres and has 34 miles of coastline. You can see more photographs of the buoy on the Island's Web site, under the coast guard category.

Solar Lights Up Airport

While large solar electric systems on homes and businesses are the quintessential model of solar power, some of the less common applications make an equal statement while also providing specific needs. Canada- based Carmanah has successfully tapped some less common niche markets for solar where their product's electrical autonomy plays a big part.

Lighting the Way – Globe and Mail Report on Business

The fine folks at Victoria's Carmanah Technologies, makers of solar-powered lighting, received an unusual letter last week. It came from Papa Stour, one of the Shetland Islands. There, a Carmanah-lit buoy had washed ashore, having become untethered and travelling 5,800 km from its original location, off the Newfoundland coast -- one of some 1,650 moored off Canada's eastern shores.

Georgia County Installs Carmanah LED Illuminated Street Name Signs

As part of an initiative to increase safety and improve communication with its drivers, a county in Georgia has chosen to install Carmanah's illuminated street name signs for high volume intersections on a new roadway project. Carmanah's Roadway Lighting Division is pleased to report that it is supplying 19 Carmanah Model R409 edge-lit LED street name signs for the project.

Carmanah Solar-Powered LED Taxiway Lights Deployed by Iraqi Air Force

Through the Department of State, US Mission Iraq, Security and Justice Sector, Carmanah has been contracted to supply the Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) with 80 units of the Carmanah Model 601 solar-powered LED taxiway light. This contract is Carmanah's first order with the Iraqi Air Force.

New Illuminated Stop Signs Shipped to Texas

Inadvertently running stop signs is a serious and persistent problem in both rural areas where drivers lose concentration as well as urban settings where drivers become distracted. One city in Texas (location information withheld) is improving this through the use of Carmanah's new LED internally-illuminated stop signs.

Carmanah’s Solar Marine Navigation Lights Win Canadian Safe Boating Award

Carmanah is pleased to announce that its self-contained, solar-powered LED marine navigation lights have won a 2004 Canadian Safe Boating Award (CASBA) for "Best New Marine Safety Product" from the Canadian Safe Boating Council. Carmanah received the honour at the 7th Annual CASBA awards gala on January 16, 2005, at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel.

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Carmanah Illuminated Street Name Signs Selected by Broomfield, Colorado

Carmanah's LED illuminated street name signs have been selected by the Traffic Engineering Division of the City and County of Broomfield, CO, as part of a 12 sign improvement project. Three signal intersections within the downtown core are being updated. As part of this project, the existing fluorescent signs are being replaced with Carmanah's LED edge-lit signs. Model R409 LED illuminated sign installed in the City of Broomfield, CO.