Driving Innovation In New Brunswick For Renewables
How Saint John Energy helped propel The Smart Energy Company from a small firm focused heavily on the residential market to be one of New Brunswick’s leading renewable energy developers.
How Saint John Energy helped propel The Smart Energy Company from a small firm focused heavily on the residential market to be one of New Brunswick’s leading renewable energy developers.
Saint John Energy CEO Ray Robinson says the utility has hit milestones for its three pillars of sustainable growth: renewable energy generation and energy storage, smart products and services for consumers, and smart grid innovation.
The International Smart Grid Action Network selected the local utility as the winner of the 7th ISGAN Award of Excellence.
Two Brunswick business leaders have received national recognition for their work on green energy.
The 51,000-pound battery, which can store enough electricity to power more than 100 homes for two hours, is a key piece of Saint John Energy’s work to build the Utility of the Future for Saint John.
On March 2, Saint John Energy called on their customers to assist in reducing peak energy consumption in their own homes. The call to action resulted in a 14-megawatt reduction with savings of $210,000.
The city’s utility announced rates will go up 1.8 per cent starting March 31 rates.
For more than 70 years, Saint John Energy has helped light up the city of Saint John with its lighting rental program. Now it’s out with the old and in with the new as LED lights and innovative technology become the norm.
The local power utility donated more than $165,000 to local community organizations throughout 2020 as part of its commitment to support growth in the community and combat generational poverty.
With ongoing and trusting partnerships with post-secondary institutions, Carl Ozkaynak says Saint John Energy benefits from the approach of bright minds, the latest research insights and emerging technologies.