EU energy costs are significantly higher than Canada’s and as such EU advantages in high efficiency components provide an advantage. Canadian companies are rapidly innovating in a range of cleantech verticals and increasingly looking to scale and manufacture these solutions, but face various supply chain shortage and complexities.
CN is interested in recycling, upcycling or reusing expended railway ties (sleepers). The ties are wooden and chemically treated.
CN is interested in wildfire detection, monitoring and modelling solutions for outdoor infrastructure and assets, such as timber bridges or utility transmission lines.