Wolfe Island Wind Farm (Canadian Hydro Developers), 200 MW wind farm to be completed by the middle of 2009. Royal Road wind farm 18 MW, Prince Edward County, completion sometime after 2009.

Canadian Shield Energy Systems (balance-of-plant engineering) Brant Peppley (also director of FCRC) and Gord McAlary (engineering consultant specializing in alternative energy and fuels, development and application of advanced energy conversion technologies, including gas turbine recuperators, fuel reformers, fuel cells, solar photovoltaic, and small scale wind turbines).

The City of Kingston has built sustainability into its new official plan. City of Kingston new buildings must all be considered for LEED Silver design or better, including new Police headquarters which was built to LEED gold. City Council looking for ways all building construction more energy efficient than existing code
City Council has set corporate and community targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions and will be offsetting all City travel with local carbon offsets.

CMC Microsystems provides university researchers with industry-calibre design resources, access to state-of-the-art prototyping technologies, tools for testing and support services for a wide variety of applications including the environment (e.g., pollution diagnostics and monitoring systems).

DuPont’s Research Development and Engineering Centre is located in Kingston. The company is actively working on a variety of bio-based such as including fuels, chemicals and materials (including bio-fibre composites).

DuPont is a world leader in the development of polymer products and processes. With almost 200 employees, the Centre is an integral part of the global DuPont network and its role in innovative materials science.

Eastern Ontario Model Forest works with government, landowners, industry, First Nations and other stakeholders to develop new ways to sustain and manage our forest resources. These two groups are the hub of forest bio-mass information and contacts in the Eastern Ontario region.

Install renewable energy equipment and early consumer adoption of the technology.

Geothermal heat oumpdistributors, who distribute WaterFurnace heat pumps.

ELORIN (The Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network) is a group of regional champions actively supporting bio-business development. Their network is the hub of regional bio-business activity, which aims to influence the success of regional bio-based firms and acts as a catalyst in accelerating the commercialization of research discoveries within the Eastern Lake Ontario region.

Vision and Purpose

Designed to foster and promote the growing biomedical industry in the Kingston region, this new Elorin initiative will increase networking opportunities, stimulate discussion and provide a forum for industry members to share common issues.