On April 22, 2021 – Earth Day – Cleantech Commons joined a select group of business leaders at the launch of Green Economy Peterborough. Cleantech Commons is a “founding member” of Green Economy Peterborough. The core focus of this new initiative is to help…
In a recent article titled “Canada needs to boost its clean technology sector,” The Globe & Mail writes that “resources like Cleantech Commons are essential in moving Canada up the commercialization ranks, and to bolster its reputation for innovation.” “Cleantech Commons,” The Globe writes, “is a…
New Cleantech Innovation Portal provides access to commercial opportunities for cleantech companies through a virtual marketplace that brings together city-makers, innovators and investors to accelerate the impact of innovation in communities. Cleantech Commons has launched the “Cleantech Innovation Portal” to help Canadian ventures in…
In a recent article titled “Canada needs to boost its clean technology sector,” The Globe & Mail identifies Trent University as “[an] academic institution leading the charge for cleantech commercialization.” “Recognizing the need to nurture commercialization in the clean technology sector, [Trent’s] Cleantech Commons…
A newly-announced partnership is bringing accelerator services to Cleantech Commons. This collaboration is designed to boost a key service offering to future research park tenants. Cleantech Commons is the new 85-acre research park affiliated with Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. The organization recently signed…
“Cleantech Commons hasn’t let a global pandemic slow its development down,” writes Keaton Robbins of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development. In an article entitled “Cleantech Commons Construction On Track, Multi-tenant Announcement Looming“, Martin Yuill, the research park’s executive director, tells Robbins: “despite everything that…
A partnership between Trent University and the City of Peterborough, Cleantech Commons is a collaboration that aims to create local jobs in the growing cleantech sector. With the global cleantech market projected to exceed $3.3 trillion by 2022, Cleantech Commons at Trent University is set…
At the start of this new – and hopefully “improved” – year, we would like to take a moment to thank our entire community for your continued interest in, and support for, all things Cleantech Commons™. We greatly appreciate all your engagement, enthusiasm, and…
Cleantech Commons™ is designed to host a cluster of growth companies, spin-out & startup ventures, and corporate accelerators & “innovation outposts”, all focused on researching, creating and commercializing clean technology products, services and technologies that aim to increase performance while reducing negative environmental impacts.…
We reported in our May 2020 “Community Update” on the progress being made in providing municipal services to Cleantech Commons, the new clean technology research park currently under development on Trent University’s East Bank. You can read how Cleantech Commons is anchoring Peterborough’s cleantech…
“Cleantech Commons,” says our executive director, Martin Yuill in a recent “Update to the Community“, “is designed to host a clustered community of growth companies, spin-out & startup ventures, and corporate accelerators & ‘innovation outposts’.” Pointing out that Cleantech Commons is co-located with the…
Despite the interruptions that resulted from COVID-19 – and with comprehensive new health & safety measures in place to protect our contractors, construction crews and visitors – the provision of municipal services to Cleantech Commons on Trent University’s East Bank has continued to make…
Peterborough Mayor, Diane Therrien, says that Cleantech Commons will help position Peterborough as a “leader and cutting edge community” when it comes to building “a more sustainable and green future“. Quoted by Business View Magazine in an article titled “Peterborough, Ontario: Innovation and invention“,…
Anyone who regularly uses Pioneer Road on Trent University’s East Bank will know that the site of Cleantech Commons is currently a hive of activity! Municipal services – previously provided to the entrance of the research park – are now being extended into Cleantech…
Peterborough City Council declared a climate emergency this fall. It underscores ongoing work at Cleantech Commons, which promises to bring together a community of big-thinking energy, environment and climate problem solvers. In the face of today’s global environmental challenges, Cleantech Commons represents a timely…
Trails, roads, sewers and water services are being installed to support the creation of Cleantech Commons – an innovation park focusing on green and clean technology through a partnership between Trent University and the City of Peterborough. Work will resume on providing services for…
Peterborough This Week reports that “After a summer of preparing Cleantech Commons’ main access road, work is being done to prepare for construction of the city’s upcoming green-tech business park.” Read the full article here! Martin Yuill, Cleantech Commons executive director is quoted as saying that…
The Peterborough Examiner reports that “Work on the site of what will become Cleantech Commons will resume this month“. Read the article here! Plans for the 85-acre innovation and research park site near Trent University include trails, roads, sewers and water services. Quoting the…