Regardless of how the provincial election in Newfoundland and Labrador plays out, there’s no question a job at the top of the list for any new government is addressing Muskrat Falls Project costs. It’s well understood: the project is billions over budget and years behind schedule. The overruns are falling to ratepayers and the province (the relatively small pool of ratepayers can’t handle the overwhelming costs on their own). The exact mechanisms for aid are still up in the air. Messaging in 2019 was a rough plan was coming from the provincial and federal governments, focused on restructuring of the

Corvus Energy's all-electric “blue whale” power system for large ships is on its way to sea trials. The essential step is being helped along by funding from the Government of Canada’s supercluster program. “There’s been a lot of interest from ship owners around the globe,” said Corvus executive vice-president Sean Puchalski, in the latest ocean supercluster announcement video. The estimated $4.15 million “field validation” work for Corvus, to prove out the battery system and show its ability to offer longer durations of zero-emissions transit, is receiving $2 million from the federal supercluster program with the rest being private funding. Corvus