The Finnish company will perform design and manufacturing work for the First Cobalt plant’s solvent-extraction cells, and technical support for the layout of the new solvent-extraction plant.

The utility will lead the project to design, build, operate and maintain an on-shore battery storage system and charging infrastructure for the province’s first two hybrid electric passenger and vehicle ferries.

The Geo falls in line with Kingston’s 2019 climate change emergency declaration. The project uses geothermal energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percent.

The company intends to work under the Science Based Targets initiative to confirm its reduction efforts put in on the path to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Planned for the college’s Whitby campus, The Barrett Centre of Innovation in Sustainable Urban Agriculture would become a recognized hub of excellence in urban agriculture practices, research, education and training.