Aslan Renewables

We are excited to be included among this group of Canadian climate ventures heading to the Invest Together in Climate Innovation finale on June 3rd during Toronto #ClimateWeek. We’re looking forward to sharing how existing water infrastructure can be reactivated to play a larger role in Canada’s clean energy future. Thank you to Monique Morden and the Spring team for supporting this work.

Earlier this month, our Director of Engineering, Alwin Kran, presented at the 2026 Power of Water Canada Conference, the country’s largest gathering of the hydroelectric industry. A few of his takeaways from the week: 1. With electricity demand rising, Ontario is looking closely at the role waterpower can play in delivering reliable and affordable energy. 2. Waterpower is entering a new investment cycle. In his keynote speech, Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) Chief Operating Officer and EVP Robby Sohi made it clear that clean, flexible, baseload hydropower is foundational to the province’s evolving grid. Through programs like the Small Hydro Program, Ontario is creating pathways to extend the value of existing hydro assets. 3. There is real openness to a different model. Some of the most generative conversations were with municipal utility partners exploring additional generation at dams they already own: infrastructure that’s already permitted, in place, and part of the community. The opportunity right now is to match Ontario’s ambition with an approach built for scale and replication: tapping into infrastructure that already exists to modernize the grid. Thanks to the Ontario Waterpower Association for hosting the 26th edition of the conference! #POWC2026 #Hydropower #Waterpower #CleanEnergy #DistributedEnergy #OntarioEnergy #Infrastructure #EnergyTransition

Our Founder & CEO Andrew Murray was featured in the Toronto Star this week, in conversation about what we’ve learned building a cleantech company. Modernizing hydropower in Canada takes more than a strong technical solution. It’s a trust-building exercise as much as it is an engineering one. This work only moves in tandem with the people closest to the infrastructure we’re helping reactivate - watershed organizations, Conservation Authorities, and local communities. The path to deployment runs through things that are harder to summarize in a pitch deck: community buy-in, credibility, and the patience to earn both. A few beliefs that guide us: 1. Community proximity is a competitive advantage, not a constraint. The companies that will build distributed clean energy will be the ones willing to spend more time in the places they hope to work: in watersheds and around local decision-making tables. 2. Execution happens at the speed of trust. Regulatory, ecological, and community timelines are part of the solution, not separate from it. That means showing up early, listening before deploying, keeping environmental stewardship central, and building systems that hold us accountable. 3. We work with the system, not against it. Aslan’s premise is not to replace the infrastructure that is there. It is to help existing assets serve communities in new ways as part of a more reliable, distributed, and locally grounded clean energy future. Thank you to Caitlin Walsh Miller, the Toronto Star, and MaRS Discovery District for elevating these conversations. Read the article at the link in the comments.

Thank you to MaRS Discovery District for sharing this article featuring our Founder & CEO Andrew Murray on what we’ve learned along the way. Building energy infrastructure in Canada requires trust, patience, partnership, and community engagement. The real work happens at the sites, in the watersheds, and at the tables of the communities closest to the infrastructure itself. We're grateful to the partners, Conservation Authorities, and communities who continue to teach us how this work actually gets done.

Aslan Renewables has been selected as a Top 5 Finalist for Spring's Invest Together in Climate Innovation competition. On June 3rd, our Founder & CEO Andrew Murray will take the stage at the live finale during Toronto Climate Week to pitch Aslan’s vision for a more resilient, distributed energy grid. The clean energy transition often assumes we must build new infrastructure from scratch. We see it differently: the next era of hydropower isn’t going to come from capital-intensive mega-dams; it’s already sitting in the vast majority of dams and water-control structures that shape our waterways but do not produce power. Aslan’s work is to reactivate these structures into fish-safe, community-aware, distributed sources of clean baseload electricity. Thank you to Spring, RBC, and DLA Piper for supporting this program and advancing early-stage climate infrastructure. The finale is open to the public. If you’ll be in Toronto for Climate Week, join us on June 3rd. Register at the link below. #ClimateTech #TorontoClimateWeek #DistributedEnergy #Hydropower #Infrastructure

Building climate infrastructure is as much a capital challenge as it is an engineering one. Last week at MaRS Discovery District, our Founder & CEO Andrew Murray joined Diana Virgovicova (Xatoms), Gabi Piccininni (Inovia Capital), and William Ma (MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund) to discuss what it takes to fund hardware in today’s environment. Two tactical takeaways stood out: - Canadian capital efficiency is a strategic asset. Founders in this country are learning to do more with less. This discipline matters especially in hardware where every dollar has to advance technical validation, commercial traction, and the next stage of financing. This is a hard-won reputation, and is increasingly one of the reasons global capital is paying closer attention to Canadian companies. - Investor fit is foundational. The right capital partner depends on stage, sector, geography, and risk appetite. Founders building in specialized markets should consider looking beyond their immediate ecosystem to benchmark. Thanks to the team at MaRS for facilitating this candid and necessary conversation on what it takes to build and fund the future of our tech and energy systems. #CleanTech #DeepTech #ClimateTech #EnergyInfrastructure #VentureCapital #DistributedEnergy #CanadianInnovation 

The energy transition doesn't always require building something new; sometimes it requires unlocking the value of what is already there. We are proud to be named a semifinalist for the 2026 Climate Tech Trailblazer prize by Climate Solutions Prize. This recognition reinforces our belief: that the future of clean baseload power can be distributed, low-impact, and built with infrastructure that already shapes our watersheds.

Building climate infrastructure means navigating more than technology alone. Next week, our Founder & CEO, Andrew Murray, will join MaRS Discovery District for a conversation about what it takes to raise capital and manage operational strain in today's market. We're looking forward to hearing from Andrew and his fellow panelists, Diana Virgovicova (Xatoms), Gabi Piccininni (Inovia Capital), and William Ma, CFA (MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund) on stage. Register at the link in the comments.

Aslan's Director of Engineering, Alwin Kran will be co-presenting at the Power of Water Canada Conference hosted by the Ontario Waterpower Association this May. Alwin brings extensive experience in the hydropower industry to our team, applying his deep expertise to our mission: transforming existing water infrastructure into reliable, low-impact, community-centered energy. If you are attending the conference, we encourage you to connect with Alwin to talk about the future of modular hydro.

Last week, Aslan's Director of Business Operations, Farzin Mou, joined Sarah Stevens (Maple Leaf Angels) and Jordy Koski (Middle Cove Capital) for a panel moderated by Keshiv Kaushal and hosted by Propel Impact and Spring Collective to tackle a critical conversation: how angel capital powers Canada’s climate future. A key insight she brought to the room: hardware is hard, but the answer isn’t to pretend you’re a software company; the answer is to show that hardware - especially infrastructure hardware - has long-term defensibility and staying power. This is a principle that shapes how we think about building Aslan. We believe that the future of climate infrastructure will be built by companies that combine innovation with disciplined operations, repeatability, and longetivity. Farzin’s voice in these rooms matter, and we’re glad to see her contributing to the conversation around what it will take to fund and build Canada’s climate future! Read more about Aslan Renewables at www.aslanrenewables.com