From Fort Severn to Whitehorse: Community‑Led Clean Energy at RIRC 2025
At RIRC 2025, Hedgehog Technologies alongside MCW highlighted the critical role of Indigenous energy sovereignty in remote renewables.
Entries by Dr. Michael Wrinch
Update: Technology Snapshot of Battery Types & Performance
Energy storage technologies such as electro-chemical batteries are some of the most watched innovations in the world.
Best Practices for Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
Factory acceptance testing equipment before it enters the field is overall safer, more efficient, and saves the project money.
Hedgehog Technologies 20th Anniversary – Message from the CEO
Looking back, I don’t know how my mother convinced the TV repair shop to deliver all the defective televisions and electronics at the end of our driveway in Kamloops, but it was a good move.
Rapid Shutdowns: High Voltage Protection from Solar Panels
The purpose of switches for rapid shutdowns is to protect emergency responders or anyone who needs to work close to the solar panels.
Functional Safety: A Validated Approach for Safer Machines
Functional safety not only guides how engineers can make safer machines, it’s a philosophy centered around a robust validation framework.
Advanced Systems Testing: A Skinner Box for Site Commissioning
Custom control system manufacturing, factory acceptance testing of subsystems, and site commissioning have traditionally been a long process.
5 considerations for safe motion controlled machines
Developing complex motion controlled machines and safety instrumented systems with budgets that reach well into the millions of dollars.
Safety systems ensure reliable operation when you need it most
Functional safety engineers elevates project delivery because high-value solutions are only so if they mitigate risk through safety systems.
