Supporters of renewable energy celebrated today as Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Brad Duguid and Ontario Power Authority CEO Colin Anderson announced 510 new renewable energy projects to receive contracts under Ontario's new feed-in tariff (FIT), the incentive program for renewable power.
An international panel of experts has released a report based on a review of a large body of scientific literature on sound and health effects, and specifically with regard to sound produced by wind turbines. After extensive review, analysis and discussion, the panel has concluded that sounds or vibrations emitted from wind turbines have no adverse effect on human health.
As the eyes of the world turn to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Ontario must be ready with a strong carbon cap-and-trade plan that will reduce global warming pollution and make the province competitive in a world where action on climate change is the new bottom line, say 23 of the province's environmental organizations.
OSEA’s first annual Community Power Conference was a huge success, attracting over 450 delegates and more than 2,500 attendees to the OSEA and APPrO trade show. Speakers included both international and local experts, while former energy minister, George Smitherman, gave the keynote speech.
Local and international environmental and renewable energy groups congratulated the Ontario government today for four new programs that will make the province a global leader in clean, green, renewable energy.
The government’s announcement today offers every one of us the opportunity to become energy entrepreneurs by ensuring that any clean energy we produce, will be able to feed into the electricity grid for a fair and profitable price" said Kristopher Stevens, executive director of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association.
Close to $900,000 of the patronage rebates will be distributed in the form of tax deferred preference shares thereby allowing the Co-operative to further build its equity. The remaining $800,000 in patronage rebates will be distributed in cash to its Members most of whom operate small to very large greenhouses, co-operatives and other farming operations across Ontario.
Deb Doncaster, executive director of the Community Power Fund and chair of the Green Energy Act Alliance, has been honored with a Green Toronto Award for market transformation.
Half a year after the 7th World Wind Energy Conference was held in Kingston, the government of the Canadian province of Ontario has proposed a Green Energy Act which is likely to become a law in the near future. WWEA strongly welcomes this step and has written a letter to the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure of Ontario, the Hon. George Smitherman.
Newly elected Board members of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association represent a wide cross-section of people and communities involved in sustainable energy and committed to a Green Energy Act in Ontario.
OSEA, along with the Green Energy Act Alliance, welcomed the government’s announcement that four coal units will be closed early. OSEA is confident that renewable energy can easily make up the difference. “People want to become players in the renewable energy sector, whether that is by installing solar panels on the roofs of their homes and community centre or by investing in wind farms,” Kristopher Stevens, executive director of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association, stated in a press release.
AgEnergy distributes $1,700,000 in natural gas patronage rebates.
Canadian renewable energy leaders at World Wind Energy Conference in Korea demand action to secure Canada’s role as an innovator and leader in renewable energy
Renewable energy could power the entire country. A press release by The Solar village.
The Ontario Power Authority released it's proposed Feed-In Tariff programme for Ontario for renewable energy sources.
