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Ontario Eyes Energy Sector Overhaul

rschuster — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:01:21 +0000

By ADAM RADWANSKI

Liberals mindful that a selloff of municipally owned distribution utilities could be viewed as a fire sale

The Ontario government is considering a significant overhaul of the province’s energy sector, including a selloff of municipally owned distribution utilities and a merger of two provincially owned planning agencies.

The politically sensitive reforms were [...]

Ontario Government Releases Feed-In Tariff Program Review

rschuster — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:05:29 +0000

The Province released its Two-Year Review Report summarizing the results of its FIT Program review. The Report proposed the following material revisions to the FIT Program.

Commitment to 10,700 MW Original Target - The Long-Term Energy Plan target of procuring 10,700 MW of non-hydro renewable energy generation by 2015 will be maintained. At the end of 2013, [...]

Rising Costs of Solar Boom Cause Germany to Cut Subsidies

rschuster — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:21:44 +0000

In view of a record 7.5 gigawatts of new solar installations in 2011, the government has decided to cut subsidies for solar power earlier than expected. Environmentalists say this will end a German “success story.”

After months of wrangling, Germany’s liberal economics minister Philipp Rösler and conservative environment minister Norbert Röttgen thrashed out a compromise [...]

Harper Government Supports Promising Clean Technologies

rschuster — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:38:26 +0000

Calgary, Alberta, January 25, 2012 – The Harper Government is showing its commitment to a green Canadian economy with a $22 million investment to help eight new clean technology projects from across the country reach commercialization. The announcement was made today by the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, and Vicky Sharpe, President [...]

The Latest Battleground for Canada’s Energy Fortune

rschuster — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:31:30 +0000

Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post · Jan. 7, 2012 | Last Updated: Jan. 7, 2012 5:31 AM ET

In a remote Aboriginal recreation centre on the shore of the Douglas Channel in British Columbia’s North Coast, Canadian regulators are kicking off historic hearings on Tuesday on the proposed $5.5-billion Northern Gateway oil sands pipeline. By the time they [...]

Climate change: The great regrouping

mfgormaly — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:58:27 +0000

Pilita Clark, Financial Times, December 14, 2011

It is being called the huddle that made history. Even by the standards of UN climate talks, where delegates have been known to leap on tables, fling insults or dissolve publicly into tears, what happened on the conference floor of the Durban convention centre in the small hours of [...]

Ontario’s Solar Energy Industry Creating Jobs

rschuster — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:32:39 +0000

Ontario is quickly becoming a global leader in the clean energy economy, while building a clean, modern and reliable electricity system for our children and grandchildren.

Speaking to more than 5,000 delegates from across Canada and around the world at the annual Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA) conference today, Energy Minister Chris Bentley reinforced our [...]

UofT CGEN Group awarded Gates Foundation grant

Editor — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:40:32 +0000

TORONTO— From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail, Published Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2011 8:30AM EDT Article by KIM MACKRAEL

The project sounds simple enough: design a new toilet for use in developing countries, where access to running water, electricity and sewage is limited.

But the details are daunting. The human waste needs to be processed and sanitized, and it [...]

Japan Takes Ontario’s Solar Program to WTO Panel

rschuster — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:38:51 +0000

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan has filed a complaint with a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel against an allegedly unfair solar power promotion program introduced by the provincial government of Ontario, Canada, the Japanese government said Wednesday.

Under the program, the Ontario government purchases electricity produced by solar power and other renewable energy only [...]

Regulations Announcement Favourable for PharmaTrust

drichardson — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:27:40 +0000

Please see below the resulting coverage from Friday’s announcement concerning the passage of the regulations enabling remote dispensing in Ontario.

The Globe and Mail – Press ‘D1’ for amoxicillinhttps://secure.globeadvisor.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/gam/20110323/SRTECHSMBPHARMAATL
The Toronto Star – Ontario Rolling out ATM-like Drug Machines
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/956708–ontario-rolling-out-atm-like-drug-machines

Metro Montreal – Des distributrices de [...]