South Korea’s Samsung and Pattern Energy Group have acquired a wind power project in Ontario for an undisclosed price.
The companies, which bought the project from Spain’s Acciona, will increase the planned capacity of the Armow project in Kincardine, Ontario, to 180 megawatts. Construction will begin in 2013 and finish the next year.
“We [...]
On August 12, 2010, SDTC issued a call to industry professionals requesting submissions of plans for their latest round of funding. The Application Deadline for this round is October 20, 2010. SDTC invests in a range of innovative solutions across all industries that address Climate Change, Clean Air, Water and Soil.
Further information is available [...]
MPT’s Amherstburg Solar Park will be built and operated by SunPower Corp, which has proven its crystalline solar PV technology around the world in projects such as the 10 MW Bavaria Solarpark, above. Photo courtesy of SunPower.
On June 23, 2010, MPT acquired a 20-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) power project in Ontario, to be designed, [...]
In the fall of 2009 many Ontario developers rushed to submit applications hoping to gain approval for a limited number of 10 MW solar projects that would be able to fit within the estimated 4,000 MW of available capacity on the Ontario grid. Despite an abundance of applications there still appears to be several isolated [...]
The SDTC Investment Committee (IC) meetings are always fascinating because of the many wonderful and interesting projects and technologies that are discussed and reviewed. Also very interesting are the sidebar conversations with fellow IC members during breaks, before and after the closed-door sessions.
Tom Sweeney, an IC member now based in Dubai, had many thought [...]
The OPA’s Technology Development Fund (TD Fund) was set up to augment R&D investment in Ontario’s energy sector which, according to the Ontario Centers of Excellence, is just 0.5% of annual revenues. In comparison, the Telecommunications industry in Ontario invests nearly 20% of its annual revenues into Research & Development.
Pre-commercial technologies or applications typically [...]
