German Bank Reduces Investment Risk With $130 Billion for Renewable Energy

By On October 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Oct 26, 2011 (link to original Germany Info Article)

Germany’s federally-owned KfW banking group is facilitating renewable energy and energy efficiency investments in Germany with 100 billion euros (over $130 billion) over the next five years.

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Red flags on green energy

By On February 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

February 17, 2011- Toronto, ON.  This is an interesting article on the environmental effects of green energy by Dr. Jatin Nathwani from the University of Waterloo. 

At this point, there should be no debate that a transition to a sustainable electricity system is a necessary development for Ontario.  However, this is likely where any [...]

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20 MW Amherstburg Solar Project Sold to Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund (MPT)

By On July 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment

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, [...]

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Reaction to Ontario’s microFIT Tariff Rate Cuts

By On July 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Not unexpectedly there has been broad negative reaction within Ontario’s nascent solar industry following Ontario’s cutting of the microFIT rate. As usual, one of the clearest thinkers and commentators on the issue is Tyler Hamilton, whose column appears regularly in the Toronto Star. His July 19th article is quoted almost in its entirety below.

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SunEdison Acquires Two 10 MW Ground-Mount Solar Projects From TransAlta

By On June 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Sun Edison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., announced on June 17 its purchase from TransAlsta of two ground-mount solar photovoltaic (PV) development projects in Ontario. SunEdison will work with Hydro One, Greater Napanee officials, and the local community to begin construction on the RESOP project in early 2011. Under the terms of the sale, 

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Mindfirst Sources Funding for Five 10 MW Solar Projects

By On June 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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