Second Ontario Solar Summit to Focus on Building a Culture of Professional Excellence
TORONTO, Jun 14, 2011 — The solar boom is in full-swing with Google’s $280 million investment in residential rooftop solar, and the release of 839 new Solar FIT contracts from the Ontario Power Authority (OPA).
Like Google, the province of Ontario, Canada understands the value of [...]
After weeks of feedback from solar stakeholders throughout the province, the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) announced that the price adjustment — from 80.2 to 64.2 cents/kWH — for small-scale, ground-mounted feed-in-tariff (microFIT) projects will only affect applications sent after July 2. The announcement was welcome news to the 10,000+ applicants who had already committed significant [...]
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,
