The New Nuclear

July 18, 2012 - 1:50 pm

While nuclear power has been used in Canada for decades, no new nuclear power has been brought online since the 1990s and few governments (Ontario is among them) are considering building new nuclear facilities in the next twenty years. But not every nuclear reactor is a 1,000-megawatt (MW) behemoth...

New FIT Rules: Hit and Miss

March 22, 2012 - 11:12 am

The results of Ontario’s review of the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program are in—Ontario Energy Minister, Chris Bentley, announced a number of changes this morning, in line with what industry organisations and energy observers had been expecting. The FIT program was created in conjunction with the Green...

Tags: agricultural, Canadian Wind Energy Association, feed-in tariff, FIT, Green Energy and Green Economy Act, hydro, Ontario Energy Minister, renewable, solar, wind

Breaking News: Trees are Good for Us

February 22, 2012 - 2:35 pm

According to Tree Ontario’s most recent report, the province could  benefit substantially by increasing its tree cover. At 22 per cent, southern Ontario’s tree coverage is below the minimum 30 per cent recommended by Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner Gordon Miller. According to the report...

Tags: tree ontario

OSEA: Ontario Doesn't Need Nuclear

December 9, 2011 - 10:04 am

The Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA) just released a report suggesting there is no business case for nuclear power and that, without subsidies, the industry would not survive in Ontario. The report, Nuclear Power: Where’s the Business Case, argues that nuclear power retains an unfair advantage...

Tags: AECL, Bruce Nuclear, Combined Heat and Power, energy, insurance, nuclear, Nuclear Power: Where’s the Business Case, Ontario Power Generation, Ontario’s Long Term Energy Plan, OSEA, renewable, subsidies

Transportation "Challenges"

September 23, 2011 - 8:19 am

Yesterday, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Denis Lebel made his first address since being given this portfolio. He spoke to the Toronto Board of Trade about the challenges of developing effective transportation infrastructure in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Lebel spoke at...

Changes to Ontario's Agreement with Samsung

August 10, 2011 - 12:42 pm

The Ontario government just made its Green Energy Investment Agreement with Samsung C&T Corp available. This agreement is a unique arrangement in Ontario and there has been much discussion around whether or not this it will benefit the public. Within the agreement are several issues that should be...

Tags: feed-in tariff, FIT, Green Energy Investment Agreement, Hydro One, Independent Electricity Systems Operator, legal, renewable energy, Samsung, transmission, wind

Transit City: Buried

April 25, 2011 - 1:50 pm

At the end of March 2011, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Toronto Mayor Rob Ford agreed to a new plan for public transit in Toronto. The Province had allocated just over $8 billion dollars to fund Transit City,  a plan that included Toronto’s a series of light rail lines around the city. Now...

Tags: Eglinton LRT, LRT, P3, subway, Top 100, transit, Transit City