Category Archives: Alternative Energy

(March 9, 2010) A March 6 meeting, outlining the downside of wind turbines, drew close to 200 people to Creemore’s Station on the Green. Continue reading →

(March 6, 2010) The Ontario government’s rush into renewable energy, and industrial wind turbine generated electricity in particular, is likely to reveal the law of unintended consequences. Continue reading →

(March 5, 2010) Ontario’s strategy of picking winners likely to fail. Ontario’s provincial auditor or other independent groups should periodically audit the programs and subsidies being offered through the recently passed Green Energy Act to ensure the programs are producing the promised environmental and economic benefits, says an Energy Probe report published today by Michael Trebilcock, Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Toronto, and James Wilson, a recent University of Toronto Law School Graduate. Continue reading →

(February 27, 2010) Clean technologies are a $1-trillion per year global industry. Who will snatch this prize by being among the clean tech leaders? Continue reading →

(January 24, 2010) Ontario signed a $7-billion renewable energy deal with Samsung to built wind and solar energy clusters throughout the province. By 2016, the project is expected to generate 2,500 megawatts of energy, or about 4 per cent of Ontario’s total energy consumption. Continue reading →