Category Archives: Renewables

It’s pretty easy to be green

(Feb. 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

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It’s pretty easy to be green

(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

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Norm Rubin discusses the Samsung deal on "The Agenda"

(February 9, 2010) Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin on “The Agenda” discussing the recent Samsung deal and Ontario’s renewable energy future. The show originally aired on February 2, 2010. Continue reading

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Inside Ontario: Ontario Signs a Massive Green Energy Deal with Samsung

(Jan. 24, 2010) Ontario signed a $7-billion renewable energy deal with Samsung to build wind and solar energy clusters throughout the province. Continue reading

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Inside Ontario: Ontario Signs a Massive Green Energy Deal with Samsung

(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

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Winds of change

(January 23, 2010) In signing ceremony Thursday for a $7-billion deal with Samsung to build wind and solar facilities, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said: “This means Ontario is officially the place to be for green energy manufacturing in North America.” Continue reading

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Winds of change

(Jan. 23, 2010) In a signing ceremony Thursday for a $7-billion deal with Samsung to build wind and solar facilities, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said: “This means Ontario is officially the place to be for green energy manufacturing in North America.” Continue reading

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Windmills: Bigger waste than eHealth

(October 1, 2009) Wind reduces CO2 emissions at a subsidy cost of about $124 per tonne — one of the most expensive plans in the world. Continue reading

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Ottawa-area solar farm gets thumbs up from residents

(July 12, 2009) As controversies over green-power projects erupt across Ontario, Ottawa is quietly leading a revolution in solar farming that will soon make the nation’s capital home to one of the largest solar-energy plants of its kind in North America. Continue reading

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Norman Rubin discusses solar power in Ottawa

(July 12, 2009) Energy Probe’s own Norman Rubin was recently quoted in an article in the Ottawa Citizen examining the approval of subsidies for a 200-acre farm in West Carleton, just west of Ottawa. As part of the program, the government will pump at least $100-million for the construction of 300,000 solar panels. Continue reading

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