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Category Archives: Renewables
Aldyen Donnelly: Why California will not be imitating Ontario’s Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program
(June 6, 2011) From Glen Murray’s twitter: P Gipe from California FIT programs in Ontario best in World, others are imitating it… Aldyen Donnelly responds. Continue reading
Ontario’s Green Energy Backlash: Politicians Exploit Growing Opposition To Wind Turbines, Solar
(May 27, 2011) Ian Harvey of the Huffington Post takes a look at how newbie premier Hubak’s proposed policy changes will affect renewable energy in the province of Ontario. The entry notes Energy Probe’s conclusions that the FIT scheme is a “disaster” as it breeds reliance on nuclear energy on days when the weather is not conducive to renewable energy generation. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables
Tagged Canada Business News, green energy, Green Energy Act, Hudak Green Energy, Hudak Turbines, McGuinty Green Energy, McGuinty Hudak Green Energy, McGuinty Turbines, Ontario Green Energy, Ontario Green Energy Act, Ontario Turbines, Ontario Wind Power, Wind Concerns Ontario, wind turbines
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Lawrence Solomon: Go fish — wind developers forced to shut down to protect salmon stocks
(May 19, 2011) Wind farms not only threaten the landscape, they also threaten marine life, as wind developers in Washington State just learned to their dismay. The Bonneville Power Authority, a major power utility in the Columbia River system, has ordered wind producers feeding unwanted power into its grid to shut down their operations to protect salmon stock. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables
Tagged Bonneville Power Authority, BPA, electricity, green energy, hydro dams, hydroelectricity, industrial wind turbines, IWT, Lawrence Solomon, nuclear, power prices, renewables, salmon, salmon migration, subsidies, wind, wind farms, wind power, wind turbines, windmills
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Lawrence Solomon: Renewables now bigger than nuclear
(May 18, 2011) The world now has more renewable electricity capacity than nuclear capacity, according to a recent report from the Worldwatch Institute. According to its World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010–2011, just four types of renewables — wind, small-scale hydro, solar, and biomass – accounted for 381 gigawatts (GW) of capacity at the end of 2010, edging past nuclear power’s 375 GW of capacity. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables
Tagged biomass, coal, electricity, fossil fuel generation, green energy, industrial wind turbines, IWT, Lawrence Solomon, natural gas, nuclear, power prices, renewables, solar electricity, subsidies, wind, wind farms, wind power, wind turbines, windmills, Worldwatch
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FP Letters to the Editor: We are green, EDC says
(May 12, 2011) Re: “Greening Harper,” Lawrence Solomon, May 7 Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables
Tagged AECL, EDC, ethanol, Export Development Canada, FP Letters To The Editor, green energy
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Lawrence Solomon: What Hudak failed to say
(May 11, 2011) In a much ballyhooed speech yesterday, would-be Ontario Premier Tim Hudak promised to kill the financing method that Premier Dalton McGuinty uses to build wind turbines. But Hudak doesn’t promise to kill wind turbines. He merely proposes some alternative financing method, not yet described, to bring Ontarians more wind turbines. Hudak’s wind turbines will also be uneconomic, just less so than McGuinty’s. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables
Tagged 2009, Dalton McGuinty, electricity, GEA, green energy, Green Energy Act, Green Energy and Green Economy Act, hydro, industrial wind turbines, IWT, Lawrence Solomon, Ontario, Ontario energy, power prices, rate payers, renewables, subsidies, Tim Hudak, wind, wind farms, wind power, wind turbines, windmills
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Lawrence Solomon: Don’t count on constant electricity under renewable energy, says UK electricity CEO
(May 5, 2011) Wind power will require lifestyle change Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Renewables
Tagged Climate Change, electricity, electricity grid, electricity network, electricity rates, Global Warming, Lawrence Solomon, lifestyle changes, National Grid, remewables, smart electricity grid, Smart Grid City, smart meters, smart-grid, solar, Steve Holliday, wind
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Green energy blues (video)
(April 1, 2011) Opposition to green energy has become the biggest grass roots environmental movement since the anti-nuclear movement. Below is a video, accompanied by a song written about the downside of windmills. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables
Tagged green energy, renewables, video, wind power
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Lawrence Solomon: Smart is dumb
(March 4, 2011) Energy Probe executive director Lawrence Solomon argues that plans to spend trillions on ‘smart grids’ will collapse. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables
Tagged Climate Change, Deniers, electricity, Energy Probe, Lawrence Solomon, smart-grid, solar
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Larry Solomon discusses the Ontario wind power controversy on BNN
(February 24, 2011) Energy Probe executive director Lawrence Solomon appeared on BNN’s SqueezePlay on Tuesday to discuss the Ontario government’s decision to scrap off shore wind generation. Click the link below to watch the video. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables
Tagged Climate Change, environment, Global Warming, Lawrence Solomon, Ontario, Renewable Energy, wind power
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