Tag Archives: electricity

Ontario Energy Prices: Frankly Bogus

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Other News Sources

Omitted Costs, Inflated Benefits, a study I co-authored with Glenn Fox for the Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society a week ago, has been discovered by the media and the Ministry of Energy. While we will have to wait until October 20th to hear the cabinet appointments by Premier McGuinty, that didn’t stop the Legislature’s most recent Minister of Energy, Brad Duguid from commenting on the study. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables | Tagged Brad Duguid, electricity, green energy, Ontario electricity, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy | 5 Comments

Aldyen Donnelly: California stars and Canadian environmentalist protest Alberta heavy oil

Posted on August 24, 2011 by energyprbe

(August 24, 2011) Californian stars and Canadian environmentalists protest Alberta heavy oil while making no effort to stop the California regulators from going out of their way to over-allocate excess free GHG quota to subsidize more GHG-intensive California heavy oil. Continue reading →

Posted in Aldyen Donnelly | Tagged Alberta, Alberta oil, Aldyen Donnelly, California, California Air Resource Board, California crude oil, California free GHG quota allocation plan, California GHG allowances, California GHG quota, California in-state oil producers, Canada, Canadian environmentalist, CARB, CARB Cap and Trade Orders, Development of Product Benchmarks for Allowance Allocation, electricity, Gas supply, GHG, GHG emissions, GHG footprint, GHG quota, GHG regulation, greenhouse gas, Oil supply | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Go fish — wind developers forced to shut down to protect salmon stocks

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Other News Sources

(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 | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Renewables now bigger than nuclear

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Other News Sources

(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 | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: What Hudak failed to say

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Other News Sources

(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 | 2 Comments

Lawrence Solomon: Greening Harper

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 6, 2011) Fiscal prudence and smaller government could go hand in hand with environmentalism — really! Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation, Electricity | Tagged AECL, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, carbon capture and storage, carbon dioxide, CCS, Climate Change, EDC, electricity, energy conservation, energy subsidies, environmentalists, ethanol, Export Development Canada, Global Warming, Lawrence Solomon, Nuclear Power, privatization, subsidies | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Don’t count on constant electricity under renewable energy, says UK electricity CEO

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Other News Sources

(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 | Leave a comment

Parker Gallant: Ontario Ministry of Energy: Not so Smart Spending

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(April 30, 2011) In the final week of the Federal Election if you live in Ontario you might be confused based on the daily press releases emanating from Queen’s Park. Those releases would lead you to believe that the incumbent Ontario Liberals are in the final week of the Provincial Election. Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity | Tagged electricity, Ontario, Ontario energy, Parker Gallant | 3 Comments

Lawrence Solomon: Nuclear power extremes

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(April 8, 2011) Lawrence Solomon discusses why support for nuclear power from both the left and the right is misguided. Continue reading →

Posted in Nuclear Power | Tagged electricity, ideology, Lawrence Solomon, Nuclear Power, Patrick Moore, Radiation, radioactivity | 4 Comments

Japan crisis won’t deter N.B. nuclear plans: premier

Posted on March 29, 2011 by energyprbe

(March 29, 2011) The premier of New Brunswick says he has no concerns about resuming the Province’s nuclear power generation. However, Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin says that the Point Lepreau nuclear plant will continue to be a safety hazard, even after costly refurbishments. Continue reading →