Tag Archives: renewables

Ontario still coddling the top 1% with power freebees

Posted on September 17, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(September 17, 2015) Big Business is still the biggest beneficiary of Ontario’s generous renewable energy subsidies.

Renewable energy not walking the talk on competitiveness

Posted on February 23, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(February 23, 2015) When subsidies are cut, renewable energy investment largely disappears.

Posted in Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, energy, Energy Probe, green energy, Green Energy Act, Renewable Energy, renewables, subsidies, wind power, wind turbines | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Fantasies about global warming and other delusions will fare poorly in 2015

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Lawrence Solomon

2015 will see more ethnic groups within today’s cobbled-together countries successfully assert their autonomy, with the greatest changes occurring in the Middle East. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Renewables, Shale Gas, The Deniers | Tagged Climate Change, Fox News, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, predictions, renewables, Shale Oil | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Hottest year ever?! Climate doomsayers may have hit the panic button a little too early

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Lawrence Solomon

Global warming doomsayers have issues confronting reality. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Renewables, Shale Oil, The Deniers | Tagged Climate Change, climate skeptics, Global Warming, Lawrence Solomon, Lima, renewables | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Ill winds blow from wind turbines

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Lawrence Solomon

The wind industry is dangerous to human health, posing risks to everything from dizziness and nausea to chronic stress and heart conditions. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Renewables | Tagged adverse health effects, Lawrence Solomon, Ontario, renewables, wind energy, wind power, wind turbines | 3 Comments

Parker Gallant: Electricity in Ontario—Premier Wynne’s transparency is opaque

Posted on August 6, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(August 5, 2014) According to the 2012 Yearbook of Electricity Distributors on the OEB’s (Ontario Energy Board) website the total electricity purchased by local distribution companies (LDCs) in Ontario for 2012 was 125.3 terawatts (TWh).

Posted in Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables | Tagged electricity, energy, green energy, Ontario electricity, Parker Gallant, renewables, subsidies, wind turbines | Leave a comment

Ontario offers band-aid solution to soaring electricity bills

Posted on April 25, 2014 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(April 25, 2014) Ontario’s latest plan to tackle higher energy bills misses the point entirely.

Posted in Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, Energy Probe, green energy, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Power Authority, Renewable Energy, renewables, subsidies, wind power | 2 Comments

Energy bills go up again, regulator points finger at renewables

Posted on April 21, 2014 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(April 21, 2014) Ontario’s renewable energy producers are largely to blame for the coming price hike for ratepayers.

Posted in Alternative Energy, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector | Tagged Brady Yauch, Energy Probe, green energy, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Renewable Energy, renewables, wind power | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: North America slow to reverse renewables projects, but its turn will come soon

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Lawrence Solomon

(April 7, 2014) Only those in fantasyland should expect a contract to be sacrosanct when one party to the transaction makes the law. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Renewables | Tagged democracy, Ontario, Ontario Liberals, renewables, subsidies, wind energy, wind turbines | 2 Comments

Ontario to follow Germany in renewable failure

Posted on March 21, 2014 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(March 21, 2014) Germany has been experimenting with its renewable energy law for 14 years and is now highlighting its failures. Ontario, which copied that law, will likely do the same.