Tag Archives: renewables

Energy bills go up again, regulator points finger at renewables

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

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

(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

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Ontario to follow Germany in renewable failure

(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. 

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Parker Gallant: Ontario Power Generation: then and now

(March 12, 2014) Ontario Power Generation (OPG) on March 7, 2014, released its results for the year ended December 31, 2013, which claims they eked out an after tax profit of $135 million on gross revenue of $4.9 billion. Continue reading

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Parker Gallant: Biomass is carbon neutral, and the world is flat!

(March 5, 2014) The largest coal generation plant in the UK is transforming itself by converting half of its coal burning generation units into biomass (wood pellets) by 2016.

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Parker Gallant: Hydro One and Premier Wynne: We’re from the government and we’re here to help

(January 8, 2014) Hydro One rates have increased again “less than a cup of Tim Horton’s coffee” — which amounts to a lot of coffee annually. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Fossil fuels now beat wind and solar on environmental as well as economic grounds

(November 14, 2013) When governments try to impose large-scale renewable technologies, they lay waste to nature. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Green power failure

(May 11, 2012) Climate mania impoverishes electricity customers worldwide. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Why Jews like climate policy

The Jewish drive to protect Israel by promoting nuclear and renewables was counterproductive, because it helped send society down the wrong road. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: The Green Goliath takes on nuclear

The renewable industry is wrong to claim that it is cost effective. Continue reading

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