Ontario’s green energy legislation , passed in 2009, has helped spawn a wave of new investments in clean energy, especially within solar. Ontario Energy Minister, Brad Duguid's visit to a ... Read More
Archives for October, 2010
Farmer Trades Tobacco Crop for Solar Certification
Joe Crevits recently traded one green job or another. After taking a government buyout to walk away from the family’s decades-old tobacco farm, which he took over from his parents ... Read More
A Burgeoning Clean Energy Market in Ontario
Ontario witnessed a tremendous increase in clean energy installations after the province implemented its feed-in-tariff program in October, 2009. The program offers high prices for power fed into the grid ... Read More
New UOIT Lab Searches for Renewable Energy Solutions
Oshawa’s University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) opened a state-of-the-art, multi-million dollar laboratory earlier this month. The purpose of the facility, known as the Clean Energy Research Laboratory (CERL), ... Read More
Cross-Border Partnership Pairs Solar Technology with Energy Efficiency
Direct Energy and Pure Energies, Inc. have recently announced a new partnership that takes advantage of the Ontario Green Energy Act’s lucrative feed-in tariff (FIT) program. Together, the two companies ... Read More
First Nations Join Ontario’s Green Boom, Kicking off With Solar Panel Installation Training
Ontario Solar Academy Launches Aboriginal Division With PV Design and Installation Training for Curve Lake First Nation Community ISPQ-accredited, Canadian solar training school, Ontario Solar Academy (OSA), just completed ... Read More
Italian Solar PV Company Training First Seventy Workers in Ontario
An experienced Italian solar PV company has set up its first Canadian subsidiary in Ontario and is gearing up to train its first seventy workers at a new plant in ... Read More
New Study Examines Ontario’s Solar Economy
A recent study conducted by independent research firm, ClearSky Advisors, reveals that Ontario’s economy is on its way to having one of the ten strongest solar markets in the world. ... Read More
Solar, Wind Energy Company Aids Industry
Toronto’s Atlantic Wind and Solar, Inc., recently launched a new Wind and Solar Financing Division to help developers, integrators, and installers find professional advice and financing for their projects. Atlantic Wind ... Read More
Belleville Solar Farm to Grow Green Careers
The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) has approved a proposed $5 million solar farm in Belleville, Ontario that could include as many as 2,000 solar panels. The city is to invest ... Read More












