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
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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
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
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
Ontario Building Momentum in Solar Installation
According to a recent report by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), Ontario was the third-largest North American market for solar photovoltaic (PV) installation in 2009. In total, the province ... Read More
Canada’s Leading Solar School Receives International Recognition for Solar Panel Installation Training
On August 27, Ontario Solar Academy (OSA) became Canada's first photovoltaic training program to receive accreditation from the Interstate Renewable Energy Council. Built around an international framework of standards, ... Read More
Greenpeace Activists Fearful of Green Jobs Being Nuked
In Late August, Greenpeace Canada organized a ride where forty cyclists bearing flags that read “don’t nuke green energy” rode from Pickering Nuclear Generating Station to the Darlington Nuclear Station ... Read More
Company Sets Stage for Solar Power Production in Mississauga, Ontario
A leading Italian producer provider of Photovoltaic (PV) green energy products and services has set up shop in Mississauga, Ontario, with the goal of building a solar power module manufacturing ... Read More
New Standards to Fill Void in Provincial FIT Program
Canada’s construction electricians will soon have an independent, third-party set of standards to help prepare them for work with solar PV projects. The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has announced, in ... Read More








