The Ontario Trillium Foundation has awarded $2 million to four different green economy projects, including ones in biomass, wind, and solar. The Greater Toronto Chapter of the Canada Green Building ... Read More
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Toronto Energy Company Scouts Rural Rooftops
Toronto-based renewable energy company, Atlantic Wind and Solar, Inc., announced a new deal that will help thecompany secure rural rooftop space in order to install photovoltaic panels. The company has already signed agreements ... Read More
Markham Town Building Receives Renewable Energy Retrofit
Markham, Ontario has stepped up its use of alternative energy by awarding a contract to B.C.’s Carmanah Technologies Corp. to install a photovoltaic grid tie-in system on the town’s Emergency ... Read More
Solar Rooftop Leases & Other Legal Logistics Complicate Ontario’s Renewable Energy Rush
On Thursday, July 29, Ontario Solar Network (OSN) and Aird & Berlis LLP (A&B), will host "Developing Ontario's Solar Generation: a Legal Road Map," highlighting opportunities and challenges under the ... Read More
Change in Ontario’s FIT Program: New Price for Ground-mounted Solar Panels
Since passing the Green Energy Act last year, Ontario has tried to position itself as the leader for clean energy in Canada, North America, and around the world. One of ... Read More
OPA Scales Back Payouts for Ground-Mounted Solar Installations
In early July, the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) announced that it intends to scale back the prices offered for ground-mounted solar installations under its feed-in-tariff (FIT) program. The purpose of ... Read More
New Initiative to Encourage Solar Panel Installation in Kingston, Ontario
Non-profit organization, SWITCH, is hoping to promote the use of renewable energy amongst homeowners in Kingston and south-eastern Ontario. Representatives from the organization will be going door-to-door in order to ... Read More
Ontario’s microFIT Program Expands Renewable Power Generation
Launched last October, the Ontario Power Authority’s (OPA) microFIT Program is growing steadily, with over 16,000 applications filed since the program’s initiation. Affiliated with the feed-in-tariff (FIT) program, microFIT specifically ... Read More
National & Local Campaigns in Support of Ontario Solar Industry
On Monday June 7, a coalition of 41 organizations launched a campaign urging municipal distribution utility, Toronto Hydro, to support greening the city through solar (PV) panel installation on the ... Read More
Solar Energy Buys the Farm in Ontario
Solar companies and the provincial government are working diligently to transform Ontario’s power grid into an environment-friendly green system. Hay Solar and Mann Engineering recently announced that they are ... Read More








