Germany’s experiment with wind farms and solar power a failure Writing in the Financial Post today (not online yet), economist Brady Yauch says Ontario could have chosen a better model than Germany for…
Sun, wind and drain Wind and solar power are even more expensive than is commonly thought Jul 26th 2014 | From the print edition The Economist SUBSIDIES for renewable energy are one of the…
Minister Chiarelli’s bogus benefits Bob Chiarelli, Ontario Minister of Energy, made another announcement about the energy sector and the Municipal Energy Plans or MEP. Launched a year ago, the MEP has had five…
Country fair season is beginning and with it, opportunities for rural communities to make known their dissatisfaction with the Green Energy Act in Ontario, and the invasion of wind power developers. Yesterday, a…
Received by email today, a response to our letter of June 19.: Thank you for taking the time to share your kind words of congratulation. It is an honour and a privilege to…
Toronto’s Exhibition Place Turbine Part 2: investment in a green future or financial sinkhole? In Part 1, Parker Gallant revealed that the mythology around the iconic Toronto waterfront wind turbine doesn’t hold up…
Parker Gallant, Special to Financial Post | June 2, 2014 | Last Updated: Jun 3 8:17 AM ET Ontario Hydro may well have been a mess. But it was a mess that…
This letter was written in response to a letter to the Ottawa Citizen by Robert Hornung, president of the corporate wind power industry’s lobby group, the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA). Mr. Hornung…
Making your head spin or, how Ontario’s energy sector is regulated Enbridge Gas Distribution recently received the blessing of the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) for a 40% hike in what they charge Ontario’s…
Here from Ottawa-based energy economist Robert Lyman, a summary of the “hidden” costs of generating electric power from renewable sources…what the government has done over the past five years. THE HIDDEN COSTS OF…
Last week the wind power industry lobby organization, the Canadian Wind Energy Association or CanWEA, put out a news release stating that wind power ought to be part of every government’s (or governments-in-waiting)…