Surplus, exported power in April could have powered half of Ontario’s homes. Instead, it’s gone … and so is your money. Ontario’s Minister of Energy claims that Ontario needs a “reliable, efficient and…
Parker Gallant compares power output from wind and the cost to consumers between 2010 and 2016: we’re paying more for intermittent wind power, produced out-of-phase with demand In 2010, industrial wind turbines (IWT)…
How badly were ratepayers hit? Millions upon millions for power produced out of phase with demand… While the Canadian Wind Energy Association, the trade association for the wind power industry and vested interests,…
“Assertions are complete nonsense … only wilful blindness would suggest that wind and solar are low cost” Recently, energy analyst and occasional columnist for The Financial Post Parker Gallant wrote that the Canadian…
Parker Gallant looks at recent promises made by the Energy Minister and Premier and still has a question: where did the money actually go? Last September 13, Minister of Energy Glenn Thibeault…
From Parker Gallant’s Energy Perspectives, a view of how much wind power is costing Ontario. Almost a week after Premier Wynne announced her plan to reduce our electricity bills by 25%, the wind…
“Propaganda with a falsehood in every paragraph” Energy analyst Steve Aplin takes aim at an Op-Ed piece published recently in the Toronto Star, on his website Canadian Energy Issues. The Star article, which…
Electricity sold off cheap could have powered 50% of Ontario homes; wind clearly not needed The line of poetry “it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good” was a reality in November for…
Parker Gallant on his Energy Perspectives blog, has summarized some of the comments made to the Ontario Ministry of Energy, when it requested input for the new Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP). Predictably, the…
Eulogy for the wind power industry is premature … unfortunately. December 15, 2016 Parker Gallant in today’s Financial Post The Day Ontario’s wind tyranny ends, there will be dancing in the streets The…
“The significant increase in wind capacity is questionable …” December 14, 2016 As part of the Long Term Energy Planning process, a report that contains information that is highly critical of wind turbines’ role…