Ontario continues its buy-high, sell-low policy for electricity by wasting cheap hydro in favour of expensive, intermittent wind. And the government is contracting for more, says Parker Gallant. Ontario Power Generation or OPG…
Ontario has a surplus of power, municipalities don’t want the power projects, but Ontario gives in to Big Wind London Free Press, April 5, 2016 By John Miner Just weeks after awarding controversial…
Community opposition rampant, municipalities demand more power in planning decisions, and Ontario has a surplus of power, but Wynne government opens bids for more intermittent, expensive wind power Ontario Newsroom, April 5, 2016…
In an effort to determine what track Energy Minister Chiarelli’s electric train is on I took a brief look at his ministerial forecast, “Achieving Balance”. My interest was piqued by a recent article…
These spring windy days are costing you: Ontario’s Wynne government pays millions for power it can’t use including wind, produced exactly when we don’t need it. More than $13 million wasted on windy last…
WEEKEND READING April 2, 2016 We present a collection of stories that review the manner in which strategies that are supposedly positive for the environment have been enacted (usually without any sort of…
The more wind power we add, the more expensive Ontario’s electricity becomes, say Tom Adams and Scott Luft Financial Post, March 17, 2016 The costs may be high and the need questionable, but…
“We live in the Province of Toronto,” says Dutton-Dunwich Mayor. His community had a referendum, said NO, now has a contract for 57.5 megawatt wind ‘farm.’ London Free Press, March 10, 2016…
This is from the wind power industry’s own publication, North American Windpower NAW Staff, March 8, 2016 Fifty-one Ontario municipalities are endorsing a resolution recently passed by the Township of Wainfleet Council that…
Wind Concerns Ontario, the coalition of community groups and individuals concerned about the impact of utility-scale wind power projects on Ontario’s economy and environment, and on human health, has issued a statement of…
Unwilling Host list grows as mayors speak out Township of Wainfleet “Wainfleet – find your country side!” MEDIA RELEASE Municipalities Call for Ontario to Stop Issuing Wind Turbine Contracts WAINFLEET – March 4,…