March 5, 2018 Being asked to do a presentation at Wind Concerns Ontario’s annual conference this past Saturday, to describe the costs associated with industrial wind turbines was something I relished! The presentation…
December 8, 2017 The final part of the ICI Radio-Canada series on wind power in Ontario aired December 8. This is a translation of the E-zine version of the story. [Photo: Nic Pham,…
The Auditor General for Ontario noted in her recent report that the government has hidden costs of electricity, and not created a fair cost reduction plan. Cancelling wind power contracts would be a…
Scottish electricity customers are upset that they are paying millions to wind power producers not to produce — Parker Gallant says Ontario has that beat … by a long shot. Here’s his latest…
Tuesday Jul 4, 2017 By John Miner The writer farms in Huron County Ontario’s plan to double its wind energy capacity will make a bad situation worse, according to a report published by…
The Ontario government’s energy policy, which pays high prices for renewables contracts, is actually wasting clean, efficient and reliable power from other sources, says the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, in its blog…
“Wind wastes other clean supply and devalues exports.” In a stunning commentary published yesterday by the Council for Clean and Reliable Energy, energy policy consultant Marc Brouilette says that Ontario’s wind power program…
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)…
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…
OPINION: Ontario’s renewable energy ‘disaster’ is what drives up the cost of your hydro Wind and solar energy can’t be delivered on demand so we pay twice to back it up with gas…
The Premier of Ontario put out a news release on March 2, claiming the government was going to reduce Ontario’s electricity or “hydro” bills substantially. “I’ve heard from you loud and clear,” Kathleen…