August 29, 2016 The Windlectric wind power project on tiny Amherst Island has no hope of meeting its “drop-dead” Commercial Operation date, so Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) can cancel the Feed…
Adding more power from wind at this point only benefits our U.S. neighbours, not Ontario citizens It was a “WOW” headline for Cleantech Canada on their website: “180 megawatt Armow Wind project comes…
January 29, 2016 In the paper published this past week in the journal, Nature Energy, authors Fast et al. reviewed the policy behind the Ontario government’s push toward industrial-scale or utility-scale wind power,…
Here is a letter to the Editor of the Lethbridge Herald. It seems people in Canada’s western provinces had an eye on the Ontario disaster, and the real situation in Europe. Wind power…
Senator for Victoria John Madigan delivered a powerful speech last week on the punishing effect of Australia’s green energy policies on that country’s electricity ratepayers, on the economy generally, and how the policy benefits…
Low tax assessments just another wind power subsidy May 13, PostMedia Network by Peter Epp Among the incongruities found within the Green Energy Plan is the way in which wind turbines are assessed…
“Building Ontario Up”…to a huge disappointment A letter directed to Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli, dated April 1, 2015, suggesting how he might stop the climb in electricity prices remains unanswered. The budget preview…
Another $20-million autumn weekend with Ontario power sold off cheap to neighbouring states and province Another October weekend has come and gone—and so has at least another $20 million of Ontario ratepayer dollars,…
Spotted in Bluewater yesterday, this sign says it all. The fact is, wind power diverts investment that could be put into effective technologies that could benefit the environment and Ontario’s economy, rather than…
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…