2010 Sep 11: Solar & Conservation Fair on the Lakeshore
Saturday, 2010 September 11, 1 pm – 5 pm
The Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive
(at Kipling Ave and Lakeshore Blvd)
Find out about:
- earning a return on your investment in electricity generation under Ontario’s new Green Energy Act and Feed-in-Tariff programs (FIT & microFIT);
- signing up for a Solar Site Assessment
- participating in Toronto Hydro conservation programs
For more information, check out the event page on thelakeshore.ca.
| — Michela Pasquali on 2010 Sep 8 in Ecology & sustainability |
Many high profile business leaders have signaled their support for clean energy including former Premiers Mike Harris and Erne Eves.
And now, the Pembina Institute, an independent organization, has released a study which says the wind, solar and biogas power producers under Ontario’s feed-in tariff program are being blamed unfairly for rising power prices.
The alternatives are no cheaper. The FIT program would never add more than 1.5 per cent, or about $2 a month, to the typical consumer hydro bill, the study says.
Read it here: https://www.thestar.com/business/2011/07/06/dont_blame_green_power_energy_bills_rising_anyway_study_says.html