Ontario

Beginning in 2009, Ontario introduced “smart” meters, along with “time-of-use” electricity pricing designed to help homeowners manage increasingly expensive electricity costs. 

On the face of it, Americans seem to love trash. Canadians, not so much, as the story of Plasco Energy Group highlights.  The company is capitalizing on that apparently national desire to put trash in its place; in Canada’s case, diverting its municipal solid waste, or MSW, to waste-to-energy streams.

Samsung Renewable Energy and Pattern Energy Group LP, a San Francisco-based wind power developer, on Monday announced the joint purchase of the Armow wind project in Kincardine, Onta

Auto parts giant and vehicle assembler Magna International Inc. (NYSE: MGA) and the government of Ontario unveiled plans to invest C$432 million (US$441 million) over the next six years to develop next-generation electric vehicle technologies, the Associated Press reported.

Two entities that are becoming leaders in the new energy sector have announced that they will partner to build a center to develop and manufacture grid modernization technologies.

The Ontario government, frequently touted as one of the greenest provinces in Canada for its investment in renewable energy, has done an about face on its support of offshore wind power.  This move has left many fearing that the government is risking its reputation as a renewable energy leader.

Earlier this week Ontario, Canada set a new provincial record for hourly electricity output from wind power.

At 9:00 PM EST, 1,056-megawatts of electricity were generated from Ontario-based wind turbines.  For the day, wind power provided 5% of the Province's entire electricity supply.

With its Green Energy Act and precedent-setting feed-in tariffs, Ontario is not only becoming Canada's clean energy hub, but also a worldwide hotspot. 

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Enbridge, Inc. (NYSE: ENB) will open the world's largest solar photovoltaic power plant in Sarnia, Ontario on October 4, 2010.