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1.Region could see more locally generated electricity - (www.elliotlakestandard.ca)
Rick Roberts, of CanTech Construction, is the principle in two local electricity generating projects, Lizard Creek Power and Pecors Power.
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2.Northern farmers upset with proposed drop in what they get for solar energy - (www.thesudburystar.com)
Farmers are speaking out about the sudden drop in what the provincial government will pay for energy generated from ground-mounted solar panels.
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3.Solar power promoted in Timiskaming (www.northernnews.ca)
Producing power from sunshine is not a new concept but it is one Ambros Raftis's Green Timiskaming Cooperative is pushing.Paul Charbonneau, a consultant from Toronto made a presentation at Northern College Wednesday informing people how they could benefit and the environment could benefit from small solar energy projects.
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4.$2,000-per-unit building levy irks wind turbine critics in NE Town (www.manitoulin.ca)
-The Northeast Town will receive $66,000 in building permit fees from the Northland Power wind turbine project, but critics suggest the number is too low and the town should generate more revenue from the project.
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5.PCs calling for moratorium on wind energy projects (www.orilliapacket.com)
The Progressive Conservatives will be tabling a motion at Queen's Park on Wednesday asking the Liberal government to restore green energy planning decisions to municipalities.
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6.Temiskaming Shores to see $300M in solar infrastructure (www.northernontariobusiness.com)
The City of Temiskaming Shores has announced its entry into the green energy business with a partnership with Kitchener-based Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. to build 30 megawatts-worth of solar projects, totalling $150 million.
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7.Beyond Zero Emissions (beyondzeroemissions.org)
Our goal is to facilitate the implementation of the social changes and technologies that will reduce the impacts of climate change and give our society and global ecosystems a chance of surviving into the future.
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8.Five more OLG Casinos move to green power (www.newswire.ca)
As part of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's Bet On Green environmental initiative, the agency is announcing another enhancement to its partnership with Bullfrog Power, Canada's green electricity provider.
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9.video Verticle windpower turbine a Tech & Science video (www.dailymotion.com)
Another alternative to propeller based wind turbines
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10.Surface area require to power the world with solar (pulse2.com)
Nice graphic
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11.Sault Solar farm program manager setting up shop (www.saultthisweek.com)
Don't expect to see any large solar panels rolling into Sault Ste. Marie on transports this spring when construction is expected to begin on the first 20 megawatt phase of a proposed 60 megawatt solar farm.Marc van Gerven, chief marketing and sales officer with Q-Cells North America, said the actual photovoltaic solar panels to be used in the project are roughly one metre by two metres in size.
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12.Silos could heat city - (www.thesudburystar.com)
Greater Sudbury city council will consider turning the iconic, long-ignored Flour Mill silos into a district heating facility.At its regular meeting Wednesday, council will entertain a proposal pitched by the Greater Sudbury Development Corp. to convert the silos into storage tanks, pumping heat energy into area homes and businesses where it will be extracted by heat pumps.
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13.Winds of change in Ontario Green energy (network.nationalpost.com)
In a signing ceremony Thursday for a $7-billion deal with Samsung to build wind and solar facilities, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said: “This means Ontario is officially the place to be for green energy manufacturing in North America.”
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14.Blind River chases sun, profits with solar power plant (www.elliotlakestandard.ca)
There is profit to be made if a $50-million solar-power project can ever see the light of day.Slated for Blind River's large industrial park, is a proposed 258-solar array site. It would be capable of producing 10.4 megawatts of electricity, which is enough to power about 1,800 homes.
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15.Solar project in the Sault to get go-ahead (www.thesudburystar.com)
The project will include a first-phase 20-megawatt facility valued at about $100 million that could be built on more than one site.Half of that development will include the cost of purchasing the solar panels; the other half construction costs.
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16.Blind River pursues solar power plant (www.elliotlakestandard.ca)
Slated for Blind River's large industrial park, a 168 solar-panel array will be able to produce 10.4 megawatts of electricity, which is enough to power about 16,000 homes.
This electricity could be sold to Hydro One for 43 cents per kilowatt-hour and the profits will belong to the Town of Blind River. -
17.Temiskaming Crops Coalition (temiskamingcc.blogspot.com)
Temiskaming Crops Coalition promotes the progressive profitable production of crops for the region of Temiskaming.
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18.Heated debate in N.S. over proposal to harvest trees and burn wood for energy (www.canadaeast.com)
A debate is brewing between the Nova Scotia government, focus groups and environmentalists over the sustainability of harvesting trees and burning low-grade wood to meet the province's energy needs
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19.Study measures effects of wind turbines (www.thebarrieexaminer.com)
This week, an industry-funded review concluded that the sound coming from wind turbines is not harming the public's health. Dr. David Colby, Chatham-Kent's acting medical officer of health, was one of seven members of a "five star, internationally known" panel that reviewed "substantial" existing scientific literature on wind turbine sound and possible health effects for the Canadian and American wind energy associations.
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20.Solar farm proponents still looking for land to buy/lease - Sault This Week - Ontario, CA (www.saultthisweek.com)
Proponents of a 60 megawatt solar farm in Sault Ste. Marie have held talks with the Sault Airport Development Corporation about leasing property for the second phase of their project.
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People in Sudbury, Ont., are heating their homes with recycled cans from Newfoundland and Labrador.A Sudbury company is selling a solar energy system that's manufactured in Dildo, Newfoundland, about 100 kilometres west of St. John's.
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22.Biomass conference proceedings at Nipissing Univeristy (www.biomassinnovation.ca)
Steve Morrison, Sturgeon Falls Brush & Contracting "Harvesting and Transformation: Opportunities and Challenges"/Chris Young, Ontario Power Generation“Status report on the use of biomass for energy”/Ambrose Raftis, Green Timiskaming Development Corporation“A community model for optimizing Ontario’s Green Energy Act”/Dr. John Nadeau, Nipissing University“What clients are telling us”
Brian Bertrand, Evans Bertrand Hill Wheeler Architects Inc.“Biomass from an architectural perspective”/Lawrence Burndrett, Pressure Vessel Engineering
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23.Northern Ontario: The Saudi of BioMass! (www.northernontariobusiness.com)
Northeastern Ontario is being billed as the 'Saudi Arabia of biomass' and delegates who attended a North Bay conference heard of the opportunities and challenges to heat and power the region with this green crude
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24.Possible energy project at North Bay sewage plant (www.600ckat.com)
The city's Manager of Environmental Services Peter Bullock says there's a proposal on the council table about creating energy at the sewage treatment plant
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25.Zephyr North Limited - A Wind Energy Resource Assessment Company (www.zephyrnorth.com)
Zephyr North is Canada's oldest and most experienced wind resource assessment consultant