Category Archives: Solar power
McGuinty has led us all down the green energy garden path
Guest editorial from Ross McKitrick that appeared in the Stratford Beacon Herald. Original piece can be read here. Anyone remember the Sprung Greenhouse fiasco? In 1987, Newfoundland Premier Brian Peckford attempted to boost local employment by subsidizing the building of … Continue reading
Filed under Green Energy, Solar power, Wind power
You can thank Dalton McGuinty for feeling warm and fuzzy about your St. Thomas Energy bill
From the Toronto Star, original article can be found here Ontario’s Liberal government is forcing utilities to tout the 10 per cent electricity discount on hydro bills every month for the next five years, the Star has learned. Over the … Continue reading
Filed under Green Energy, Provincial politics, Solar power, Wind power
Despite bubbles, governments keep pumping air into alternative energy
While investment analysts are telling their clients to get out of solar power firms and warning about the continuing risks in wind and bioenergy schemes, Ottawa and the provinces are on a mad populist stampede to throw billions of dollars … Continue reading
What happens when politics displaces market forces in green energy initiatives?
When driving through Don Quixote country in Spain’s Castille-La Mancha region, you are dazzled by the spectacle of wind farms proudly churning out the energy that will save Iberia and the planet, followed, once you cross into Andalusia, by solar … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental sustainability, Solar power, Wind power
Canada’s Largest Solar Farm Opens in Ontario
Stone Mills Project Helps Province Become North American Solar Leader TORONTO–(Business Wire)– Canada’s largest solar farm is now producing power in the township of Stone Mills, near Napanee – paving the way for Ontario to become a solar power leader … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental sustainability, Solar power
